I'm looking for ideas on how to control four motors simultaneously in order to move a rectangular platen up and down evenly. Would also need independent control over each motor for leveling purposes.
This is a plastic forming station with tooling on each side of a top and bottom platen. The plastic is heated and then brought into this forming station. The platens then move together with their tooling to form out a part.
Currently our machines use one motor (10-30HP), two hollow gearboxes, and two shafts to drive the platens on four gear racks corner located.
I've looked into electronic gearing with PF750 VFD's and also servo coordinated motion with Studio 5000.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
This is a plastic forming station with tooling on each side of a top and bottom platen. The plastic is heated and then brought into this forming station. The platens then move together with their tooling to form out a part.
Currently our machines use one motor (10-30HP), two hollow gearboxes, and two shafts to drive the platens on four gear racks corner located.
I've looked into electronic gearing with PF750 VFD's and also servo coordinated motion with Studio 5000.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!