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Total Champagne production is 300 million bottles per year and the trend is for an increase year on year.
One large Champagne producer needed to improve his production flow to reduce production costs and to respond to customer demand. The Champagne must be handled with care and attention but with speed. The operation is carried out in a cellar with limited space and height and in humid conditions.

Multi-layer plastic sheets are extruded and must be stacked on pallets for movement to other areas of the plant. This can present ergonomic challenges with a manual operation as some of the sheets get flipped over during the stacking process. Since this is a continuous extrusion process, there needs to be 2 separate load/unload stations, so while one is being loaded, the other can be unloaded with a fork truck. This allows production to be maintained during the unload Read more ...

The Swiss post initiated a project in 2005 named "REMA" (reengineering mail processing). The project was about the complete automation of the letter mail in three mail distribution centers These three distribution centers will now take over the work of the current 16 sub centers. The targeted degree of automation in these letter distribution centers is unique worldwide and will serve as a standard for other post services far into the future.

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Major North American Automotive Manufacturer's required automating the marriage of the body and frame assemblies. As the last stage before rolling the vehicle off the assembly line, this has very high corporate visibility relative to the bottom line. Therefore accuracy, reliability and durability were key considerations in selecting the proper equipment for the job at hand. There are currently three installations running successfully in North America automobile plants.

Loading and unloading a cold-rolling machine. Integrated mechanical module.

At the end of a production line for trueing and cutting steel plates, subsequent automatic stacking is required. The speciality of the production lies in the wide range of formats and the versatile, virtually simultaneous switch between the various dimensions of the batches. The dimensions range from 2 x 1 m to 2.13 x 16 m (plate thickness 2 -25.4 mm) and all the intermediate formats. The system is designed for a capacity per stacking station of 5 strokes per minute in Read more ...

The steering knuckles were to be produced automatically on two automatic lathes and the process continuously monitored by a subsequent measuring station. The parts weigh up to 25 kg.

In this application, concrete fibre plates are manufactured and processed for the building materials industry. Because of the extremely low ceiling height, it was sometimes necessary to use portals with telescopic axes.
Dimensions of the concrete fibre plates:
Length: approx. 2.50 m
Width: approx. 1.00 m
Weight: approx. 1.000 kg
The concrete plates are manufactured entirely in the manufacturing shop and transported to the individual processing Read more ...

Glass sheets weighing 600 kg are stacked and stored on a so-called carousel.
Technical data:
C-axis travel: 360° / acceleration m/s²: 1.0 / speed m/s: 0.8
Y-axis travel: 2,100 / acceleration: 1.0 / speed: 1.25
Z-axis travel: 700 / acceleration: 1.0 / speed: 1.25

Palleting up to 20,000 randomly placed indexable inserts in a very small area as well as workpiece-aligned loading and unloading of a Junker grinding machine.
Cycle time: 20 sec.
Workpiece exchange time in the machine: 4.0 sec.
Workpiece weight: approx. 0.03 kg – 0.20 kg
Workpiece dimensions: approx. Ø 5.0 mm - Ø 25.0 mm to approx. 10.0 mm – 35.0 mm

Transferring Ceran cooking surfaces from one conveyer belt to a parallel conveyer belt using suction grippers.
Capacity: 6 kg
Y-stroke: 2 x 1,950 mm
Z-stroke: 800 mm
X-stroke: 1,300 mm

In the factory for train wheels, axles and wheelsets, after machining the unfinished wheels must be inspected for fractures and cavities in an ultrasound testing device.
The wheels must be submerged in a water tank at an angle of 75°. During this process the gripper is also totally submerged!
Wheel weight: max. 1,000kg
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm
Total weight, incl. gripper: 2,200 kg

In the factory for train wheels, axles and wheelsets, unfinished wheels must be removed from a stack of wheels and deposited in a vertical lathe followed by a hub drilling machine..
A low ceiling height and the requirement not to build the portal over the middle of the machine’s spindle called for an extremely long gripper extension and an additional turn and rotation axis..
Wheel weight: max. 1,200 kg.
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm.
Total weight, incl. Read more ...

In the factory of a Czech end customer, unfinished train wheels must be removed from a feeder belt and deposited in a lathe cell with two vertical lathes. A low shop crane limits the height of the portal.
Wheel weight: max. 1,200 kg
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm
Total weight, incl. gripper: 2,500 kg

Large and complex metal products in construction and heavy industries are fabricated partially by semi-automatic welding machines and largely by expert welders, a highly labor intensive task. Robots repeatedly perform welding operations efficiently and accurately with a consistent level of quality. They relieve welders of the drudgery and difficulties associated with repetitive, unhealthy, dangerous, complex, and difficult tasks.
Welding automation is more commonly Read more ...

Objective was to unload the Glass sheet (3.6 mtr. X 2.4 mtr. size) from the loading table to the line conveyor.
Thickness of the glass sheet varies from 2 mm to 12 mm.
Weight of glass sheet varies from 20 Kg. to 350 Kg.
Required Cycle time is 15 sec.

The main task was to run the Mazak lathe cell for one hour without supervision (operator). This allows machines to continue druing work interruptions
Machine cycle time 17 sec.
Part weight 1 kg max.

Caterpillar manufactures the gear rings used in its crawlers and excavators. The manufacture of gear rings was to be automated all the way from blank to finished product. The production steps to be integrated are two Liebherr gear hobblers, a Rausch deburring machine and a Laborex washing station as well as the feeding and removal processes via RDL Engineering conveyor belts. All the processing steps will be automated via GÜDEL linear Read more ...

Loading and unloading of various machine tools in a versatile production.
The objective was line cycle times of 23 seconds and maximum machine idle times (parts exchange through portal) of 15 seconds. Various fastening scenarios were required for various workpiece types.
Automotive-level user friendliness and safety requirements.

Loading and unloading of various machine tools in a versatile production environment. The objective was line cycle times of 18 seconds and maximum machine idle times (parts exchange through portal) of 15 seconds. Various fastening scenarios were required for various workpiece types. Automotive-level user friendliness and safety requirements. The customer?s space is limited.