Langston Saturn FFG, vintage 1999
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14-axis LMC replacement installed in 2012 on a Langston Saturn. The original encoders, wiring and enclosures were retained. Only the obsolete computer, monitor and keyboard were replaced. Original IDT terminal replaced with IMC’s flexoview.
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Computer enclosure after installation
upper right – Original Opto22 devices
upper left – Original encoder terminals
bottom left – New computer assembly |
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Front of operator console after installation
on left – New flexoview,
on right – New monitor & keyboard |
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Martin 924
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24-axis MP2 replacement installed 2012 |
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New operator’s station |
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on left – Original Martin I/O cables relocated from MP2 cabinet
on right – Signal converters to interface MP2 feedback sensors to Pacesetter |
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Langston Saturn FFG, vintage 1986
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Older model 28-axis Pacesetter replaced LMC in 1997. New Pacesetter 2.0 computer hardware & software were installed in 2011 along with new A‑B PLC to replace original obsolete GE series 3 PLC.
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Modified Langston console
on left – Pacesetter monitor, keyboard
on right – New A-B Panelview |
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top – Back view of Pacesetter monitor & Panelview
bottom – New computer with original Opto22 I/O & encoder terminations |
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New Allen-Bradley PLC |
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Isowa Gemini FFG vintage 1994 with Ward top loading counter ejector
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34-axis Pacesetter installed in 2011 to replace obsolete GEM-80 computer system
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New operator’s station |
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Pacesetter computer enclosure |
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Pacesetter computer enclosure – inside
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Emba 244 FFG
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18-axis Pacesetter installed in 2009 to replace obsolete Emba AROS system.
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Pacesetter monitor, keyboard & mouse |
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Inside view of Pacesetter computer enclosure mounted on slotting section. |
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PLC, variable frequency drives & encoder signal converters |
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| Variable speed drives & encoder signal converters |
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Martin 718 FFG
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31-axis MP3 replacement installed 2008. Job also included new A-B PLC control with PanelView, new starters, new main AC drive & motor and new wiring (mostly).
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Operator’s console |
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Computer enclosure with heat exchanger |
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Touch screen on counter ejector |
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New starters |
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Wire-way |
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New AC drive |
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MHI Summit 100
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16-axis Pacesetter installed in 2006 to replace MHI’s obsolete computer system.
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| Side view |
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Operator’s console with optional touch screen |
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Existing encoders – reused
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Hooper Printer Slotter, vintage late 1950's
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5-axis Pacesetter installed in August 2005 on a four-color 50” Hooper printer slotter. This more than forty-year-old four-color machine was rugged and well maintained. The plant added reverse angle doctor blade flexo printing, lead edge feeder and IMC's Pacesetter. While the fast computer set-up was desirable, the principal advantage was freeing the operators from the need to “zero” or close the machine “in time” and the automatic return to last register after printing plate-cleaning stops. The result of these upgrades was a productive machine capable of high graphic printing with many of the features of the latest equipment, but at drastically lower cost.
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| Operator Station Next To Machine |
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Typical register encoding mounting |
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Mitsubishi FFG, vintage 1986
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19-axis Pacesetter installed in August 2005 on a Summit 100 flexo folder gluer. The Pacesetter replaces the original obsolete, complex and difficult to maintain MHI system.
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| Operator Side View |
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Computer enclosure with open door |
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Operator's Console in front of folding section |
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Ward FFG, vintage 1973
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8-axis Pacesetter installed in 2002 on a Ward. The machine was originally fitted with an 8-axis G&L computer, subsequently upgraded by Ward about twenty years later. We replaced Ward’s analog resolvers with new high-resolution digital encoders and replaced the obsolete Ward computer hardware within the original enclosure with a new industrial quality PC, new color flat panel display and computer keyboard. |
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Operators console with open door after the installation |
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Operators console after the installation |
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Operator side of the machine |
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