Application: Shingle Stacking Machine
A plant that makes roofing shingles has several machines that square up bundles of shingles as they drop off the production line. Each machine uses three cylinders: 2″ stroke Norgren cylinders with double rods. Because of the high cycle rate (15 cycles/minute) plus the abrasive grit from the shingles in the air, the cylinders were failing within five weeks. Alex Krick, the TSI sales engineer calling on the plant, recommended a more robust, but more expensive, PHD SK Series slide with a MAC 400 Series valve mounted on the cylinder for maximum speed.
The PHD slides have been running flawlessly for 14 months and when fully implemented will save the plant $68,000in replacement cylinders and downtime per year.
PHD SK Series slides
68K in reoccurring profit for this customer will surely be invested back in the plant and its employees. The community benefit is substantial and this is why i love what i do!