TPT May 2015

Handl ing, bundl ing, packaging & logistics

Stacking and bundling system from ASMAG

Asmag’s in-house manufacturing features such capabilities as design, mechanical and electrical engineering, production of components, assembly, testing of machines, production of switch cabinets and programming of machines and entire lines. Having that kind of control over such processes helps the company to guarantee quality control for complete lines and create new custom solutions.

the inserts once an hour. Another disadvantage is the purchase, storage and maintenance of the insert-sets for each product size. The new system eliminates that step. Usually the cams are necessary because hexagonal material tends to tilt at the wrong angle. The Asmag innovation makes sure that the bars in the first layer fall into the right position. This system is based on a simple idea but it has not been used before. In addition, software automatically calculates several possible bundle shapes and sizes and then determines whether three or four bars in a layer at the bottom would be the best configuration based on production orders. This innovative system was tested in a customer’s complete new production line.

WHEN working with round, hexagon, squared or rectangular bars and tubes, stacking and bundling is an involved process. Changing from round to hexagon bars and from one size to another is where traditional systems take time and manual work. Asmag, headquatered in Scharnstein, Austria, has developed a new automated method. Asmag discovered that manually adjusting the stacking machine each time dimensions or shapes changed was unnecessary. Operators typically spend a few minutes for each time they must replace inserts to accommodate changing hexagon bar sizes or when an insert must be removed altogether to switch from hexagons to rounds. In regard to the tendency to smaller lot sizes, this normally causes changing

Asmag GmbH – Austria Fax: +43 7616 880188 Email: sales@asmag.at Website: www.asmag.at Seuthe GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2372 506 111 Email: sales@seuthe.com Website: www.seuthe.com

Torque limiter type ECA for belt drives

The ECA from ENEMAC

torque in case of a dynamic collision and therefore also the destructive collision forces.

APPLICATIONS of torque limiters can be found in all sectors of technique, in any machine or facility where torques have to be limited to protect machines or products from overload. The torque limiter type ECA, which is especially engineered for belt drives prevents such overload damages or at least reduces them to a minimum. Particular value was put on compulsion- cutting and a fast switching function. Simple, light elements avoid adverse dullness of mass or switching. They were chosen because too-heavy switching elements could considerably increase the (static adjusted) disengagement

In contrary to conventional friction clutches the ECA has a very high repeatability of the adjusted disengagement torque. It is free of clearance and self- reliantly re-engages after one turn. The movement of switching can be sampled by a proximity switch. Seventeen design sizes make a total torque range of 0.5Nm to 470Nm overall. The ECA forms a very compact unit together with a crown gear and is

deliverable in diverse versions (with keyway or conical bush). The ECA is significant because it is one of the smallest torque limiters available on the market.

ENEMAC GmbH – Germany Email: info@enemac.de Website: www.enemac.org

Vacuum lifting system THE Starlift vacuum system from Acimex handles tubes, pipes (concrete, steel and cast-iron), tanks or any other cylindrical device. A rubber gasket ensures a soft touch without leaving any marks or deformation of the pipes.

security. Quick and efficient installation also increases productivity.

Acimex – France Fax: +33 2 4737 1366 Email: contact@acimex.net Website: www.acimex.net

A single operator carries out both driving and remote handling operations on either an excavator or a forklift crane. Remote control ensures 100 per cent

Handling by suction cups is a safe way to move products without any mechanical contact.

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M ay 2015