Electric Drive Cylinder Repair

Old electric drive units needed replacing as they had worn and their accuracy and reliability had diminished.  This made the production process liable to breakdowns and higher than expected scrappage rates.  A minimum 10% increase in production was required to cover the cost of the investment to upgrade the plant.    

Despite having little knowledge of electric drive cylinders Gary Conlin at Airlane had enough knowledge and experience to be able to ask the correct questions about the application and the parameters within which the machine was to operate.  This immediately put the customer at ease, which gave us the opportunity to recommend Parker Origa OSPE Electric drive units coupled with their gearbox, motor and controllers.  With the help of Parker the correct units were specified and supplied.  Airlane assembled the motors and gearboxes onto the linear drive units.  Parker attended site and helped with the initial installation and programming of the control units.

Discussions surrounding shaft-coupling solutions, over travel limits, tolerances and set up parameters were answered to the customer’s satisfaction and the results proven during installation and subsequent production cycles.                        

Highly reliable actuators helped the production process reduce both downtime and scrap rates.  Easily achieved 10% production increase.  Further analysis found that the actuators were operating well within their limits of capability.  After 12 months, we stripped the units out to check for signs of wear and tear.  None found so actuators re-installed.

A further two machines have since been upgraded using the same actuator/gearbox configuration.  None has needed servicing yet and all have operated problem-free since installation.