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Loading a blast furnace and stacking ceramic pipes along a travel length of approx. 23 m.
Workpiece weight approx. 70 kg
Workpiece dimensions approx. Ø 250 x 1800 mm Read more ...

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 Read more ...

Loading and unloading a grinding machine with an integrated dual-axis system and workpiece storage in a disc-type magazine.
Shaft parts of various sizes must be removed from the disc-type magazine by means of a robot system and handed over by handshake through a loading hatch on the side of the interior dual-axis portal.
Cycle time: 12 sec.
Workpiece exchange time: 4.0 sec.
Workpiece weight: max. 5.0 kg
Workpiece dimensions: Shaft parts up to a max. overall length of 400 mm Read more ...

Loading a blast furnace and stacking ceramic pipes over a travel distance of approx. 20 m. The extremely tight space does not permit a solution with a floor-based travel axis, which was possible with the two previously supplied sister systems.
Workpiece weight approx. 70 kg
Workpiece dimensions approx. Ø 250 x 1800 mm
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Automate the de-stacking, loading, unloading, and restacking of Frame Rails through bend, pierce, and form operations.
(4) Operators were manually running production on a 91 kg 5.3 meter frame rail. This part had to be run three times through a press to get the bend, pierce and form operation. Each batch had to be de-stacked, loaded/unloaded through a press and restacked or loaded into a rack. Read more ...

Automate coating processes of large aero structure sub-assembly utilizing “C.A.O.T.S” (Commercially Available Off The Shelf) technologies. Read more ...

In the factory of a Russian end customer, unfinished train wheels must be removed from the stack and deposited in one of the four vertical lathes in the lathe cell. There are 2 cells with 4 vertical lathes each. A low shop crane limits the height of the portal. Moreover, the wheels are stacked six high and held in place by means of a centering mandrel in the middle. Because of the centering mandrel, the gripper must be arranged at an angle in order to be able to reach the bottom wheel.
The unfinished wheels are stamped with a unique number code which must be read by a camera system. It is unclear where the code is located on the circumference of the wheel. Following the wheel code, product data are collected and transmitted to the customer’s OPC server.
Wheel weight: max. 1,200 kg
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm
Total weight, incl. gripper: 2,300 kg
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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. 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. Read more ...

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. Read more ...