Small Components from Climax Provide Big Impact in Automation Systems
In automation applications, shaft collars and rigid couplings are essential in maintaining alignment, ensuring torque transmission and delivering consistent results.
Automation Systems in Auto Assembly Plants
With today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, factories and machines rely on automated processes to get things done. From initial processing to the final package, these systems are required to be efficient, consistent and reliable. Climax offers rigid couplings and shaft collars in a wide range of sizes and styles, key to keeping automation systems running smoothly and dependably.
Rigid couplings are a mechanical component with a single purpose: to connect two straight shafts together in fixed alignment. As the workhorse of the coupling family, rigid couplings provide high torque transmission, torsional rigidity, and ensure zero backlash. These characteristics are imperative for automation systems where precision and repeatability are vital.
KLDs Provide Productivity Solutions for High Speed Index Packaging Machinery
Keyless Locking Devices (KLDs) ensure required positional accuracy and repeatability is achieved from drive line components, and eliminate keyed connection failure.
When high volumes are desired the most common approach is through the use of high speed index packaging machinery. These machines are capable of performing simultaneous actions at multiple stages of the production process, consequently reducing cycle times. The strenuous demands on the machines, especially the requirement of positional accuracy and repeatability from its drive line components, can cause keyed connections to wear out, become out of sync, and break down over time.
Climax Keyless Locking Devices are designed to use in place of keyed (more…)
Shaft Collars Used as Locators in Automated Packaging Systems
Shaft collars are used on a shaft primarily in 3 general categories: Positioners, Spacers, and Limiters. Functioning as locators in automated packaging systems, shaft collars position components in place or work as mechanical stops providing axial holding power for automated packaging systems. Click on the image to read more.
