JUNE 2008 - VOL. 3

BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE CDS PRECISION LINK CONVEYOR

There are many technical benefits and advantages which make the CDS Precision Link Conveyor the best value in the market place.  For many years, Cam Driven Systems (CDS) has manufactured their own proprietary design of solid cam followers.  These have proportionally larger diameter studs and thicker roller shells than needle-type cam followers of similar size.  CDS cam followers are solid friction followers with no needle bearings.  The most common failure of most indexers on the market is the wearing out and eventual failure of the needle bearings inside the cam follower.  The CDS cam follower design has eliminated this problem, and provide a much thicker outside wall, which will better absorb extreme shocks or overloads. 

Cam followers with needle bearings, as used by most competitors, have a thinner outside wall thickness in order to house the needles. This thinner outside wall is also more prone to cracking over time or by machine overloads and jams. The CDS design is meant to have the cam followers last much longer.  

In addition, CDS designs their units so that there are always two cam followers engaged throughout the entire operation.  This provides more accuracy and rigidity for their units.

CDS indexers have a rated capacity based on a conservative safety factor of 1.75, compared to 1.3 used by most other manufacturers.  

Quality Assurance

CDS is an ISO 9001:2000 certified facility. All manufacturing processes are closely monitored for process compliance.CDS uses Zeiss Centermax CMM for in process shop floor inspection of machining processes.

Warranty Period

CDS will provide a two (2) year warranty on all products that they manufacture. To learn more about the CDS Precision Link Conveyor line, and the benefits to your operation, please visit their web site at: www.cdsindexers.com.