New LW.A vibration damping units from Elesa feature natural rubber damping pads built into an adjustable levelling foot design. They have been designed to damp vibrations, shocks and noise from moving components or non-balanced masses such as rotating machines. This vibration can cause significant detrimental effects on operator health as well as malfunctioning/reduction-in-lifespan of the machine or adjacent equipment.

Active machine isolation is described as being for vibration producing equipment such as presses, machine tools, transfer equipment etc, as well as passive isolation which is considered as for equipment that might be adversely affected by external vibration, such as quality testing, measuring or performance assessment equipment. This bi-directional isolation is an important feature of the LW.A levelling elements and is often a feature in the same location.

Providing a straight-forward alternative to dedicated automation solutions, the six axes LR Mate 200iC will handle a payload of 5Kg. Operating with a 1Kg payload, the robot can perform the industry standard bench test (25mm up by 300mm across by 25mm down) in 0.49 seconds providing speeds suitable for high speed picking and packing.

Sizes of the LW.A damping elements range from 80mm dia up to 200m dia with maximum static load capacity of 40,000 N. Documentation is available that gives full technical guidance on correct selection to ensure the damping/ isolation level required dependant upon frequency of vibration, static load and amplitude/deflection of the equipment. Further information on Elesa (UK) Ltd products may be found at www.elesa.co.uk