Convert manual air ring to auto gauge control.Future Design Inc., Mississauga, Ont., has developed its first automatic gauge-control device for blown film. It's a 1-in.-high manifold manifold In mathematics, a topological space (see topology) with a family of local coordinate systems related to each other by certain classes of coordinate transformations. Manifolds occur in algebraic geometry, differential equations, and classical dynamics. that can be installed under a Saturn air ring (or a competitor's) to control and redirect re·di·rect tr.v. re·di·rect·ed, re·di·rect·ing, re·di·rects To change the direction or course of. n. A redirect examination. re the ring's air supply by motorizing the manual valves. The new Perfect Balance Thickness Control is believed to be the only gauge-profiling air-ring device that can rotate with a die. When used with a Saturn air ring for a 10-in. die, it has 36 individual stepper motors A motor that rotates in small, fixed increments and is used to control the movement of the access arm on a disk drive. Contrast with voice coil. (hardware) stepper motor , one per inch of die circumference. Since building the first prototype six months ago, Future Design has installed nine devices for dies up to 18 in. diam. It's now building one for a 44-incher. The company worked with Syncro Srl in Italy, which developed the computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. automation for the device, using Syncro's thickness gauge on the layflat for lines with an oscillating os·cil·late intr.v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates 1. To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm. 2. haul-off. The system can also use thickness data from a Kundig gauge on the bubble. Future Design: (905) 361-9978, www.saturn2.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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