Motorized Carriage Curved Rail System
Stepper or Servo Motor Capable
For transporting light payloads like camera systems. These are cost effective for Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEMs) that make a series of identical machines or instruments.
Why use this type of product?
Extremely Lightweight, Curved Rail Section made to your required motion path.
These products are typically found in Scanning and Imaging Systems such as Medical Imaging instruments or Industrial Inspection systems.
Featured below: OEM custom Curved Rail Assembly for an X-ray Inspection System.
Custom Rail Motion Profile with Motorized Carriage
Application Details
Customer needed to slowly move an imaging camera across the surface of an airfoil while gathering data for inspection analysis.
We designed and manufactured a curved guide system to the required (customer provided) motion profile. The rail, made of aluminum material, required extensive machining to achieve a very lightweight product.
Capable of moving approximate
payload of 0.5 kg (~1.0 lb).
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Length
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1010mm
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39.8 inches
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Width |
25mm
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1 inches
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Height |
152mm
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6 inches
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Motor and Drive System
The carriage is driven back and forth along the curved rail motion path via a Nema 17 size stepper motor.
An Arcus Single Axis standalone USB Controller plus Driver, ACD-SDE, is used for drive and control.
Motorized Carriage Assembly
The motor is conveniently offset a short distance from the center of the carriage allowing the customer a large surface area (see blue arrow in the front view photo) for attaching their camera mechanism.
Carriage plate is connected to the rail via three cam roller bearings. A polymer tire (yellow color in photos) installed over each bearing enables smooth quiet movement.
A camera, sensor, or other type of payload can easily be mounted to the carriage.
