October 2013

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This month, we're highlighting our Series KG Impact Sensor and Programmer. This impact sensor provides predictive maintenance and monitoring of equipment performance. Be sure you check out this new product!
 
For October, we're featuring an animation of PHD's Series GRM Pneumatic Workholding ClampIf you are looking for a small gripper that can support large moment capacities and long tooling lengths, then this gripper is for you! 
 

Are you searching for medical industry automation solutions? This month, we are featuring the wide variety of medical industry components that PHD offers.  

 

To your continued automation success,

 

The PHD Team


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Just-in-Time Maintenance!

 

PHD's Series KG Impact Sensor is used on industrial actuators and other moving parts as an easy-to-use early warning device. When maintenance is needed, the LED simply changes from green to red.

 

Just-in-time maintenance dramatically increases

productivity and is easy to accomplish with the KG Impact Sensor.

    

The KG Programmer reads the impact values of a moving part from the KG Impact Sensor and relays those values to the user. 

 

 

PHD Series KG Impact Sensor Uses:

  • Predictive maintenance device
    • Detects change in impact force
    • Helps reduce unanticipated downtime
    • Indicates cushion, flow control, and shock absorber failure
    • Minimizes unnecessary preventive maintenance
  • Productivity tripwire
    • Flags appropriate personnel of machine crash
    • Indicates when machine has crashed
    • Stops production of bad parts
  • Benchmarking
    • Measures impact (programmer required)
    • Counts impacts or extreme vibration (<400hz)
    • Monitors centripetal forces

Visit www.phdinc.com/KG for complete product information!

 

October Animation Spotlight

 

All around the world, PHD's Series GRM Pneumatic Workholding Clamp has become the industry standard and is the equipment specification choice for many stamping manufacturers. With features such as one tool required for disassembly, jaw replacement, and mounting adjustment, the versatility and ease of use cannot be equaled. 

 

This animation shows the performance difference between the Series GRM Clamp and a competitor clamp. PHD's cam slot design allows flexibility by adjusting jaw travel and jaw tips.

 

 

To illustrate the benefits and advantages of the Series GRM Clamp, PHD offers these seven animations featuring:

  • Internal Workings
  • Retrofitable Jaws
  • Versatility of Mountings
  • Various Tip Combinations
  • Superior Sensing Capabilities
  • Patented Stop Block Feature
  • Series GRM vs. Competition Performance 

Check out the Series GRM Clamp on PHD's Learn Site to see these animations and other educational animations! 

 

Solutions for the Medical Industry

 

Reduce downtime and increase production!

 

Do you manufacture medical supplies or design assembly and packaging machines for the medical industry? PHD has the right solutions for your automation needs. We offer FDA-approved standard and unique components with high-precision, compact designs for manufacturing syringes, tubing, IV bags, lab testing, pharmacy, orthopedics, and more for hospitals, laboratories, and pharmaceutical markets.

 

PHD's full line of components, including cylinders, grippers, slides, and rotary actuators, can be combined or used individually to provide the precision and motion your application requires. If modifications are required, PHD Unlimited® is ready to help. We welcome requests for unique solutions, regardless of quantity or frequency of order.


For examples of standard actuators and several solutions for unique application requirements, check out the PHD Medical Industry Components brochure.

 

Look to PHD's Unlimited Unique Solutions group to assist you with a wide variety of linear, rotary, and gripping devices for any industry.

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