Selectively disengageable drive arrangement
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsAndrew Christopher Hyde, Stephen D. Christensen, Neil A. Zumberger
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AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsAndrew Christopher Hyde, Stephen D. Christensen, Neil A. Zumberger
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A drive arrangement for a necker machine having a frame assembly and a plurality of modules, each having a number of drive shafts. The arrangement includes a plurality of control motors, each structured to be operatively engaged with a drive shaft of the number of drive shafts of each of the modules and to be electrically connected to a power bus of a number of power buses. The arrangement also includes a control unit in communication with each control motor of the plurality of control motors for controlling operation of each control motor and a number of voltage sensors in communication with the control unit for detecting voltage in a corresponding power bus of the number of power buses. The control unit is programmed to monitor, via the number of voltage sensors, the voltage in each power bus of the number of power buses during operation of the necker machine.
A drive arrangement for a necker machine having a frame assembly and a plurality of modules, each module having a number of drive shafts, the drive arrangement comprising:
A necker machine comprising:
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