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Electric Linear Actuators
News Release from: Copley Controls Corp | Subject: Xenus/ServoTube
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2005
Electronic camming claims superior
actuation
Xenus/ServoTube camming provides a high performance alternative to belt drive and ballscrew mechanisms.
Copley Controls' Xenus controllers feature a powerful camming mode The controllers work with Copley's high force, direct drive ServoTube actuators to translate cam lookup tables into fast-executing linear action
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Xenus/ServoTube camming provides a high performance alternative to belt drive and ballscrew mechanisms.
The actuator's superior acceleration and velocity raise throughput, its direct-drive simplicity eliminates the downtime caused by belt drive and ballscrew wear.
Silent operation keeps OSHA at bay.
A material cutting machine based on electronic camming highlights the Xenus plus ServoTube performance benefits.
The machine achieves unprecedented productivity by cutting sheets to length without stopping material flow.
Key to nonstop material travel is the machine's ability to slice sheets on the fly.
In operation, the knife carriage accelerates from rest to full material speed, travels in synchronism with the material, and then shears the sheets.
The blade and carriage retract immediately after shearing in readiness for the next sheet.
No alternative mechanism permits such high paper speed and productivity.
Automated fabrication and production equipment - including material cutting machines - have traditionally depended on mechanical cams and gears to execute cutting, placing, filling, and other precisely timed functions.
Modern flexible manufacturing exploits the flexibility of electronic cams to add versatility and fine tuning to such actions.
Historically, changing a production run required the machinery to be shut down - incurring production loss - to enable technicians to mount fresh cams.
In contrast, electronic cams can be changed instantly.
Electronic cams exploit Xenus/ServoTube power and versatility to improve productivity in packaging, food and beverage, material handling, medical, warehouse, and other automation systems.
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