The primary use of the machine is to perform all of the manufacturing tasks to index-feed a siequence of measured pieces of metal, into the input end of a stamping press at high accuracy & at high speed. This particular machine design is one of a series of sizes manufactured by our OEM customer. The controller shown covers motors sizes from 30"# to 90"# at the customer's desired performance (hit rate) while meeting NEC requirements for powering such systems at 120v. a.c. Machines of the smallest size, in this series are capable of feeding short parts at 900+ hits/min, 50% duty-cycle, +/- 1/1000" accuracy over very long runs.

The machine uses one brushless servo motor to drive the feed-rolls under servo control. There are various I/O functions which can be implemented as needed by simply connecting cables to appropriate I/O terminals. The feeder is "slaved" to the press operation via connection of the "feed-initiate" input to the appropriate signal from the press control system. The system is provided with it's own terminal for operator set-up & with a Jog-pendant for manual feeding & locating of feed-stock.

The machines are constructed by our customer using his own design as is appropriate for such equipment. Standard, heavy-duty rolls, sprockets & structuraly fabricated metal parts are used for all of the basic machine construction. The system was designed for ease of construction, set-up, installation & maintince with all of the control & drive electronic equipment located in one enclosure, close to the machine & connected via plug-in cables.

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