UNIQUE FEATURES LIST

(some photos include the optional red powder coat finish)

  Brushless Servo motors with built-in encoders and drive amplifiers, not separate components and cables.   Industrial style screw secured D connectors, not push together type with exposed terminals. 

Low backlash planetary gearboxes with helical cut gears and ball bearings for quiet operation.  We do NOT use timing belts, pulleys and bushings for gear reduction.  

Large pinion gears #12 pitch custom ground to our specifications for low noise and low drag. These are not your standard off the shelf straight cut gears that chatter.   We use a large 13mm pinion shaft with a key, not wimpy drill rod and friction fit.   Air operated engagement has adjustable pressure by supplied regulator and allows zero backlash while preventing machine lock-up from slag splatter. The compliancy of the pneumatics will allow the drives to ride over problems rather than jamming.   Unlike some competitors who have no compliancy, (they bolt the bolt drives to a solid mount) where an drive amp can burn out if a small slag gets caught in the rack, or if stepper system, they will loose position control.  Large #12 pitch gear rack allows deep tooth contact for high acceleration, long life and tolerance for dirt buildup.  Racks come in 12 ft lengths to eliminate rack section splicing of joints. Master side Racks and rail are sandwiched together for support, simplicity and space savings.

 Dual beam gantry for stiffness and strength.  This is not a single T or triangle style.  4 rollers to support the gantry not 3.  Master side uses V-rollers. Precision ground to shape, not flat or crowned cam follower bearings that were not designed for the application.  V-rollers self clean the rail. Cam follower styles require scrapers that must be maintained or dirt will cause machine to rumble and shake. Our V-rail is hardened and ground to shape. It is not simply a mill-tolerance flat bar. The Y axis uses precision ground linear guideway with dual bearing blocks for high stiffness and ling life.  These blocks are sealed and use re-circulating balls just like the $100K machines.  These are Not cam followers on a flat bar.    We also use Hard stops for homing and not limit switches.  This eliminates the wires (which can burn in this environment and short out)  We use software limit switches so the machine will know when the end of travel is coming up and make the appropriate slowdown in advance, rather than being surprised when all of a sudden at full speed, it is being told that it has to stop, and stop NOW! as is the case with hardwired limit switches.  All cable carriers are included.  These industrial cable carriers have snap-open design to insert cables, not snake them through.

 Ball screw driven Lifter station.    It uses a precision ground linear guide for alignment, not a bolt-in-slot.  Ballscrew drive for low drag and high precision. It is not an ACME screw or even worse, a threaded rod. Sealed enclosure uses low air flow to prevent dirt intrusion, not brushes and seals that wear out.  Ball bearings support the screw assembly. Not bushings that wear out.  4 inch vertical travel slide to clear tip up’s and keep the torch out of harm when loading or unloading table.  Lifter drive is coupled with a servo helical coupling. No backlash and no load on motor bearings.  Smart motor torch height control standard.

  Optional capacitive THC for oxyfuel cutting uses smart motor control for height setting at the PC.  Dual torch capability for oxy and plasma torch on the same machine with optional torch holder for stowing torch that is not in use.

  Optional dry dust and smoke collection table.   Easier to clean out than water table.  Wet parts can rust, our system uses no water.  No mess unloading wet parts.  Has no moving parts.  No “zones” with moving baffles etc.  Center collection trough with door at end for cleanout access. Highly efficient anywhere on the table without need to block off unused table area.  Deflectors lift out for cleaning. No tools required.  Access doors for annual inspection access

Buy our support structure (even get it optionally powder coated (as shown)) or build your own .  Drawings free with purchase.

  We can also optionally supply slat holders for those who want to build the support frame themselves.

Control console has easy connection points for plasma and oxyfuel solenoids already supplied.  Console supplies power for solenoids or external AC powered devices. No need to splice in power. E-stop button supplied on front. P3 connector on back allows user to add many E-stop buttons anywhere convenient. Simple installation. Drive power supply has a standard 6.7 amps and optional 12.5 amps and up to 25 amps as needed. Shared power means motor pulls what it needs up to full power supply amperage.  Each drive can pull up to maximum power supply rating. Most OTHER systems that have remote drive amp boxes will limit each drive to equal share of supply rating  (example: 6 amps supply / 3 motors = 2 amps each drive.)

  Optional fiber optic communication links extend machine travel to long distances with no degrading of signals.

  Optional dual drive uses same gearbox and drive components as master side.  Direct encoder linking of master to slave eliminates syncro circuit boards, separate redundant drive instructions, and external devices. Slave motor follows master motors encoder 1:1 ratio using Smart Motor firmware.   Master and slave motors home independently to hard stops. This re-checks machine square-ness and adjusts each time software is started.