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News Release from: Parker Bayside | Subject: Integrated servo gearmotors
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 April 2003
Integrated gearmotors save on storage
system space
Integrated servo gearmotors are an important part of a range of high-volume, specialised storage systems for chemical compounds made by RTS Life Science International.
For systems designed to fit purpose-built buildings, space limitations are always dictating factors Helping to overcome such constraints for RTS Life Science International on high-volume, specialised storage systems for chemical compounds are integrated servo gearmotors from Bayside Motion Group
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Employed on two axes of automated "pick and place" configurations (32 axes for initial installation), the Bayside units provide servo performance for the x and z axes while saving around 20% on length, compared with equivalent separate motor/gearhead packages.
Performance requirements are travel speeds of 1m/s, acceleration of 5m/s2 and multiposition location accuracies of 0.15mm with loads up to 14kg.
Both axis units have integral encoders and the z axis also has a brake, yet there is no increase in the standard unit dimensions.
According to Tony Ashworth, Senior Mechanical Engineer for RTS, the Bayside route was taken because the torque/speed performance requirements could be met by a standard product with proven track record and assured backup.
Plus, being an off-the-shelf product, supply lead times are minimised: all important factors for a system that will operate 24/7.
In addition, there is the simplified installation through the elimination of mounting components and avoidance of potential alignment problems.
There was also the added bonus of cost advantage over the conventional motor/gearhead option.
The pick-and-place duties involve the transferring of bar coded sample trays between eight holding locations, batching stations for localised sorting, and a conveyor line.
Each pick-and-place station has a handling capacity of 360 sample trays per hour contributing to the high throughput of the RTS system.
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