The travel system that moves the slotting assembly
will be run with a high torque closed loop stepper gear
motor system.  The pipe support tray will be fitted with
a 3/4" #12 gear rack on which the stepper gear motor
will accurately position and move the slotting assembly
for each segment of slots.

The automatic pipe indexing for each row of slots
will be performed by another high torque closed loop
stepper gear motor system.  The indexer is mounted
on one end of the 24' pipe support tray with floor
mounts that position the pipe tray up to 32" for easier
pipe loading and unloading.

The automatic pipe indexer will have an 1 1/4" hollow indexer shaft to accommodate
air operated inside pipe holders.  Pipe to be slotted is clamped to the indexer shaft
by the inside expanding pipe holders shown in the above photos.

The pipe indexing and slotter travel distance will be
monitored and set with an Aromat GT touch screen.  
On the touch screen there will be row settings for 1
up to 8 rows of slots around the pipe circumference. 
Also through the touch screen, you can set the travel
from 0 up to 99”. 

The spacing between segments of slots can be set
and very accurately positioned from 0 to any distance which is required
within .005” - .010” tolerance.  The touch screen will be used to set the
amount of rows to be slotted, display the active row, set and display the
travel distance per segment of slots, display cycle time for each screen,
and have manual operation buttons to test each system and speed setting
for both the indexer and travel system.