Section 2 : Summary Of Tension Detector - Mitsubishi Electric LX-005TD Instruction Manual

2. Summary of Tension Detector
This detector is capable of detecting either load of the compression direction and tension direction. You are
free to install it to match your own machine. The tension detector is installed basically through the pillow
block to the roller which, of the guide rollers as shown in Fig.1, will become the vertex, and converts the
material tension into load for detection.
In this case, the load to be applied to the detector, as shown in Fig.1, will become the tension victor sum
and the weight of the tension detecting roller will be added thereto.
Load
Tension detecting roller
Pillow block
Guide roller
Guide roller
Tension
Tension
Material
Tension detector
Fig. 1 An example of tension detector installation
In case the material is broad, two detectors are installed as each end of the tension detecting roller to ensure
correct detection of the tension over the entire width of the material even if the material is tensed on one
side only.
In case the material is narrow, only one detector is used on one side alone, making it possible to allow the
automatic aligning type bearing to hold the other end.
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