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Overview: The document provides a comprehensive overview of WEISS GmbH's product range, focusing on rotary tables, linear systems, handling modules, and software solutions. It highlights the company's commitment to quality, precision, and customer-specific solutions.

Product Categories:

Rotary Tables: Includes fixed-station rotary indexing tables (TC, TR, EF2) and freely programmable rotary tables (NC, NR, CR/TH, TO, ST, TW). These tables are known for their reliability, robustness, and precision.
Linear Assembly System: The LS 280 system is highlighted for its efficiency in assembly processes.
Handling Modules: Comprises pick & place units, linear axes, and lifting-rotating units, designed for various automation tasks.
Customer-Specific Solutions: Offers customized machine bases and plates tailored to specific customer needs.
Software: WEISS Application Software (W.A.S. 2) facilitates easy control and commissioning of all components.

Technical Specifications:

TC Rotary Indexing Tables: Known for their long service life and minimal maintenance due to the rotary table control system. Features include powerful center parts, large central bores, precise bearings, and electronic wear compensation.
Performance: Capable of operating at up to 220 cycles per minute with high precision and reliability.
Options: Various mounting and drive positions, optional DRIVE-CLiQ encoder, and custom color options.

Manufacturing Expertise: WEISS GmbH emphasizes its extensive manufacturing capabilities, including a 22,000 m² production area and a new measuring center for quality assurance. The company has a global presence with subsidiaries in 13 countries and serves customers in over 40 countries.

Customer Support: WEISS positions itself as a solution partner, offering consulting, product selection, and process optimization to reduce time and costs for customers. The company maintains regional inventories and service teams to ensure quick response to market needs.

Custom Equipment: Customers can customize parameters such as design, precision, dimensions, and color. The equipment comes with an acceptance certificate ensuring compatibility and functionality.

Rotary Indexing Tables: The document describes different types of rotary indexing tables, including fixed-station and heavy-duty options. It highlights the TR rotary indexing ring table, known for its large central opening, flat design, and high accuracy.

Technical Specifications: The tables can operate in multiple directions and are equipped with asynchronous brake motors. They offer high switching frequencies and precise indexing times. Various sizes and configurations are available, with options for custom voltages and frequencies.

Advantages: The rotary tables provide high parts accuracy, dynamic performance, and a compact design. They are suitable for heavy loads and offer excellent price-performance ratios.

Options and Versions: The document details different drive and mounting positions, as well as optional features like DRIVE-CLiQ encoders for enhanced control and monitoring.

Load and Technical Data: Detailed load tables and technical data are provided for different models, including maximum load capacities, cycle times, and motor specifications.

Dimensions: The document includes precise dimensional data for various models, ensuring proper integration into customer-specific applications.

Technical Specifications: The document provides detailed specifications for rotary indexing tables, including voltage options (230/400 V), frequency (50 Hz), and indexing precision (24 arcsec). It specifies axial run-out and concentricity values, with precise mounting surfaces required to achieve these. The total weight, static torque, and dynamic forces are also detailed, with a maximum recommended equipment diameter of approximately 4400 mm.

Load Table and Performance: The load table specifies speed levels, indexing, and maximum admissible mass inertia loading (J2 Max) with cycle times. It notes that cycle times are approximately 80-130 ms longer than specified due to motor size and electronics. Recommendations include using control to minimize brake wear.

EF2 Rotary Table Control System: The EF2 system offers an intuitive web-based interface, soft start-up, and increased performance through automatic optimization. It supports remote diagnostics and various mains standards, with compact hardware and fieldbus connections. Safety functions include SIL2 and optional SIL3 measures.

Installation and Dimensions: Installation options include 19” rack, PCB holder, and protective housing. Dimensions for various components are provided, with recommendations for ventilation clearance, brake resistance, and shielding plate. The document emphasizes the importance of precise mounting to avoid mechanical issues.

NC Rotary Tables: NC rotary tables are user-programmable, robust, and feature optimized bearings. They offer high torque and precision, with options for absolute encoders and various motor interfaces. The tables can operate in multiple directions and are lubricated for life. Custom options and mounting positions are available.

