Configuration guidelines | Installation option
INV 16 Arrangement with continuous support structure
While this installation option is also possible for plastic cable carriers, it is primarily used for steel cable carriers. If the technical conditions no longer permit the use of a gliding cable carrier or a cable carrier with support rollers with regard to travel length, acceleration or speed, a so-called cable carrier unit with a continuous moving support structure can be used.
Cable carrier units are particularly suitable for use with large travel lengths and high travel speeds under rough operating conditions and heavy loads. There is a variety of different versions of this installation option. As an example, we present the most used type 225 here. Due to the complexity, this type of cable carrier system should be dimensioned in cooperation with our engineers.
The cable carrier installation is either configured as a single-sided system with one cable carrier instal- lation or as an opposite arrangement with two cable carriers. A carriage guided on rollers in a running link supports the cable carriers along their entire length. The support structure is moved in both directions with a cable pull system which is attached to the rolling carriage system. Due to the roller support and roller guiding of the cable carriers Cable carrier installation type 225
on the support carriage and of the support carriage on the running link, only minimal friction forces are gener- ated in the system. Systems with the following limit values have been supplied so far: ■ ■ longest travel length: L S max. = 222 m ■ ■ highest travel speed: v max = 4 m/s ■ ■ greatest travel acceleration: a max = 8 m/s 2
Single-sided arrangement (schematic diagram)
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