Stainless Steel Hinges

Machine change-over time in production is a key issue affecting the operation of packaging lines and can often present a critical bottleneck. The challenge for Elesa was to reduce the time taken for machine switchovers on packaging lines installed on site at their end users.

Explained Nigel Pritchett MD at Elesa (UK) “machine downtime for our customers and their end-users can become a major problem while they re-set each roller spindle manually. Fortunately, we have a solution readily available in the form of our unique wireless digital electronic positioning system.”

“These units are a like-for-like replacement for conventional items and the connected system allows up to 36 position indicators to be re-set all together from a PC link. This saves a great deal of time compared to re-setting each one individually for different packaging configurations.”

Elesa’s RF electronic positioning indicators are unique in the market, enabling wireless communication with a PLC. This results in faster, more efficient machine set-up and associated change over processes. The wireless system enables a quicker and more reliable machine set up - achieved by the use of a linked controller, which displays the initial set-up values on each of the electronic position indicators.

An operator can simply choose the appropriate menu, then quickly re-set each spindle to its correct start position and the machine is “good to go”. This saves large amounts of time and greatly reduces the possibility of human error every time the line is changed or recalibrated.

This flexibility enables the Elesa system to be adapted as a mainstream option on all such machines and ensures it may be retrofitted to existing installations when upgrading a complete facility.

Lift and Pull Handles from Elesa UK are available in a wide range of ELESA plastic, aluminium, steel and stainless steel industrial handles. The standard solutions available in our catalogue can be supplied in different colours or customised with writings or tampoprinted or laser engraved logo.

The wide range of Lift and Pull Handles available from Elesa UK include:
- handles
- inclined handles
- handles with integrated micro-switch
- handles with pneumatic drive
- arch-shaped handles
- finger handles
- guard safety handles
- guard wing handles
- flush pull handles
- folding handles
- tubular handles
- cabinet handles
- inclined tubular handles
- edge handles

Fluted or lobe-shape clamping knobs are available from Elesa UK in different materials, technopolymer, phenolic-based Duroplast, aluminum or stainless steel, for applications in many industrial sectors. A variety of shapes and diameters with plain, tapped bosses or with studs are available with standard threads to fit the application.

Clamping knobs from Elesa UK include:
- three arm knobs
- lobe knobs
- adjustable lobe knobs
- three lobe knobs
- lobe knobs with lock
- star knobs
- lock knobs
- grip knobs
- knurled knobs
- wing screws
- wing nuts
- wing knobs