Monorail Drop Carriage

The drop carriage is used on: The Uni-Axis impact machine The Tri-Axis impact machine The drop carriage lowers and raises the ball arm holder to the desired height. It also contains the mechanism that releases the ball arm holder initiating the impact.

When the stem or limit switch (seen on tight) is depressed it triggers a sensor stopping the drop carriage from going any lower. This system is used to automate the drop carraige. It can lower automtically to pick up the ball arm holder after an impact.

The drop carraige is also mounted with a magnetic limit switch. This prevents it from beeing raised higher than the cut off switches installed on the machine (seen to the left).