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Branson™ GPX platform

Branson™ GPX platform

Branson™ GPX platform

Product catalog summary
Overview
The Branson GPX platform is a cutting-edge heat staking technology designed for joining complex, delicate, and sensitive plastic components. It offers manufacturers enhanced design freedom and optimized production performance, enabling high-quality joins and superior aesthetics.
Specifications
The platform includes handheld units GPX-100, GPX-150, and GPX-200, with varying dimensions and capabilities. The GPX-200, for example, can accommodate up to 60 welding tips and features a central drive stroke and speed of 550 mm and 550 mm/s, respectively.
Benefits
  • Localized heating and cooling prevent damage to nearby components.
  • Adjustable cycle times for optimized low-energy heat staking.
  • No vibration, burning smells, or particulates, ensuring high-performance aesthetics.
Applications
  • Flat head tip welding for battery terminals and metal plate fixing.
  • Polymer to polymer and other materials for automotive and electronic components.
  • Bonding fibrous materials for sound damping in automotive parts.
  • Rim swaging for camera lenses and retaining bearings.
  • Sealing holes in relay cases and security sealing.
  • Embedding parts like bolts or pins in cellular phones and automotive components.
  • Polymer to mesh bonding for automotive covers and filters.
  • Breathable membrane attachment to plastic parts.
Unique Staking Process
The platform's unique pulse staking technology optimizes the heat staking process, allowing for the joining of dissimilar materials with complex 3D geometries and fragile components. This results in energy savings and superior product aesthetics.
Conclusion
The Branson GPX platform provides a versatile and efficient solution for manufacturers looking to join complex plastic components, offering significant benefits in terms of design flexibility, energy efficiency, and product quality.
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Branson™ GPX platform-1

Gain greater design freedom through high-quality joins and superior aesthetics. Unique heat staking technology for joining complex, delicate and sensitive plastic components

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Branson™ GPX platform-2

The Branson GPX platform provides manufacturers with greater design freedom and optimized production performance The Branson GPX platform is designed to give manufacturers greater design freedom by enabling them to join more complex, delicate and sensitive components to plastic moldings. Unique pulse staking technology optimizes the heat staking process to produce high-quality joins, superior product aesthetics and energy savings in increasingly challenging applications. These include parts made of dissimilar materials with complex 3D geometries, closely aligned features and fragile or heat-sensitive...

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Branson™ GPX platform-3

Unique staking process Time change of an 8 stage operation High performance Plastic degradation temperature Plastic melt temperature Release Removal Re-cooling Heating time • Localized heating and cooling prevents damage to nearby components • Adjustable heating and cooling cycle times delivering an optimized low energy heat staking • Optimized heating process of polymer reducing internal stresses No vibration, burning smells, particulates or burn marks enables more delicate and sensitive parts to be joined with consistently high-performance aesthetics. Design flexibility Multiple point staking...

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Branson™ GPX platform-4

Join more complex, delicate and sensitive components to plastic moldings, providing greater design freedom. The unique heat staking process provided by the Branson GPX platform offers manufacturers a broad range of benefits, such as superior product aesthetics and reduced energy use. Visit us: Emerson.com/Branson Your local contact: Emerson.com/contactus Emerson.com/Branson Facebook.com/EmersonAutomationSolutions LinkedIn.com/company/Emerson-Automation-Solutions Twitter.com/Branson_Emerson The Emerson logo is a trademark and service mark of Emerson Electric Co. Brand logotype are registered trademarks...

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