CUSTOMER CHALLENGE Raise and lower Extrusion Carriages while manufacturing very large rolls of thin plastic film. The lifting screw jacks utilized needed to have the ability to withstand high dynamic shock and vibration when in the extended position while holding a multi-million dollar carriage table in several required positions within tolerances of a thousandths of an inch. SOLUTION In order to handle the rigors of this application four custom engineered M10025-XX screw jacks were provided for each corner of the extrusion table. The jacks were supplied with extremely tight tolerance lifting screws and special bottom bushings for handling side loads shock and vibration. Food grade grease was used to meet the requirement of a clean room food grade environment. Plastics Machinery CS

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