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Now I'll turn it over to our Misumi engineer.
Hi, my name is Vick Yonata.
I am a product engineer with Misumi's Motion Systems group,
and will be presenting this webinar covering our newest linear actuator
product line,
the MSA Series. Misumi's motion system has a wide range of actuators.
Let me show you how the MSA series fit in our product line base
on three main considerations; precision,
stroke, and speed. The LX series has a repeatability of 5 microns for the
high-grade
and 3 microns for the precision grade, with a maximum stroke
up to a half meter and speed up to eleven hundred millimeters per second.
The RS series
has a repeatability of 10 or 20 microns,
and depending on the model, a maximum stroke of just over a meter
with a top speed up to 1800 millimeters per second.
This is a robot package, which come fully integrated
with a motorized actuator and a programmable controller.
The MSA Belt Drive actuators
have a repeatability of 25 microns and models that can run at speeds in excess
of 10,000 millimeters per second.
Standard stroke lengths are available up to 6.25 meters
and longer length may be considered as a custom.
If you are in need of positioning precision in the very fine
less than 1 micron range, we also offer the Suruga Seiki
of high precision stage system in linear,
rotary, and angular packages. These are available
as manual units or with an integrated motor. Suruga is a part of the Misumi Group.
In order to run the LX and the MSA series,
we also offer a broad line of stepper or servo motor and drive systems.
And best of all, Misumi offers the best lead time in the industry.
Our standard actuators typically ship in six
or eight business days. Today we will focus mainly on our newest product lineup,
the MSA series. This is our lineup of our eight standard MSA belt drive actuators.
All of Misumi's MSA actuators feature
an extruded aluminum body with t-slot, which will allow you to mount positioning
sensors,
an easy to adjust belt tensioner, a one-piece machine and stress proof
shafted pulley,
a zero backlash belt to pulley, and corrosion-resistant components.
These are the MSA belt drive system. The belt drive system does not have a load
bearing mechanism.
An extra load bearing mechanism such as an external support system
is needed for each of these systems. These belt drives are a great alternative to
a rod with cylinders.
You do not require an air system, and program this with multiple positions.
You will also be able to eliminate flow control units that often need to be
adjusted
or replaced. We will now look at our product line in more details,
starting from our actuators, then our belt drive system.
Our actuators will be presented in an ascending order
based on the maximum load capacity. MSA-PSC
utilizes a slider linear support.
It is suitable for light load applications on both horizontal
and vertical axes with a maximum travel speed of
1,270 millimeters per second,
a maximum load of twenty pounds with a repeatability
of plus/minus 25 micron.
Acceleration rate on the MSA-PSC can exceed
5 G's. No maintenance is required for this system.
MSA-628 is suitable for a light load and light moment load application.
It utilizes a roller with a hardened shaft as a linear support mechanism.
The actuator would be able to handle loads up to 25 pounds
with a maximum speed of 5,080 millimeters per second
and handle a moment load up to 1.4 Newton meter.
Basic maintenance on this actuator would be checking on belt tension
periodically
as a preventative maintenance or after a serious
crash situation. Slide belt is indicated by smeared
or a race logo on belt surface.
Periodically, apply light oil to integrated felt
wipers.
MSA-M6S is suitable for medium load
and light moment load application. It also utilizes a roller with hardened shaft
as a linear support mechanism, and would be able to handle load
up to 50 pounds with a max speed of 6,230 millimeters per second,
and handles moment load up to 3.3 Newton meter.
Since the design of the MSA-M6S is the same as
MSA-628, the basic maintenance on this actuator would be the same
as the MSA-628.
MSA-14S is suitable for loads up to 200 pounds
and can handle 26 Newton meter of moment load.
It utilizes a roller with hardened shaft as a linear support mechanism.
This series offers the second widest load handling and moment capacity
which is excellent for vertical orientation applications.
Again, the maintenance instructions for MSA-14S
are the same as MSA-628 and MSA-M6S.
Be sure to periodically lubricate the rail. A full line of repair and
maintenance items are available as needed.
Please note that initially the carriage preload is factory set.
Carriage preloading adjustment is only necessary when a card is replaced to
ensure card tracking performance.
The bearing rollers are designed with the eccentric mounting feature,
which allows you to set the carriage preload. A special Misumi spano wrench
is required for this service.
MSA-14H is suitable for loads up to 400 pounds
and can handle 52 Newton meter of moment low.
It utilizes a roller with hardened shaft as a linear support mechanism.
This series offers the widest load handling
and moment capacity, which is excellent for vertical orientation applications.
This is the last actuator featuring a roller with hardened shaft design.
The basic maintenance is the same as the three previous models I presented.
MSA-NBC
is suitable for applications that requires
light-duty loading and moments. It utilizes
a plastic roller as a linear support mechanism. It can handle a maximum load of
100 pounds,
or 45.36 kilograms. This actuator
has a maximum speed of 2,540 millimeters per second,
and is useful for hanging loads.
Basic maintenance would be periodically checking the belt tension
for preventative maintenance or after a serious crash
situation. Please do note that the basic maintenence will apply to all of our belt
drive
and actuator systems. MSA-135
is suitable for medium-duty applications. It utilizes
a plastic roller as a linear support mechanism.
