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Introduction to Plastic Modular Belts
Since their introduction more than 30 years ago, the popularity of plastic modular belts has grown steadily. Constructed of injection-molded modules and hinge rods, plastic modular belts are positively driven and tracked by plastic sprockets. This positive drive and tracking system eliminates
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The basics of modular conveyors
conveyors use plastic chain, which is also modular. The chain is usually made from links that mix and match to fit the application. For instance, a cleated link at every fifth link could move items along an incline as steep as 90 . In the future, cleated links at every tenth position, or perhaps a taller
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Plastic Versus Steel Cable Carriers
are also modular - you only need a screwdriver to take them apart. Steel cable carriers, on the other hand, require wrenches and toolkits for disassembly. This means they are not as easy to take apart and replace. Whereas with a plastic cable carrier, you can easily replace a link if it becomes
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Agfa Graphics to Demonstrate Versatile :Dotrix Industrial Inkjet Press at drupa.
Agfa Graphics announced today that it will demonstrate the :Dotrix Modular industrial inkjet press at drupa, being held in Dusseldorf, Germany, 29 May-11 June. The :Dotrix Modular will be shown in a set-up for flexible packaging and a set-up for folding cartons. Agfa has improved the :Dotrix
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Filling On The Fly
The Allen-Bradley 1394 digital servo controller is a position controller integrated within a modular, digital AC servo drive, providing a single, compact, motion-control package. Machine builders clearly understand that their customers' requests are thinly veiled demands. Either the builder meets
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Pack Expo 2000 -- Automation, automation, automation
controls, and plenty of it. Start packing. Much of the show floor was devoted to packing technology and in many booths, robots took center stage. For instance, the M-410i robot, a modular, four-axis, electric servodriven machine from Fanuc Robotics North America Inc., Rochester Hills, Mich., uses
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Controlling It All... Motion And Machine
into the correct pack pattern, and wraps them with either clear or printed film. An Allen-Bradley Ultra servo cuts the film and delivers it to the wrapping station, where a rotating wand wraps the film around the product, overlapping the seams on the bottom. Each multi-wrap then moves to a modular shrink
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Integrate and simplify
approach. Motion and sequential elements automatically synchronize with direct in-line execution of motion commands, thus decreasing modification programming and making troubleshooting easier. Packaging OEMs, for example, can use Kinetix to create flexible, modular machinery. Machinery modules can