Application Stories

Latest High Speed Tab Inserter Systems From UMG Technologies Operate 24/7 Utilizing ServoClass® Couplings From Zero-Max – They Promote Smooth Servo Drive Operation And Prevent Backlash

24/7 automated operation has become an industry standard for UMG Technologies high speed tab inserters used in the manufacture of electronic printed circuit devices. These systems are designed for continuous, unattended operation with minimal maintenance due largely to top notch design engineering and the use of the latest and best off-the-shelf component technology...

"Floating Shaft" CD® Couplings From Zero-Max – Shock Proof Reciprocating Motion In High Speed Servo Powered Partition Inserters From Wayne Automation

Newly introduced Partition Inserters (Model SF-400) from Wayne Automation Corporation cycle once every second and travel 38 inches vertically. Every up/down cycle accurately inserts solid fiber or corrugated partitions into cartons that hold bottles and plastic containers ready for shipment to the marketplace...

Zero-Max CD® Couplings Provide High Torque Capability While Handling High Reverse Loads In Merritt PMI Sliced Hardwood Veneer Production System

New model high speed veneer slicers from Merritt Plywood Machinery, Inc. produce up to 90 sheets per minute of high quality wood veneer in sheet sizes up to 4 meters long x 900 mm wide x 0.5 mm thick. These systems are operated two to three shifts per 24 hour day with virtually no downtime for maintenance due largely to their robust design which incorporates the latest servo drive technology...

Customized Zero-Max CD® Coupling Ensures Zero Positioning Error Of Die Cutting And Printing Stations In The Latest Mark Andy High Speed Label Printing System

Die cutting stations and print stations in the LP 3000 new model high speed label printer from Mark Andy, Inc. utilize the latest servo drive and coupling technology to ensure zero print error from coupling deflection while the system operates at 750 feet a minute...

Spee-Dee Packaging Uses Zero-Max CD Couplings To Handle High Speed, High Torque Motion In Its Auger Filling System For Food Products

Auger systems using direct drive servo motors for blending and filling food pouches and packages are an improvement over stepper motor and traditional clutch/brake systems resulting in increased speed, repeatable filling accuracy and reduced system maintenance...

Zero-Max CD Coupling Smoothes Intermittent Motion In High Speed Servo Powered Pouching System

Servomotor powered indexing stations in automated pouching systems require accurate registration as they position, fill and heat seal completed pouches. Case in point are the new standup pouching systems by Robert's Packaging that fill and seal stand-up pouches from roll stock at up to 220 pouches a minute with food products such as potato chips, rice, candy, nuts and pet food...

OHLA Overhung Load Adaptors Improve Power Transmission Performance In Roadtec Cold Planer Used For Road Paving Operations

Repaving asphalt streets and highways requires heavy equipment including cold planers which cut 8 feet wide by 12 inch deep swaths in old asphalt surfaces in order to remove them. These cold planer systems work at speeds up to 4 feet a minute cutting, granulating and conveying the loose asphalt into waiting trucks for recycling...

ServoClass® Coupling From Zero-Max Eliminates Backlash Potential In Integrated Seam Sealing Systems Couplings Connect Servo Motors To Ball Screws

Precision sealing of integrated circuit packages at high speed requires a backlash-free motion system to produce the highest quality seal. These systems have digital sealing power that allows pulse-by-pulse control of power, giving maximum control and response to seal conditions...

New Blue Falcon Screen Printing System Utilizes Innovative Zero-Max CD® Coupling To Handle 2,000 In /Lb Torque Loads

Servomotor powered indexing print stations in high speed screen printing systems require accurate registration as they index, position, print and advance to the next printing stations. You see the results everywhere – high quality multi-colored images of logos, messages, pictures of animals and faces on textiles such as T-shirts, sweat shirts and other garments...

Zero-Max Composite Disc Coupling Provides Increased Torque Requirements to M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank New Air Filtration System

The M1A1 Abrams tanks led the massive armored thrust into Iraq in 1991. The outcome proved that this General Dynamics produced tank was not only superior to its adversaries but very adaptable to difficult desert operating conditions...

OHLA™ Overhung Load Adaptors By Zero-Max Provide Motor Bearing Support In Rugged Forestry Shredders

Forestry shredders used to reduce trees and shrubs to mulch employ Zero-Max OHLA™ Overhung Load Adaptors in their rotor power trains. Located between the hydraulic motor and cutters, the OHLA's provide load support to prevent bearing wear to the motor...

Latest Rotary Fabricating And Die Cutting Systems By Pace Converting Equipment Co., Inc. Utilize CD Couplings From Zero-Max – They Eliminate Backlash In System Drive Train

High speed rotary fabricating and die cutting machinery employ phase adjusting differentials connected by means of backlash-free CD® couplings from Zero-Max. The couplings damp out any backlash or harmonic tendencies that might occur in the system's series of fabricating and die cutting stations with the result that the system runs smooth and trouble-free, even during advance and retard modes used to fine-tune the system's registration...

Zero-Max CD Couplings Provide Needed Misalignment Capability In New Tri-Turn Multi-Spindle Screw Machine Operating At 5000 RPM – Heat And Vibration Eliminated

In designing and building its new three spindle turning machine, Tri-Turn Technologies, Inc. created a true CNC multi-spindle screw machine, but without cams or change gears...

CD® Coupling From Zero-Max Provides Rigid Connection Between Speed Reducer And Servo Motor – Provides Backlash Free Horizontal Pick And Place Motion In New Case Packer From Schneider Packaging Equipment Co.

Designing the first of its kind, automatic, 5-panel wrap around case packer for juice cups with simultaneous stacking of three high incoming juice cup lanes required a new approach for Schneider Packaging Equipment Co., Inc. and its customer Jersey Juice, Inc. of Ewing, New Jersey...