Its slewing drives are designed to accommodate combined tilting, radial and axial loads and employ worm gear geometry that provides a large ratio of single stage gearing. The gears are assembled into a low profile housing that optimises the weight to performance ratio.These are highly cost efficient and reliable products.
#2 – UK LAUNCH OF NEW HARMONIC SOLUTIONS
The new partnership with Cone Drive also introduces a range of industry standard and customised harmonic drives to the R. A. Rodriguez product programme.The design is an in-line motion control solution consisting of three main components; a wave generator, a flexspline and a circular spline.
With ratios ranging from 30:1 to 160:1 in a single reduction and efficiencies up to 90% these harmonic drives can be more efficient with a shorter overall length than traditional planetary solutions.As Cone Drive can design and manufacture component sets and gearsets – with customised input, output, size and ratio – harmonic drives are now available from R. A. Rodriguez for a very wide range of applications.
#3 - UNIQUE COMBO
Forget the need for costly and bulky pneumatics to actuate heavy loads, R. A. Rodriguez has a much more compact and cost effective solution.It’s the combination of a GROB Linear Chain with a Framo Morat geared motor.
The great benefit of using chain to move a load is that it can be stored compactly, a clear benefit in system design.As well as being ideal for pulling, a special link design allows the chain to become a rigid thrust device for pushing a guided load.It provides high positioning accuracy, constant stroke speed and shock-free motion with no elastic hysteresis under load.
#4 – EXCEPTIONAL BEARING CHOICE
For more than 40 years, Kaydon Bearings, an SKF Group company, has provided the core R. A. Rodriguez bearings solutions.Naturally a wide range of its ever popular Reali-Slim® thin section bearings will be on display as well as several Kaydon custom bearings.You’ll also see examples from the R. A. Rodriguez own-brand bearings range and, in particular, turntable bearings which can meet the requirements of almost any application, technically and commercially.
#5 – STOCK GEARS – ON LINE AND EX-STOCK
KHK is now a long established R. A. Rodriguez brand and an extensive range of quality stock gears from this Japanese manufacturer will be on the stand.This growing range of stock gears is available from the R. A. Rodriguez online gear shop at www.rargears.com; special promotions will be running throughout the show.
#6 - NEW, DEDICATED COMPANY FOR AUTOMATION
For the first time not one, but two R. A. Rodriguez companies will be exhibiting.The new addition is RARUK Automation, a brand new venture, responsible for the sale and support of automation products. The new corporate structure gives both companies the freedom to develop in a way that best meets the needs of their respective markets.
#7 – COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS
Drives and Controls will also mark the first public appearance by R. A. Rodriguez as the newly announced, preferred partner of Universal Robots.Visit our second stand, in the Robot Demonstration Zone, to see why the Universal Robot is proving to be such a popular choice for collaborative working.
Visit R.A. Rodriguez on Stand no. D780 + the Robotic Demonstration Zone
