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News Release from: Wittenstein (formerly alpha gear drives) | Subject: AlphaIQ sensors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 January 2008
Torque/force sensors check gear reducers
Advanced sensor technology integrates torque and force sensors directly into the housing of servo gear reducers, to make accurate measurement of torque, axial loading and radial loading.
Using modern sensor technology integrated into the output of a drive component simplifies allows for easier sensor integration into a machine Gearboxes are the components directly involved in the automation process - alpha and Wittenstein offer the alphaIQ using sensors directly loaded to the gearbox
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 1 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The sensors process all mechanical loads, including the following.
* Torques.
* Shear forces.
* Speed thermal loads.
* Wear.
* Backlash.
Customized software (included in the sensor kit) allows PC display of all the variables.
Many of alpha and Wittenstein's customers utilize this technology to better understand their system's requirements.
The idea is to provide the user with the utmost understanding a 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, said the companies to manufacturingtalk.com.
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.
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.
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