InductoForge Billet Heater Tractor Infeed Drive Options

Product catalog summary

Overview: The document provides detailed information about the InductoForge™ Billet Heater Tractor Infeed Drive Options, highlighting its features, benefits, and specifications.

Features and Benefits:

The system uses a heavy-duty tractor chain drive to push billets through an induction coil line at a controlled speed, combining the advantages of a pinch roll drive with an extended billet gripping surface.
A heavy-duty reduction gearbox drives both the top and bottom chains, controlled by an accurate AC variable frequency motor drive.
A pneumatic cylinder lowers the upper chain drive to "pinch" the billets, ensuring secure handling.
A lost-motion detector acts as a safety feature, shutting down the system if billets stop moving.
The extended chain assembly reduces slippage by increasing billet surface contact.
An in-feed conveyor operates faster than the drive chains to prevent billet gaps.
The system can grip both round and RCS billets.

Design and Performance:

The tractor drive features a pneumatically positioned upper chain assembly that adjusts automatically for different billet diameters, allowing quick changeovers and improved productivity.
The upper drive assembly is spring-loaded to accommodate small diameter variations without affecting the feed rate.

Conveyor System:

The in-feed conveyor has adjustable side plates to accommodate a wide range of billet diameters, ensuring proper feeding to the chain drive assembly.
The conveyor is driven by the main gearbox and uses the same drive motor.

Specifications:

Model NP200 accommodates diameters from 0.8” to 6” (20mm to 150mm).
Model NP800 accommodates diameters from 1” to 7” (25mm to 180mm).

Certifications: The system is ISO 9001:2000 Certified, ensuring quality and reliability.

Catalog excerpts

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InductoForge™ Billet Heater Tractor Infeed Drive Options The heavy-duty tractor chain drive in-feed system pushes billets through the induction coil line at an accurate controlled speed. This drive system combines the advantages of a pinch roll drive-easy automatic adjustment to billet size-with the extended billet gripping surface area of the tractor drive. Features/Benefits: • The heavy-duty reduction gear box drives both the top and bottom chain that is controlled by an extremely accurate AC variable frequency motor drive. • A pneumatic cylinder lowers the upper chain drive to “pinch” the billets. • A key safety feature is a lost-motion detector that will shut down the system’s power supply if the billets stop for any reason. • The extended upper and lower chain assembly allows for greater billet surface contact which greatly reduces slippage. • The drive includes an in-feed conveyor that operates 1.5 to 2X faster than the drive chains to avoid billet gaps. Heavy-duty twin chain tractor infeed drive • Grips either round or RCS billets Heavy-Duty, Multi-Strand Chain Infeed Conveyor Flexible Design For Long Life Performance The Tractor Chain Drive's in-feed conveyor has adjustable side plates for a wide range of billet diameters. This keeps billets centered in the conveyor for proper feeding to the chain drive assembly. The conveyor is driven by the main gear box and uses the same drive motor. The tractor drive is equipped with a pneumatically positioned upper chain assembly that automatically adjusts for different billet diameters. This provides for quick change-over resulting in improved productivity. The upper drive assembly is spring loaded to allow for small diameter variations from part to part without affecting the feed rate. For more information, call 800/624-6297 or visit www.inductoheat.com

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An inductotherm Group Company Billet Heater Tractor Infeed Drive Options Inductoheat, Inc. 32251 N. Avis Dr., Madison Heights, Ml 48071 Tractor Drive/Billet push-out device Close-up of heavy-duty twin chain tractor infeed drive Infeed conveyor InductoForge™ modular billet heating system Lost motion Conveyor drive •Sprocket sizes •Catch-up ratio Pusher drive Chain tensioner Pusher drive ©2007 Inductoheat, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 200 02/07 BULLETIN F-71 Leading Manufacturers of Melting, Thermal Processing & Production Systems for the Metals & Materials Industry Worldwide

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