Automation equipment specialist Festo claims its new cost-effective belt drive ELGA-RF with increased speed and load capacities sets “a new high standard in industry”.
According to the Germany-headquartered technology company, the compact axis of the ELGA-RF enables machine builders and engineers to increase machine throughput and efficiencies, while benefiting from low maintenance and reduced operational costs.
“The reliable ELGA-RF has robust roller bearings, which enables it to move at a faster speed of up to 10m/s compared with alternative belt drives that use ball bearing guides,” the company says.
Part of Festo’s ELGA family of linear drives, the machine can also handle “almost double the payload capacity” of previous roller bearings, the company adds, meaning that users can position heavier loads “faster and more accurately”.
Available in three sizes (70, 80 and 120mm) and with stroke lengths from 50mm up to 7,400mm, the ELGA-RF axis includes oil impregnated felt, said to ensure a maintenance free lifetime of over 5 million metres of travel.
Nigel Dawson, product manager for electric drives at Festo, says: “Delivered ready-to-install, the ELGA-RF is easy to use and fit, making it is suitable for handling, feeding and conveying automation applications in the electronics and packaging industries.”
