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Heller is using HepcoMotion DTS linear track system to provide a flexible solution to its hose handling operations. After being fed into thesystem and cut to the required length, the hose is sorted into two sizes and transported to an assembly station to be fitted with a threaded tube connector. It then travels into one of four press stations andeight pressure testing stations and finally into packing. Several factors made the Hepco system suitable for Heller Automation. The provision of all transmission and mounting components as a complete integrated package afforded significant savings in both design and build time.Thanks to lack of protrusions above the level of the carriage mountingsurface, measuring systems and assembly devices can be attached to the carriages, such as the special grippers employed by Heller. Anotherimportant design attribute of DTS for Heller is its clever trip-latchmechanism that disengages the drive if the movement of carriage is impeded.
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