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COVAL SAS, a designer, producer, and marketer of vacuum parts and methods, has launched its newest micro vacuum pump, the MPXS. The Montélier, France-based firm mentioned it designed the pump to be pilot-controlled, ultra-compact, and geared up with high-performance communication capabilities.
The brand new MPXS collection is meant to supply producers with an environment friendly device for dealing with non-porous elements at excessive speeds on robots or automated methods, mentioned COVAL. The micro vacuum pump follows the design ideas of the firm‘s clever vacuum pumps, which COVAL mentioned are energy-efficiency, high-performance, and communications I/O.
With a width of simply 12.5 mm (0.4 in.) and a weight of solely 87 g (3 oz.), the corporate mentioned the MPXS is the smallest vacuum pump it has created. This dimension means it may be put in as shut as doable to suction cups or inside restricted areas for decreased pick-up time with no lack of load, guaranteeing excessive speeds.
COVAL is an ISO 9001 V2015-certified firm that makes a speciality of vacuum dealing with methods for a number of industries. It has shoppers in fields together with packaging, automotive, meals processing, plastic processing, and aeronautics. COVAL markets its services and products internationally by means of its subsidiaries and its community of licensed distributors.
Extra particulars concerning the MPXS
Due to single-stage Venturi know-how, MPXS collection micro vacuum pumps can shortly attain a most vacuum of 85%. This makes it suited to dynamic functions requiring very quick cycle occasions.
COVAL mentioned the 2 energy ranges of 0.53 and 0.92 SCFM add to the system’s versatility and allow it to adapt to the wants of every software.
The MPXS additionally supplies the consumer with helpful info at each stage of operation. COVAL mentioned it geared up the system with a human-machine interface (HMI) that makes it straightforward to learn working, diagnostic, and upkeep info. It additionally permits fast parameter setting.
As well as, the built-in IO-Hyperlink communication interface helps quick, cost-effective set up, steady diagnostics, centralized parameter setting, and environment friendly communication with higher-level protocols equivalent to EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, and EtherCAT.
MPXS micro vacuum pumps function air-saving management (ASC) know-how. COVAL mentioned it intelligently regulates vacuum technology, enabling vitality financial savings of 90% on common by stopping air consumption as soon as the specified vacuum degree has been reached.
The modularity of the MPXS collection presents a large selection of configurations, guaranteeing flexibility throughout set up and use. It’s accessible as stand-alone modules or in islands of as much as eight modules, with commonplace or highly effective adjustable blower choices.
COVAL mentioned the MPXS micro vacuum pump’s small dimension, excessive efficiency, and big selection of capabilities and configurations make it appropriate for industrial functions requiring excessive speeds. These embody high-speed pick-and-place methods, robotic manipulators, and automatic manufacturing. It’s particularly helpful for the plastics, electronics, and pharmaceutical industries, in response to the corporate.