General Information: The document includes general information on model ranges, mounting positions, and technical data for NC rotary tables. It highlights the importance of considering plate material and attachment means when determining maximum load. The document also offers support for system dimensioning.

Technical Specifications: The document provides detailed specifications for various models of rotary tables and rotating units. Key parameters include maximum motor speed, output speed, overall gear ratio, indexing precision, axial run-out, concentricity, weight, and permitted forces and moments. For example, the TH 1000F model has a maximum motor speed of 2400 1/min and an output speed of 12 1/min with an overall gear ratio of 200. The TO 750 model features a nominal torque of 623 Nm without water cooling and 1700 Nm with water cooling.

Procedures and Recommendations: The document outlines procedures for integrating rotary tables into existing equipment, emphasizing the importance of precise mounting surfaces to achieve specified axial run-out and concentricity values. It also highlights the availability of cleanroom-certified versions and the option for water cooling to enhance performance.

Standards and Norms: Rotary tables are certified to air purity class 1 as per US Federal Standard 209E for cleanroom applications. The document also mentions the use of absolute measuring systems and overtemperature protection for motors.

Advantages and General Information: The rotary tables are described as highly dynamic, precise, and reliable with features such as zero backlash, compact design, and long service life. They are user-programmable and suitable for various applications, including cleanroom environments. The document also notes the availability of positioning accuracy measurement reports and compensation tables for error correction.

Load Data and Timing Diagrams: Load data for different models are provided, detailing permitted static and dynamic forces and moments. Timing diagrams illustrate movement times for various loads and angles of rotation.

Dimensions and Installation: Detailed dimensions and installation instructions are provided, including screw hole patterns and cooling water connections. The document emphasizes the importance of proper installation for optimal performance.

Overview: The document provides detailed technical specifications and features of various rotary units and tables, focusing on their dynamic performance, design, and application flexibility. It includes data on load capacities, torque, speed, and encoder options, as well as customization possibilities for specific customer needs.

Specifications: The document outlines the technical data for different models of rotary units, including voltage range, nominal and peak torque, speed, weight, and indexing precision. It also details the permissible forces and moments for both static and dynamic conditions.

Procedures: The document suggests that mechanical zero-point alignment is necessary for error compensation. It also mentions the availability of a compensation table for accuracy measurement.

Norms and Standards: The document emphasizes the importance of inspection by WEISS for combined loads and permitted process forces. It also highlights the use of high-precision encoders and the availability of various encoder accuracies to ensure design flexibility.

Recommendations: The document recommends considering the influence of plate material and attachment means when determining the maximum load of the system. It also suggests consulting WEISS for specific mounting positions and customization options.

Key Features: The rotary units are described as extremely dynamic, compact, and maintenance-free, with high power density and optional electric holding brakes. The TW rotary tables are highlighted for their programmability, precision, and energy efficiency, offering a cost-effective alternative to pneumatic solutions.

Customization and Customer-Specific Solutions: The document offers customer-specific solutions with guaranteed quality, fast delivery, and cost savings. It provides options for surface treatments and customized designs, ensuring that all components are perfectly matched to customer specifications.

Cabinets and Base Frames: Cabinets are customizable with any edge dimensions and sizes available upon request. Base frames come in round and square standard sizes, with options for height adjustment and custom designs. They feature high-quality rigid construction, control cabinets for square models, and height-adjustable, shock-absorbing feet.

Stationary and Base Plates: Stationary plates include an integrated lip seal and are available in aluminum or steel, with T-grooves for module arrangement. Base plates can be round, square, or rectangular, with dimensions and machining according to specifications, including T-slots and standard cable ducts.

Rotary Indexing Ring Table: Features include a rotary plate, base frame, and fixed center plate with raised supports. Dimensions for raised supports are provided for various series, with general tolerances conforming to DIN ISO 2768-m.

Customer-Specific Solutions: Machine bases can be downloaded in 2D or 3D for CAD integration. Plates are available with integrated sealing lips and are manufactured to high precision standards, with guaranteed flatness and repeatability.

