Two examples of custom designed belt driven linear actuators. Design can be
adapted for low or high-speed applications. TAG can supply mechanical actuator only, or
if customer prefers, TAG will supply a full control system to allow the customer to control
the speed and the start / stop positions. For instant quotes please call our sales
department.
Belt-Driven Servo Actuator
(Clean Room - Ready!)
Issue: Customer
required a custom actuator to replace an existing linear actuator performing a rapid stacking
function in a clean room environment.
Solution: TAG
designed a brushless servo belt-driven actuator which is designed to run without any additional
lubrication. All components are clean room rated and all metal on metal wear is
eliminated.
Dual Lane Roll Fed Cut and Stack Machine
Issue: Customer
required a new cloth cutting machine to increase their production capacity. They also wanted a machine which was easier to setup for different product and produced more product in less time. Existing machine was slow and being pnuematic consumed a great deal of compressed air.
Solution: TAG
designed a new machine which is AC servo based and consumes little compressed air. The speed and flexibility of the servo ball-screw actuators allows for greatly increased production rates and simple setup via a touch-screen interface.
Automotive Panel Assembly Machine
Issue: Customer required an assembly machine to compress a large peel and stick adhesive backed insulator to a molded panel. Assembly machine also needed to feed and assemble 4 quarter-turn fasteners through panel and retention washers. All components had to be verified for presence and proper final assembly.
Solution: TAG
designed a new machine which incorporated 4 separate vibratory bowl feeders for the retention washers amd magnetic holders for the quarter-turn fasteners. The compression mold consists of a CNC machined pair of platens which allow the machine to apply uniform pressure over entire surface of adhesive insulation pad.
Product Imersion / Chemical Bath
Process
Issue: Customer
required a custom piece of equipment to chemically process components for the medical
industry. The current process was manual and was being processed individually. Customer
needed to reduce the handling of the product and increase productivity.
Solution: TAG
designed a machine to automatically process the components. Operator manually loads a 24
piece fixture into the machine. The machine then takes the product through a 4 –station
chemical bath process. Upon completion, the product is returned to the operator, which then
removes the fixture and loads into an automatic drying station.
Pad Grooving Machine
Issue: Customer requested a machine tool to cut grooves in a non-woven,
polymer based pad with pressure sensitive backing. Pad diameter requirements were from
10.00” to 60.00”, with material thicknesses of .030” to .080”. Specifications also
required machine tool to operate in a clean room environment with all surfaces which came in
contact with the material to be rust inhibited. Pads were held in place with an
integrated vacuum system for grooving. Machine tool also required dust
collection.
Solution: TAG delivered a machine tool to accommodate the parameters of the
customer request. Allow TAG to design a custom machine tool to meet the specifications
for your industry. If your requirements include full CNC capabilities or simple cut
patterns, please contact our sales office for estimate.
Automatic
Labeler
Customer required a piece of equipment that would automatically apply a barcode
label to the bottom side of a compact. The piece of equipment would need to be designed
to handle compacts in a broad range of sizes and shapes. The machine would need to
produce a quantity of 40-50 units per minute to handle current production levels. By
designing an interchangeable “pod” system, with a vacuum cup transfer device to accommodate
the different size compacts, TAG was able to produce a cost effective module which could
produce up to 80 units per minute.
