Automation

SCHLEIFRING is the leading developer and manufacturer of rotating couplers in every sphere of automotive and mechanical engineering.

These slip rings and rotary joints facilitate the supply of power, the transmission of electrical signals, Databus-signals, optical signals as well as media (compressed air, cooling fluids and other) from a stationary to a rotating plane and vice versa. Obviously the quality of the slip ring is a key factor in the quality of the overall system. Rotating couplers are referred to be a classic niche product, distributed to High Technology System Suppliers around the globe.


Classic examples for the application of slip ring technology are turntables and any kind of industrial robotics demanding multi-million fold repetition of all-purpose and precision movements. Fixed connections via cables can only be applied for systems with a limited angle of rotation. For continuous rotation of 360 ° slip rings or rotary joints are required. Besides contacting slip rings for the transfer of low data rates more and more non-contacting rotary joints are used, especially for the transmission of digital data at high bit rates.
The field of application for our products ranges from standard designs for simple duty tasks up to highly complex customer specific systems often involving several hundred rings.