Electronic Index Shuttle Programmable Part Indexing Device for Multicolor Pad Printing

Linear Electronic Shuttle and optional rotating fixture installed on an Orion 130 with custom pad assembly and six ink cups.

• Precise Color Registration
• Improves Productivity & Speed
• Easy to Program

Electronic Index Shuttle from Trans Tech is one of our most successful pad printing auxiliary devices, designed to increase productivity, speed and accuracy, especially in multicolor applications.

Full view of Orion 130 equipped with Linear Electronic Shuttle fitted with optional rotating fixture, custom pad assembly and six-color ink cup array.

Valuable Features & Benefits:

• Ability to perform multicolor pad printing with a minimum tooling investment– only ONE FIXTURE is required! (See typical printing sequence below.)
• Adjustable indexing pitch allows the largest print area possible per color with fast and easy color registration.
• Shuttle-type indexer permits printing of parts that are larger than the index pitch.
• Unit can be easily interfaced to a new or existing open inkwell or sealed ink cup pad printer.

Orion 130 equipped with Linear Electronic Shuttle with typical fixture & part. Note custom pad assembly with pneumatically actuated pad units and four ink cups.

Orion 130 equipped with Linear Electronic Shuttle. Note the optional two-position dial with typical fixture and part. System also included full guarding and operator safety thumb switches.

Electronic Controls

Advantages of the electronic controls include:

• Easy programming via touch pad.
• Digital readout displays exact multi-color position.
• Several programs can be stored and easily recalled for repeating jobs.

Our electronic shuttle system is ideal for short to medium, multi-color production runs and eliminates the need for individual, manual color set-ups. For more information on how the Electronic Index Shuttle can improve your pad printing operation, contact your ITW Trans Tech representative.

Control cabinet of Linear Electronic Shuttle with detail view of programmable control keypad and readout display.

Below is a typical four-color printing sequence using the a Orion 130 padprining machine equipped with an Electronic Shuttle. The part-holding fixture advances through four positions from left to right, finally returning home to the first position after the cycle is complete.
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Shuttle with part and fixture in position one.

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Shuttle with part and fixture in position two.

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Shuttle with part and fixture in position three.

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Shuttle with part and fixture in position four.