Linear Assembly System LS 280: The LS 280 is a modular, cleanroom-certified system with a cam drive and belt system, offering high productivity and flexibility. It features smooth motion, high positioning precision, and maintenance-free operation. The system is designed for easy extension and customization, with independently functional assembly cells.

Advantages and Features: The LS 280 offers a high level of availability, modular design, and ESD capability. It supports flexible system design and allows for varying processing times to increase productivity. The system is maintenance-free and ensures high reliability with antistatic transport.

Locking Stations: Locking stations provide simultaneous transport and positioning of workpiece carriers, with options for single or double stations. They feature a reliable drive principle for high-speed, smooth transportation, and are designed to accommodate handling modules.

Overview: The document provides detailed technical specifications and operational guidelines for the LS 280 Linear Assembly System, including its components such as locking stations, belt sections, corner units, workpiece carriers, and handling modules. It also covers the control system, safety features, and layout examples.

Locking Stations: The system offers single and double locking stations with varying indexing pitches (70, 140, 280, 560 mm) and corresponding workpiece exchange times. Positioning precision is +/- 0.03 mm for X/Y axes and +/- 0.06 mm for the Z axis. The transport direction is counter-clockwise, driven by a three-phase motor.

Belt Section: Belt sections are available in lengths from 600 to 2400 mm, with transport speeds of 19, 26, and 41 m/min. They facilitate the movement of workpiece carriers between locking stations, ensuring smooth and rapid transportation.

Corner Units: Available in 180° and 90° configurations, these units determine the system layout and support transport speeds of 15, 21, and 34 m/min.

Workpiece Carriers: The carriers are linked by a connection rod or a common carrier plate for longer workpieces. They are guided on a steel rail and positioned using a cam roller system.

Carrier Plates: Made of chemically nickel-plated steel, these plates support customer-specific fixtures and can handle vertical process forces up to 3000 N with appropriate support.

Base Frame and Accessories: The base frame supports the locking stations and can be customized in height. It includes an integrated switch cabinet and optional side assembly plates.

Central Lubrication System: Ensures wear-free operation by automatically lubricating guide rails and transport cams.

Control System: Features a master PLC, decentralized control packages, and fieldbus interfaces. It includes safety features like Safe Torque Off and supports remote maintenance.

Handling Modules: The HP Pick & Place modules offer high dynamic performance with direct drive technology, suitable for cleanroom environments. They are programmable and provide feedback on position and process forces.

Layout Examples: The document provides layout examples for 180° and 90° systems, detailing space requirements and indexing pitches.

Technical Specifications: The document provides detailed specifications for various linear motor axes and automated assembly systems. Key parameters include voltage range (200-600 VAC), maximum acceleration (40 m/s²), maximum speed (4 m/s), and repeat accuracy (0.005 mm). The document also specifies nominal and peak forces, static and dynamic moments, and forces across different axes.

Linear Motor Axes: These axes are available with different stroke lengths, with intermediate strokes available on request. The document lists standard strokes and their corresponding dimensions. It also details the mass of guide rails and brakes, and the maximum recommended load for each axis.

Encoder Options: Balluff sin/cos, BISS, and SSI encoders are available for precise positioning and control.

SH 75 Lifting-Rotating Unit: This unit features independent servo axes for lifting and rotary movements, offering high power density and compact design. It is user-programmable and can be equipped with a brake. The unit supports flexible deployment across various tasks and processes.

Pick-o-Mat Automated Assembly System: The Pick-o-Mat system integrates a rotary indexing table with up to 24 handling, pressing, and lifting modules. It features a central cam drive for synchronized module movements and is available in two sizes (PM 1100 and PM 1500). The system is designed for easy integration and offers high performance without pneumatic mechanisms.

Advantages and Features: The document highlights the advantages of the systems, including compact design, excellent dynamics, flexible deployment, and user programmability. The Pick-o-Mat system is noted for its affordability, quick availability, and ease of integration.

