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Edge banding is a tricky process. It involves applying a decorative or protective surface to the edges of products made from compressed wood chip and resin board materials. The applied surface material is often wood-effect plastic on a roll that must be handled carefully due to its weak and brittle properties. The edge-banding machine prepares the wood surface, unrolls the edge material, applies the glue and then compresses the glued strip to the edge. It then cuts and finishes the ends of eac …

The technology developed by Pulsafeeder Inc., a leading manufacturer of fluid handling products, is used in applications ranging from chemical process pumps to metering heavy water from nuclear generators. Steve Muscarella, Pulsafeeder Director of Engineering, says Pulsafeeder relies on Lenze - AC Tech variable frequency drives to control the speed of motors in their metering pumps. "We use AC Tech SCM Series Drives both as an off-the-shelf product as well as a custom version. The models we …

  Innovative Pump Manufacturer Opts For 'The Simple Life' With Lenze SMD VFD Lenze SMD Drives have been specified by Seepex pumps for supply with its range of innovative progressive cavity pumps. Simplicity of installation and operation was key to the company’s decision to specify the range of smd drives varying from 0.75kW up to 22kW. High torque on start-up was also a prime feature of the drives. Since the Seepex design is used frequently to pump highly viscous fluids, …

Lenze Americas PositionServo drives, servomotors and smd Series AC inverter drives have all been utilized in the latest generation, specialty printing machine for corrugated board. Cardboard material is auto-fed into the printing machine at high speed and passed through five sets of rollers positioned above and below the board. The rollers at the top deposit the printing ink, one color at a time. The lower set of rollers control the pressure exerted on the material as it is passed through the …

PositionServo Breaks PLC Glass Ceiling Once thought to be only a job for PLCs, indexing is a full function of the Position Servo Drive because of its integrated PLC function. A glass manufacturer in Poland has integrated the Lenze Americas PositionServo drive into its glass coating machine. The machine is comprised of 20 identical sections and is part of a larger glass coating line. The glass coating process requires high voltage plasma cathodes to rotate together in strict synchronization. …