MSA-135 has a maximum travel speed of
5,080 millimeters per second, and useful for hanging loads
up to 500 pounds, or 226.8 kilograms.
MSA-R20 is most popular for applications that requires high-speed
and heavy load. It utilizes a linear guide
as a linear support mechanism. This
actuator can support loads up to 181.4 kilograms
or four hundred pounds with speed up to
10,160 millimeters per second. We are now looking at
our MSA belt drive systems. These belt drive systems
would require an external support since they do not offer internal linear
support mechanisms.
MSA-SB1 is a unique
an economical replacement for a long rod- less air cylinder.
It can be used as a drop-and-drive replacement where a
guidance system is in place. It can move loads
up to 100 pounds, or 45.36 kilograms
with a maximum speed of 5,050 millimeters per second.
MSA-SB2 is also an economical replacement for long rod-less air cylinders.
It can move loads up to 500 pounds,
or 226.8 kilograms, with a maximum speed
of 10,160 members per second,
doubling the speed of the MSA-SB1. MSA-SB2 has a zero backlash
belt to pulley design and corrosion-resistant components.
MSA-SB5 is very similar to the MSA-SB2
and MSA-SB1 belt drive system. However,
the MSA-SB5 has a higher load capacity
of up to 1,000 pounds or 453.6 kilograms.
MSA-SB5 has a maximum speed
of 10,160 millimeters per second.
MSA-SBH
has the highest load capacity of up to 2,500 pounds,
or 1,134 kilograms. It also has a maximum speed
of 15,240 millimeters per second,
the fastest offered in our product line.
Let's now examined the difference between the MSA actuator
and the belt drive system. The belt drive systems
are replacements for a rod-less air cylinder. The drive can move the load,
however, it must be supported by an external guide system.
Actuators have an integrated guide system to carry the load
as it travels. When comparing the actuator system and the belt drive
system,
they both have some similar specifications. However,
unlike the actuator system, the belt drive would require an external guide
support.
This chart compares speeds of actuator and belt drives.
The blue bars are for horizontal speed,
and orange represent vertical speed. As you can see,
some of these actuator have the same speed specification.
However, due to different load bearing characteristics,
theses actuators will have different load specification values.
These charts compare the thrust load specification
of the actuator and belt drive. As you can see,
the belt drive is able to handle the most thrust load. Here is how you calculate the
moment load of an XY system.
Given is the thrust load spec that the X-axis would be able to handle.
Also given is a reference point of how much weight
the X axis would be able to handle at 15 centimeters away
from the center of the actuator mounting. Based on this reference,
we would then be able to calculate the moment load. With the moment load value,
we would then be able to determine the distance of an offset value,
and weight on the X-axis. As an example,
with 33.7 centimeters offset,
the X-axis would be able to handle 2 kilogram weight
or less. These are some application examples of our MSA Belt Drive
and actuators. Our belt drive actuators are well suited for a wide range of
industrial
and commercial applications. It is also suitable for the packaging,
manufacturing automation, aerospace, and entertainment industry.
This is an example of our MSA actuator
used in the pharmaceutical industry. A robotic pick-and-place
utilizing a four axis system. MSA actuator is also use in entertainment and
food handling service.
This is an actual application of our MSA series
belt driven actuator used in Time Square New York.
One of our actuators is also used in Biosphere 2 in Arizona.
It is a custom forty-three meter long belt actuator.
This is a great example to use our belt drive system to replace
a rodless air cylinder system. As we can see from the picture,
using an air cylinder would require many accessories
such as; mechanical stops, shock absorber,
and flow control. Not to mention, a pneumatic system could be noisy.
Also notice that this system has a linear guide
to support the load. This makes it very easy to replace the rodless cylinder
with our belt drive system. This is the Misumi website.
As we can see, the website is divided into three different parts;
Automation Components, Pressed Die Components,
and Plastic Mold Components. Since we were talking about an actuator,
we would then select the Automation Components. Inside the Automation
Components,
we would then select Actuators. Now we will
look into the belt actuator and drives.
Now, these are all the belt actuator and drive systems that we have
discussed on the presentation.
To narrow down our option, we would use the filter
on the left side of the page. We would then fill in all information that we
know.
For this demonstration purposes, we will select Vertical Load
being 45.4 kilograms,
and we would then select a belt drive, because we do have our
load supported. And we would enter in
our speed of 7,620 millimeters per second.
Now, as we can see, once we fill out all the information necessary,
we would narrow down our options to one particular product, which is the
MSA-SBH. We would then click on this.
Now, we can use the filter on the left side here to configure our part number.
We would select a Max speed of 15,000;
single or double shaft, for this purpose we would select single shaft;
and shaft location, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
As we can see, shaft location 1 will be located here,
2, 3,
and 4. We will select 1 and we will
look into the stroke length of 405.
Once we have the part number fully configured, we would be able to check on
the
drawing specification, part numbers,
days to ship, and also any additional information.
And this concludes our webinar for today. Thank you very much for attending.
Thank you, and we hope you enjoy today's webinar.
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