Applications for Zero-Max Motion Control Devices

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Zero-Max Adjustable Speed Drives Seed Lawns And Distribute Fertilizer Their Accurate And Repeatable Drive Settings Ensure Quality Results

When designers looked for an easy way to adjust application rates for seeding and fertilizer distribution, Zero-Max answered with its line of Adjustable Speed Drives

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...