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There is a growing trend towards the production of individually

configured products. The awnings produced by Stobag AG

are no exception. e.Luterbach AG, plant engineering specialist

for the painting industry, created a new production line for

customised awnings with a batch size of 1 for the manufacturer

of sun and weather protection systems. An electrically operated

shelving system helps to make the plant highly efficient.

It was developed in cooperation with Festo.

The new plant cuts blank profiles to the required size and then

powder-coats them. To ensure fast, ‘jam-free’ execution of these

processes, the plant buffers profiles between both procedures.

Unlike the previous solution, the new shelving system is electric

and runs much more quietly − thanks to the electric axis EGC.

Its optimised aluminium profile allows maximum rigidity and

load capacity of the drives. To absorb the high torque during

transport, two slides were mounted on the axis and connected to

a profile. These hold the guided drive DFM and a pre-assem-

bled delivery system from e.Luterbach. The system is powered

by the servo motor EMMS-AS. The success of the project is

due in no small part to the partnership between e.Luterbach

and Festo – even before the actual order was placed. The

new system has proven to be successful, minimising handling

and error rates.

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Jam-free sunscreen

Shelving system optimises awning production

The EGC axes used

are each 8.5 m long.

The optimised alumi-

nium profile allows

maximum rigidity and

load capacity of the

drives.

Not from the assembly

line:

Individually sized

thanks to a customised

production solution.

Successful result of innovative partnership:

The storage and retrieval

unit is positioned between two shelves and can take four carriages with

various profiles and feed them to the powder-coating system.

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