Replacing the mechanical elements with a Quin servo driven flexible indexing system achieved all
of the customer’s objectives.

Key to this was the Quin QDrive, a combined drive amplifier and motion control system, connected directly to the encoder, photocell and motor. The PTS language (Programmable Transmission System) language allows flexible cam (indexing) systems to be created by monitoring the position of the master axis - in
this case the main machine shaft - and linking the slave axis movement through a non-linear map.

The system can be programmed using the Motion Generator - a calculation ‘engine’ that resides
in the QDrive and calculates maps from given co-ordinates - in this case the length of index.

A Mini Operators Panel was used for operator control, i.e. set-up, start, index length.