Carr Lane Manufacturing Part Loading Solution
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Eastec 2021: Carr Lane's buttons are designed to seal off airflow and increase the overall pressure of the system.
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Carr Lane Manufacturing’s Air Rest Buttons (ARB) use pneumatic position control to properly detect workpiece loading in a fixture, the company says. Consisting of a threaded body installed in a fixture, these units hold a precision floating plunger. Once proper placement of a workpiece on the ARB assembly occurs, the plunger fully retracts into the body, which is designed to seal off airflow and increase the system’s overall pressure. The pressure value can be read using an analog or digital pressure system.
The plunger accepts Carr Lane Manufacturing standard press-fit type rest buttons and is available in three diameters.
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