positioning stage

The all stainless steel ERD actuator from Tolomatic with protective motor enclosure (ERD-SS2) accommodates both servo (23-frame) and stepper (NEMA 17 and NEMA 23-frame) motors.  Combine any ERD-SS2 with the Tolomatic ACS servo or stepper drive and get a complete motion control system with high performance at a very competitive price.  

Lintech provides many different sized positioning tables, each available with lots of standard options.  One option which is not described much in any Lintech literature is that most of the screw driven tables offered can be supplied, in a customized variation, to meet some pretty significant vacuum environments.  

It’s not a big news story that the world’s population is getting exponentially bigger.  With this growth there is a greater demand for modern packaged foods.  A great example is India. It is projected that sales of package foods will almost double from $24.6B last year to $43.7B in 2016.  Many of the world’s largest food packaging conglomerates are ramping up for the worldwide push, and Lintech is there for them every step of the way, providing them parts that make their machines run 24-7, 365 days a year.

Recently, the biggest trend to come out of the food processing is the switch from air-actuated cylinders to electromechanical cylinders.  There are a few reasons for this, but most importantly, going electromechanical is infinitely more reliable than using an air system.  Air systems need to be maintained constantly; if you don’t have clean air to run the system, your machines will not run at peak performance.

It may not seem like a big deal, but trust us, the costs to keep...

Sometimes a standard assembly, linear slide, linear actuator, or positioning system is not the right choice for a particular motion control application.  It may also be impossible, or not practical, to have the system built in house by your own design team.  Let us take a look at your special requirements.  We have been designing and building custom assemblies and positioning systems for over 38 years.  We can use our many years of experience to help you select the right approach to a unique motion control problem.

Lintech provides assistance from system concept, to system design, to complete system manufacture.  Complex projects can include multi-axis motion, instrumentation, large or low load capacities, high speeds, difficult environments, electronic packaging, system software programming, system documentation, and testing.  Stand alone, PLC or PC based control systems can be provided in either step motor or servo motor systems....

A machine builder of conveying machinery had utilized pneumatic systems for product diverting but wanted to offer an electric conveying system to their customers and an electric actuator solution was required. The existing machine design had proprietary controls that operated the pneumatic cylinder in a spring return operation with one digital output to the pneumatic valve. ON=Extend; Off=Retract; The customer could not redesign the proprietary controls and also wanted a solution that could be retrofitted in the field.

Application: High Speed Label Applicator

Industry: Packaging Automation & Material Handling

A client in the packaging and material handling industry required a stable, secure multi-axis system that was capable of carrying an 80lb. labeling machine with vertical and horizontal movement, while matching carton speed and position to apply labels to packages of varying sizes travelling on a pass through conveyor.

Solution:

To provide the client with XY movement, Macron Dynamics supplied the bulk mailing company with a system composed of three MSA-135 belt-driven actuators, capable of horizontal or vertical motion. The result was a multi-axis linear system adjustable to different heights and widths to apply labels to a steady stream of various sized, randomly oriented packages. The system provides agile movement at 80″ per second to successfully label each individual, different sized package passing at a rate of up to 1 per second.

System benefits:...

Nippon Pulse has taken much of the work of integrating a linear motor into a system with its SCR and SLP linear stages. Both are built around Nippon Pulse’s Linear Shaft Motor, the first motor designed for the ultra-high precision market. Both the SCR and SLP series stages come with integrated bearings and encoders to reduce cost and simplify integration into your application.

The SCR nanopositioning stage offers the speed of servo stages while also offering the accuracy and precision of piezo stages. Built with cross-roller bearings, the SCR nanopositioning stage gives you extremely straight and flat motion (2.5μm).

The SLP Acculine series is ideal for industrial applications requiring both precision and high force. The SLP series offers between 17N and 970N of linear force as well as a resolution of 1μm from its built-in encoder.

In this video, you’re able to get a close-up view of an SCR stage in operation. The stage runs through various...

This white paper from Tolomatic explores the advantages and disadvantages of rod-style pneumatic cylinders , electric actuators and integrated electric actuators in motion control applications.  It also compares the effectiveness of each technology in reducing purchasing, operating and installation costs, machine footprints, and number of components — all key issues in motion control and automation today.