19 SEW-EURODRIVE, GERMANY Instead of the Power & Free System Drive, auto- mation provider SEW-EURODRIVE relies on an overhead monorail system incorporating friction wheel drive to coat large gears weighing up to 3.5 t. At the infeed point, the gear blocks are attached to the crossbeams either individually or together and then transferred to the central distribution manipulator. After coating, an identical distribution manipulator takes the workpieces over to the product carriers, which move them to buffer stations for cooling. WORKPIECES Component parts up to 3.5 t (3 m x 1.8 m x 1.3 m) PERFORMANCE DATA Product carriers: 24 single-track product carriers Throughput: 12 product carriers/h PROCESS TECHNOLOGY Heimer GmbH & Co. KG 1 Three loading lifters take over the transport crossbeams to which parts weighing up to 3.5 t are attached either individually or in combination. They then transfer them to the central distribution manipulator at the beginning of the two coating lines 1 1 REFERENCE PROJECT