Solution

Bundle turnover machine installed in a Ford car plant, which moves cut sheet metal from the horizontal position to the vertical.

Six Power Jacks E-Series worm gear screw jacks position the clamps for holding the sheet metal during the rotation. The screw jack used was the 100kN (10 tonne) ME1809 metric machine screw jack in inverted screw configuration. Associated drive shafts and flexible couplings were also provided..

Products Used

• E-Series Metric Machine Screw Jack
• System Components - Electric Motor
• System Components - Flexible Couplings
• System Components - Drive Shafts

Solution

Controlled movement and indexing of paint spray nozzles in streamlined spray booth. Units needed reliability for working in an environment that required the units to work up to 16 hours a day continuously.

Standard Range N, Series 38, Ratio 1:1 bevel gearboxes selected for compactness of design and high reliability and precision, units sealed for life to allow for minimal maintenance.

Products Used

• Bevel Gearboxes - Neeter Drive - Range-N

Solution

The Rolaram® linear actuator was selected to drive the reciprocating, double acting paint pump. A total of 31 pumps and actuator systems are in use at the paint shop at BMW Mini Oxford, which was the first all-electric paint mix facility in Europe.

Rolaram Special Features

• 'In-line' configuration, minimising the installation 'footprint'
• Completely sealed unit, ensuring no contamination of the pumped medium
• Intrinsically safe, servo motor drive, for explosion risk environment
• Intrinsically safe, end of stroke limit switches
• Keyed screw mechanism, eliminating torque at the output connection

Products Used

• Electric Linear Actuator- Rolaram