Technical Data and Options: Each system's technical data is provided, including maximum stroke, repeat accuracy, and load capacities. Options for customization, such as base frames and adapter plates, are available to meet specific application needs.

Conclusion: The document provides comprehensive technical details and options for linear motor axes and automated assembly systems, emphasizing their flexibility, precision, and ease of integration into various industrial applications.

POM Automated Assembly System:

Assembly Components: Includes bottom and top vertical rails with handling units positioned at the top outside.
Technical Data: Maximum extra weight is 2kg, with standard vertical strokes of 30, 40, and 50 mm, and horizontal strokes ranging from 80 to 140 mm.

PM 1500E Handling Module:

Vertical guide assembly can be mounted at two heights with a 33 mm difference.
Stroke adjustments must be specified for factory pre-adjustment.

PM 1500H Lifting Module:

Used for vertical movement with a maximum weight of 1.5 kg.
Includes a spring-mounted overload protection system with a max 50 N spring force.

PM 1500P Pressing Module:

Moves the press head vertically with a maximum pressing force of 200 N.
Includes a spring-mounted overload protection system with a max 300 N spring force.

WEISS Application Software (W.A.S. 2):

Facilitates setup and control of WEISS components, supporting standalone or system modules.
Features include intuitive user interface, smart energy management, and up to 30% higher output.
Supports various communication protocols like Profibus-DP, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, and EtherCAT.

Local Presence:

WEISS has a global presence with offices in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, UK, Spain, Italy, Poland, USA, Canada, Brazil, and Asia.

Catalog excerpts

TECHNOLOGY THAT INSPIRES WEISS PRODUCT RANGE INSPIRING PEOPLE GREAT SOLUTIONS WEISS GMBH Siemensstraße 17 74722 Buchen Phone 06281 5208-0 Fax 06281 5208-99 info@ weiss-international.com www.weiss-international.com PRODUCT RANGE ROTARY TABLES LINEAR SYSTEM HANDLING SOFTWARE

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FIXED-STATION ROTARY INDEXING TABLES TC Rotary indexing table 14 TR Rotary indexing ring table 36 EF2 Rotary table control system 48 FREELY PROGRAMMABLE ROTARY TABLES NC Rotary table 54 NR Rotary ring table 64 CR/TH Heavy duty rotary table 76 TO Torque rotary table 96 ST Torque Rotating Unit 110 TW Rotary table with hybrid drive 118 CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS SR/SK Indexing machine bases 130 LINEAR ASSEMBLY SYSTEM LS 280 Linear Assembly System 142 HANDLING MODULES HP Pick & Place 164 HG/HN Linear axis 176 Pick-o-Mat automated assembly system 194 WEISS APPLICATION...

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FOUR STEPS TO PERFECT AUTOMATION Experience a product portfolio with unparalleled scope: from basic machines, through handling units, right up to plates, attachments and custom solutions. All components can be controlled using the WEISS Application Software (W.A.S. 2) for fast and easy commissioning. I would like to commission my installation quickly and efficiently WEISS Application Software 2 SOFTWARE I require machine frames, mounting bases or customised equipment Bases, mountings, modifications Customer-specific systems CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS I require handling components Linear axes...

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INSPIRING PEOPLE GREAT SOLUTIONS

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PRODUCTION / MANUFACTURING AREA DEVELOPMENT DESIGN MILLING TURNING DRILLING MESHING GRINDING PAINTING FITTING MEASURING For us, quality comes first. Our rotary indexing tables and automation components have earned a legendary reputation in terms of reliability, robustness and precision. Our comprehensive manufacturing expertise plays a key part in this regard. Working in interdisciplinary teams, we develop precise solutions for our customers – with the right technical and economic attributes. Our new measuring centre at the production location in Buchen also supports this high quality standard....

