Rieter

Inclined-flange rings

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This type of ring was invented in Russia and marketed as the „SU ring“. For various reasons, the success of this ring was very limited. Rieter took up this very interesting design and developed it to perfection in the late nineteen-eighties. The corresponding ring was launched on the market under the ORBIT brand name in 1991.
The outstanding advantage of inclined-flange rings, and of the ORBIT system in particular, is the much larger contact area between ring and  traveler compared to T-flange rings (Fig. 34, left). This considerably reduces the pressure between ring and traveler and thus improves heat dissipation from the contact area. (The forces acting on the traveler in a plane through the spindle axis are shown in Fig. 34, right). These features make ORBIT rings and the corresponding travelers a high-performance system. In comparison to T-flange rings, ORBIT rings enable traveler speeds to be increased by up to 15%.

 

Fig. 34 – Rieter Orbit ring