STEIN Softmove
STEIN 300, STEIN 300e, STEIN 500Thanks to Softmove, we transport our customers’ products from station to station very gently and with maximum energy efficiency. The intelligent EC motors are directly controlled by the STEIN LOGISTICS and can thus prevent hard impact. Motors are switched off as soon as they are not needed. This saves energy and reduces wear. The noise is drastically reduced with STEIN SOFTMOVE and this leads to a pleasant working environment.
Softest transport with the greatest efficiency.
Economical
Using SOFTMOVE, thanks to the automatic on and off switching of transport belts as required, unnecessary motor running is avoided – this allows a power consumption reduction of up to
80 %.
Cleanly implemented
SOFTMOVE improves working conditions in production and leads to lower maintenance effords as there is significantly less dirt.
sustainable
Machine maintenance costs are also reduced by using SOFTMOVE. But primarily, their durability and thus life as a whole is extended – which is of special long-term value.
HOW SOFTMOVE WORKS
Since STEIN LOGISTIC is able to identify the exact position of every pallet, the belt drive motors can be regulated to ensure that there are no hard collisions and to prevent them from running when it is not necessary.
The intelligent system reduces the pallets speed before it hits a stopper latch and stops it softly. If the belt detects that there is no further need for transportation, it is automatically switched off. As it happens, this results in potential savings of up to 80 % in energy consumption.
Workpiece transport the gentle way
Velvet gloves for production
In production operations, speed is of the essence. To ensure that pallets never collide hard despite travelling at high speeds and in large volumes, STEIN has developed SOFTMOVE technology. This enables the extremely gentle transport of sensitive products while reducing wear, dirt and system noise, helping to save time, energy and money. In production operations, all of these benefits are worth a great deal, and we are proud to say that only STEIN has combined them so successfully with SOFTMOVE. With SOFTMOVE, STEIN has set the benchmark for the handling of sensitive workpieces – far beyond the Black Forest.
The intelligent technology of SOFTMOVE allows the automatic control of motors (as long as the drive belts are equipped with EC motors) based on the STEIN SOFTMOVE algorithm. The resulting strengths of SOFTMOVE and the respective concrete benefits are listed below. Our customers know best which of these advantages are most important in their production – but of course we are always happy to offer advice about the possible applications of SOFTMOVE.
reduces energy consumption
enormous long term cost savings
prevents pallets from colliding hard
reduces wear and tear
longer system service life, lower maintenance costs and greater output, cleanroom suitable