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Rack & Pinion Drives Applications
Trantek Drive Systems
Inc., provides (36) Rack and Pinion Driven Shuttles for the new Hyundai
assembly plant in Alabama.
Rack and pinion driven shuttles are a common solution to
move robots and tooling in an Automotive Assembly Plant Body Shop. A
typical shuttle must move 5,000 pounds at a maximum speed of 5 feet/second
along varying length indexes (as short as 5 feet and as long as 150 feet).
TranTek Drive Systems, Inc. has provided all the rack and
pinion driven shuttles for the new Hyundai Assembly Plant scheduled for
production in 2005. The typical shuttle includes:
- Heavy duty steel
frame weldment
- Hardened and ground
wear rails
- Hardened and ground
integrated wear rail/rack
- Steel pinion
- Gear reducer
- Cat track assembly
- Steel carriage with
gear reducer mounting assembly
- Pinion backlash
adjustment assembly
- Heavy duty cam
follower bearings
- Machined interface tie
plate for joining 16 foot sections of longer shuttles
- Mastering
pin/fixture assembly for mastering robot position
- Felt pinion with
lubrication device for pinion lubrication
- Rail wipers to
remove debris
- Rail covers to keep
debris off the rails
- Leveling and floor
mounting assembly
- Safety stops
TranTek provides system integration and a 20 hour run-off
by integrating the robot and robot seventh axis drive package and cycling
the robot/shuttle along the length of the shuttle. Multiple carriages are
provided as needed based on the process.
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Rack
and Pinion Actuated
Robot Transfer Shuttle
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Load
Bearing Cam Followers and Fixture
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Felt
Pinion Lubricator and Pinion/Rack
Interface and Rail/Rack Guard
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Shuttle
Tie Plate for Joining Multiple
Sections for Longer Shuttles
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The features
and benefits of this program included:
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Feature
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Benefit
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Custom Shuttle Design
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- Shuttle designed
for each process application
- Multiple carriages
to match process
- Different shuttle
cross sections to fit in smaller areas
- Different cat
track locations to accommodate process
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Heavy Duty Cam Follower Bearings
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- Bearing L10 life
over 5 years
- Eccentric bearings
on sides and bottom to facilitate set up and assembly
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Seventh Axis Robot Package for Drive
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- Lower costs
compared with separate drive and controls
- Integrated robot
motion and programmed thru robot teach pendant
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Flame Hardened and Ground Wear Rails
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- Lower overall
costs compared with profile rail
- Easier to align
for longer lengths compared with profile rails
- Excellent wear
properties with a hardness of 60 Rc on
wear surfaces
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TranTek Drive Systems, Inc. personnel are available to
review your shuttle applications and recommend the best shuttle solution.
Please call us at (231) 946-6270 Ext. 1011 for further information. You can
also email your inquiry jgriffin@trantekautomation.com.
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