An innovative alternative for servo-driven rotary indexers
rotary indexers (also known as rotary indexing tables or rotation tables) realize rotating movements. They are often installed as components in positioners, but are also used separately (e.g. if the application does not require a swivel axis). Our rotary indexers with integrated angular gears are based on cycloidal gear technology that has been tried and tested in robotics for decades and, thanks to their special design, are significantly more precise, dynamic and rigid than conventional solutions. This gives you an enormous increase in performance and efficiency in production.
Our rotary indexers
Our rotary indexers are characterized by high positioning accuracy, exceptional performance and a compact design. They enable faster processing times, higher product quality and maximum efficiency. This makes them a real alternative to conventional rotary indexers, which are usually equipped with worm, cam or direct drives.
The advantages of our rotary indexers
Rotary indexers in cycloidal design offer you a multitude of advantages. They are extremely resilient, ensure precise and dynamic positioning, allow free programming of the rotation angle and speed, can be operated by the robot controller as an external axis and score points with uncomplicated assembly and simple handling.
Advantages of cycloidal gears in rotary applications:
- Precise approach to processing, loading and unloading stations
- Precise alignment of workpieces
- Fast braking and acceleration
- 360° freedom of movement
- Integration into the robot controller
- Main time parallel working
- Hollow shaft for feeding through supply lines for swivel and clamping devices
- Reduced process times and error rates
- Low assembly effort and uncomplicated integration
Rotary indexer or positioner?
Rotary indexers and positioners are additional external robot axes for positioning workpieces. A positioner usually has several axes, for example one for rotating and one for swiveling the workpieces. The rotary movement is usually performed by rotary indexers. Rotary indexers are therefore often installed as components in positioners. If the application does not require a swivel axis, they can also be used separately.
Specialists for rotational positioning
Rotary indexers enable short switching and cycle times and are at home in almost all industries - whether in the automotive sector, robotics, mechanical and plant engineering, welding, battery production for electromobility, machine tool manufacturing or the food industry. They bring components and workpieces into position or ensure transportation from one processing station to the next.
Typical areas of application:
- Positioning
- Handling
- Feeding
- assembly
- transportation
Our range of services
Would you like to know what makes our rotary indexers so unique? Get to know the advantages of our cycloidal gear technology!
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