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MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE WEISS QUALITY FROM CLEVELAND TO SHANGHAI: YEARS OF PRODUCING LINEAR ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS MACHINING OF PLATES WITH DIAMETERS OF UP TO

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NETHERLANDS NORTH AMERICA SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA POLAND PORTUGAL RUSSIA SWEDEN CYLINDER LOCK MANUFACTURING WITH THE LS LINEAR ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AT AUMAT MASCHINENBAU GMBH: -METRE-LONG SYSTEM

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ELGIUM BRAZIL DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL KOREA LUXEMBOURG R E S L O VA K I A S L O V E N I A S O U T H A F R I C A TA I WA N T H A I L A N D C Z E C H R E P U B L I C T U R K E Y H U N G A R Y LOCALLY WHEN YOU NEED US We are more than just a component supplier for our customers. In fact, we are a solution partner that can help you reduce time and costs – with products, services and matching consulting. We provide support in selecting the right product(s) and optimising processes, all the way up to designing and commissioning complete installations. We offer customer proximity...

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WE COMBINE EXPERTISE WITH SOLUTIONS – AND SOLUTIONS WITH MARKETS NO MATTER WHERE We are represented worldwide, wherever our customers need us. We can be on site quickly thanks to our network of subsidiaries and offices, as well as our own service and support teams. Regional inventories at dedicated logistics hubs allow us to cater to local requirements quickly and effectively. Our subsidiaries also offer maximum mobility so that we can react to specific market requirements flexibly. Yet even with maximum flexibility and adaptability, one thing always remains the same: at its heart, WEISS is always...

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FIXED-STATION ROTARY INDEXING TABLES

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FIXED-STATION ROTARY INDEXING TABLES | TC ROTARY INDEXING TABLE TC ROTARY INDEXING TABLE: RELIABILITY FOR A LIFETIME EXTENDED WARRANTY Using our rotary table control system minimises brake wear. This makes the rotary indexing table virtually maintenance-free throughout its entire service life. And using this control system also extends the warranty to four years.

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Custom machine for an automotive supplier. The assembly of sealing rings for injection pumps requires maximum precision. The TC 150 rotary indexing table with matched rotating plate delivers this. One of the most reliable and robust rotary indexing tables available worldwide. Your most popular partner in the field of automation technology. Extremely long service life combined with impressively fast switching. Now in its third generation. Robust rotary indexing table with smooth, jerk and impact-free running and extremely long service life. When using a WEISS rotary table control system, we extend...

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The TC is one of the most reliable and robust rotary indexing tables available worldwide. Our roller cam drives are dimensioned as large as possible. And the full length of the cams is used here. The fastest switching times and an extremely long service life – we achieve this with high-precision drive cams made by our in-house manufacturing department.

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FIXED-STATION ROTARY INDEXING TABLES | TC ROTARY INDEXING TABLE DELIVERS WHAT IT PROMISES – THAT’S A PROMISE. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MODEL RANGE ·· TC rotary indexing tables can be operated clockwise, anti-clockwise and also in reversing mode. ·· The drive can be swung downward. You can do the conversion work yourself. ·· The TC rotary indexing tables are “lubricated for life”! ·· The maximum switching frequency is up to 220 cycles per minute, depending on the size, the system’s mass moment of inertia and the angle of rotation. ·· All TC rotary indexing tables are equipped with asynchronous...

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VERSIONS: DRIVE POSITION LATERAL INSIDE MOTOR ON CAM SIDE / DP 5 BELOW INSIDE LONG DRIVE HOUSING / DP 7 LATERAL OUTSIDE LONG DRIVE HOUSING / DP 6 BELOW OUTSIDE

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FIXED-STATION ROTARY INDEXING TABLES | TC ROTARY INDEXING TABLE VERSIONS: MOUNTING POSITION VERTICAL, DRIVE ON RIGHT / MP 3 VERTICAL, DRIVE AT BASE / MP 4 OPTIONS ·· If necessary, the stationary central section can be raised 5 mm or 10 mm. ·· All sizes in the TC model range can optionally be equipped with a DRIVE-CLiQ absolute encoder. ·· In connection with the new 2.1 version of the EF2 control system software, the rotary encoder offers the following options: » Cam switching mechanism: 16 user-programmable electronic cams allow early triggering of process actuators or help reduce the cycle time...

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