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Festo — EXCH — 2022-03b
Product overview
4.2
Functional principle
Two fixed servo motors drive a toothed belt arrayed in an H-shape. The circulating toothed belt moves
the Y-axis and the slide on the Y-axis in a 2-dimensional space. The position of the slide is calculated
by a controller. The slide is moved in the direction of an axis by the controlled interplay of the two
motors. Additional tasks can be implemented by attachment components (Z-axes).
Motor 1
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Motor 2
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Tab. 1: Directions of movement of the Y-axis slide
Motor 1
Motor 2
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Fig. 2: Functional principle
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Guide pulley for toothed belt
2
Toothed belt
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Y-axis
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Y-axis slide
The depicted directions of movement of the Y-axis slide refer to the directions of rotation of the motor
of the functional principle.