Driven Idler
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In cooperation with SCHAEFFLER ITA Institut fOr Transport- und Automatisierungstechnik AKT® DRIVEN IDLER DECENTRALISED DIRECT DRIVE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEMS In cooperation with SCHAEFFLER ITA

BOTTROP PLANT IDLERS AND CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS WE HAVE BEEN A SPECIALIST FOR CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS AND ROLLER BEARINGS FOR MORE THAN 85 YEARS AKT® – MADE IN GERMANY Development of the AKT® brand The name Artur Küpper has developed into the AKT® quality brand over the years and is being managed by Ms Susan Küpper in the third generation today. VELBERT PLANT ROLLER BEARINGS AND TRACK ROLLERS Far beyond the borders of Germany, we operate as an internationally successful competence centre for customerspecific-solutions “Made in Germany” . Our product portfolio manufactured in-house now includes...

AKT® DRIVEN IDLER DECENTRALISED DIRECT DRIVE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEMS The demand for higher productivity often takes plants to their limits. Conveyor belt systems represent a special challenge in this regard since the conveying capacity is limited by the conveying crosssection. Generally an increase in production requires a costly and timeconsuming retrofit of the entire conveyor belt system. In cooperation with Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG and the Institute of Transport and Automation Technology (ITA), Artur Küpper GmbH & Co. KG has developed a...

AKT® DRIVEN IDLER SET TO INCREASE THE CONVEYING CAPACITY To increase the conveying capacity of existing systems, the AKT® DRIVEN IDLER can be used in combination with the KUPPER MTS (Movable Troughing Set). These components in combination make up the AKT® DRIVEN IDLER SET. This system has numerous advantages. It is independent of the roller dimensions in the current system and can therefore be adapted to any frame design. The AKT® DRIVEN IDLER has integrated sensors for permanent monitoring of the system state (industry 4.0). This extremely compact yet powerful drive is completely...

AKT® DRIVEN IDLER UPGRADE FOR EXISTING AND NEW CONVEYOR SYSTEMS • IMPROVED PERFORMANCE • LOWER COSTS • HIGHER SYSTEM AVAILABILITY • INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM DRIVE • INCREASE IN TRANSMISSIBLE POWER WITH SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION OF LOCAL BELT TENSILE FORCE • REGENERATIVE OPERATION IN THE DOWNHILL ZONE • LOWERING OF THE REQUIRED BELT CLASS • REDUCED LOAD ON THE MAIN DRIVES • IMPROVED CURVE HANDLING • PLUG & PLAY SOLUTION - SHORT INSTALLATION TIMES • MAXIMISES THE POSSIBLE LENGTH OF CONVEYOR SYSTEMS • GOODS TRANSFER POINTS ARE AVOIDED -PROTECTS THE BELT AND THE ENVIRONMENT...

• AGRICULTURAL AND AIRPORT TECHNOLOGIES • AUTOMATION / ROBOTICS • AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY • LIGNITE MINING • ENERGY INDUSTRY • CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY • FOODSTUFF INDUSTRY • MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION • PACKAGING EQUIPMENT • BULK MATERIAL HANDLING • TEXTILE INDUSTRY • TRANSFER / LINEAR GUIDANCE SYSTEMS • UNIT LOAD HANDLING Artur Kupper GmbH & Co. KG www.kuepper.eu Velbert Plant Wulfrather StraGe 32 - 52 42553 Velbert/Germany Phone +49 (2053) 497 - 0 • Fax +49 (2053) 497 - 20 bearing@kuepper.eu Bottrop Plant An der Knippenburg 27 46238 Bottrop/Germany Phone +49 (2041) 177 - 0 • Fax +49 (2041) 177 - 100...