ATLANTA Drive Systems, Inc. offers a range of zero-backlash rack & pinion drives that eliminate system backlash by means of a split-pinion and dual-pinion arrangement, providing ultra-precise positioning and repeatability. Positioning accuracy is maintained during acceleration and deceleration, as well as for direction of travel reversals.

ATLANTA Drive Systems Inc., who is known throughout the World as an industry leader in Rack & Pinion Drive Technologies, is pleased to announce their expanded range of Hardened & Ground Racks.  ATLANTA draws on their vast experience combined with their wide, standard program range to address and solve just about any application requirements presented.

There are a number of reasons why a servo motor driven motion requires and / or significantly benefits from a motor gearbox combination. In many automated systems high output shaft loadability and stiffness is required to transfer the torques and forces into driven machinery / mechanism. The shaft of the servomotor typically is not designed to carry significant radial or axial loads; generated by timing belts, pulleys, sprockets, pinions, screws, lever- arms, etc.

In many automated, servo-motor driven machinery, the required motion is characterized mainly by high shaft loads and moderate positioning accuracy. This means that high mechanical integrity, high loadability, high tilting stiffness and a strong output are the primary requirements. Tight backlash, low lost motion, and high rotational stiffness are not required. This is frequently the case in machinery handling high weight and large shaft side loads; such as bending, palletizing, and casing machines.