August 2014 

    

  

PHD's Series GRR Guardian� High Capacity Pneumatic Parallel Gripper is featured for August. With its high moment capacity and long tooling length capability, this is one tough gripper for almost any industry. 
 
PHD is truly unique. If you think your automation problems are unique, then they might require a unique solution from PHD. Learn below how PHD's Unlimited Group can design a solution to fit your application requirements!

 

Also this month, we're spotlighting an animation of our lead screw version of the Series ECV Electric Cylinder. These thought-stimulating demonstrations are sure to help with your machine design challenges.

 

To your continued automation success,

 

The PHD Team


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August Product Spotlight

 

Automotive wheels and rims, small engine blocks and manifolds, crated product or material - what heavy items do you want to carry with a gripper? PHD has the answer with our Series GRR. Available in four standard jaw travels, (150, 200, 250 and 300 mm),
these robust actuators still perform with precision in the most demanding applications.
 

Trademarked the Guardian�, the Series GRR features the ability to operate jaws in synchronized, non-synchronized, and independently powered modes. Its three large diameter jaw guides provide extremely stable jaw travel and high moment capacities. Yet the GRR's compact design yields the lightest overall weight of all its nearest competitors.

Additional options include PHD's Rodlok system which holds the jaws in a stationary position in the event of air pressure loss. An analog output sensor option continuously monitors jaw position. Proximity switches are also available for discreet position sensing.


Check out PHD's gripper page to learn more about the Series GRR and other quality grippers from PHD.

 

Unique Solutions are Our Specialty!

  

Do you have a unique application where a standard product won't be enough? PHD's dedicated Engineering Group, Unlimited Unique Solutions, meets unique requests by designing and building unique solutions based on your requirements.

  • Customer-driven solutions to meet application-specific needs
  • PHD's database includes more than 35,000 existing unique designs
  • With 100,000 quotes in the database, most quotes are sent the same day
  • Oftentimes, unique solutions are delivered faster than a competitor's standard product
  • PHD does not require a minimum of quantity or frequency of order

Because of our wide variety of actuators, options, and accessories, nearly every standard PHD unit is manufactured to order. Our factory capabilities allow us to modify standard products within our everyday processes, and producing a unique solution is simple and fast.

 

To learn more or request a quote, please visit the Unique Solutions page on phdinc.com. 

 

New PHD Plus Animations

 

PHD recently released a lower cost lead screw version of our series of PHD Plus electric cylinders and linear slides. The Series ECV Electric Cylinders, ESK/ESL Electric Thruster Slides, and ESG Electric Gantry Slides are now offered in lead screw designs in addition to ball screw.


We've updated animations to include reference to the new lead screw designs.

  • The Internal Workings animation shows the anti-rotation feature of the lead screw version cylinders
  • The Max Speed & Thrust animation includes a table for various sizes and leads of the lead screw version cylinders
  • A new Example Application has been created specifically to highlight the lead screw version of the Series ECV Cylinder
In this animation, the Series ECV Cylinder with lead screw allows for greater thrust capacity. Internal friction limits back driving possibly eliminating the need of a brake.

     


 

Check out PHD's learn.phdinc.com site to see these and other exciting and informative product demonstrations!

     

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