The Smartest Gearbox in the Room
Summary: alpha & WITTENSTEIN have developed a method to integrate torque and force sensors directly into the housing of servo gear reducers, allowing for the most accurate measurement of torque, axial loading and radial loading. This advanced sensor technology is a valuable add-on to any current motion control system.
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Today's manufacturing processes are pushing the limit of conventional drive mechanisms in striving for more precise control, better process management and optimal machine designs. Closing the loop on process variables gives engineers a means by which to optimize their designs and processes. Using modern sensor technology integrated into the output of a drive component simplifies this process and allows for easier sensor integration into a machine.
Gearboxes are the components directly involved in the automation process - right in the thick of the activity. alpha & WITTENSTEIN offer the alphaIQ® solution - sensors directly loaded to the gearbox allowing all mechanical loads to be processed: torques, shear forces, speed thermal loads, wear and backlash. Customized software (included in the sensor kit) allows PC display of all the variables.
Many of alpha & WITTENSTEIN's customers utilize this technology to better understand their system's requirements. Ultimately, the goal is to provide the customer with the utmost understanding of his/her system and ensuring a correctly sized gearbox is being fully utilized.
Using advanced sensor technology in prototype or proof-of-concept machines helps the machine designers eliminate unknowns from their system by providing accurate and real-time feedback of what is happening in their process. This sensor technology can also be used to close the torque loop of a control system where the torque actually matters - at the output. Machine life can be accurately measured by determining the loads and forces present at the drive mechanism.
For more information on this valuable addition to alpha & WITTENSTEIN's already varied solutions portfolio, please contact us or view the catalog available online at www.alphagear.com.
As the innovators in servo gear technology, alpha continues to provide the most advanced servo solutions in the industry, making machines faster, more efficient and more productive. alpha gear drives is a member of WITTENSTEIN, recognized globally as a leader in motion control components.
Company Contact:
alpha gear drives
1249 Humbracht Circle
Bartlett, IL 60103
info@alphagear.com
www.alphagear.com
Media Contact:
Miriam Bilstein
US WITTENSTEIN Group
1249 Humbracht Circle
Bartlett, IL 60103
Ph: (630) 540 5341
Fax: (630) 739 6141
mbilstein@alphagear.com
