LinMot Designer Training Course

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HAVE A NICE DAY !!!
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Intro to LinMot

• A Presentation by
• LinMot, Inc.

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Some LinMot Basics

• LinMot based near Zurich, Switzerland.
• LinMots parent company is NTI AG.
• LinMot was started in 1993 to bring their Linear
  Motor Technology to the global marketplace.
• Here in the US, LinMots North American Office is
  located in Elkhorn, WI.
• Most products are stocked in Elkhorn, WI with
  extensive stock in Switzerland.
• Because we use FedEx exclusively, we can get
  product from Switzerland to the customer in 72
  hours or less - better than a lot of domestic
  companies!

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LinMot Products
Linear Motors, Mounting Flanges, Guided
Actuators, Servo Controllers, Power Supplies and
Cables
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Linear Motors
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What Makes Em Great!

• Strokes up to 60 (5 feet) 0.002 repeatability
• Forces up to 200 pounds peak
• Speeds up to 120 inches per second
• Accelerations up to 40 gs
• Lifetime of up to 2 BILLION CYCLES
• Rugged construction (wash down)
• Temperature range of 140F to -40F (60C to
  -40C). Great for freezers where pneumatics
  freeze up!

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Even Hollow Sliders
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Strokes Up To 5 feet

• On the short end, we have customers using these
  with a stroke of 0.040 (1mm). They happen to be
  moving at 120 Hz!
• If its a short horizontal move, the slider will
  support itself and a light load.
• For longer moves, or where theres a substantial
  mass that needs to be supported, we have guided
  actuators.
• If its a long horizontal move, the load needs to
  be supported.

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These Are Guided Actuators

• Strokes to 16 (420mm)
• Forces to 131 pounds
• Oil-Lite Bushings or Recirculating Ball Bearings
• Use bushings for wet/dirty environment or fast
  accel.
• Use ball bearings for longer life in clean
  environments.

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These are B-Guides

• Oil-Lite Bushings or Recirculating Ball Bearings.
• These require High Clearance sliders.

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These are G-Guides

• Strokes up to 5½ feet.
• Recirculating Ball Bearings only.

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G-Guide Application

• Comes as a kit some assembly required.
• Customer provides cable track.

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Long Moves or Heavy Loads

• The load (and the slider) need to be supported.

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You Dont Have To Move the Slider

• Some examples of Moving Stator configurations.
• LinMot provides kits for mounting the slider
  properly.

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Where Are LinMot Motors Used?

• Packaging
• Material Handling
• Medical
• Other

• Lets look in detail.

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Packaging

• Label application
• Stamping
• Dispensing
• Especially if wash down is required
• Winding
• Carton assembly
• Product insertion
• Gluing

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Material Handling

• Pick and place
• Reject product bumpoff
• Cutting
• Stacking
• Product compression
• Machine vision inspection
• Sorting

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Medical

• Liquid dispensing
• Sample handling

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Other

• Product testing
• Its sometimes hard to find components that last
  as long as whats being tested. LinMot does!

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Some Not-So-Good Applications

• Metal Machining
• Ferrous metal chips stick to the magnetic slider
• High temperature (above 140F/60C)
• Where theres sticky stuff
• Especially if it only gets sticky when the motor
  is off, like when it dries or cools (chocolate is
  a good example)

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Thats It!!

• Any other questions?
• If you havent seen it already, lets watch a
  movie!

The End (of this one, anyway)