Precision ring track offers conveying solution: A PRECISION RING TRACK FROM HEPCOMOTION HAS PUT COST-EFFICIENT SHINE ON CERAMICS

摘要

Until last year the design that formed the basis of a Lippert special purpose interior glazing machine for sanitary ware resembled a Ferris wheel and although relatively efficient it was unacceptably costly to build. A substantial order for several of these units prompted a re-think and the company's chief designer Martin Hutzler was charged with the responsibility of building a glazing machine that was compact, simple to operate and above all commercially viable. As the final design called for the products to move firstly in a linear plane and then into an arc, a linear motion system was sought that not only provided this design flexibility but was also able to meet tough technical specifications. As the glazing solution is corrosive, the system had to be corrosion resistant. And as well as providing a high order of positioning accuracy it needed to be thoroughly reliable and immune from the ingress of the abrasive fluid. For Lippert the answer was provided by a HepcoMotion PRT Precision Ring Track and Slide system.