Robotic application
Single-purpose machine
FANUC
Metal fabrication
Automotive
Manipulation
Output control
Measurement

Automatic output control of geometric parameters of trapezoidal shafts

Automatic output control of geometric parameters of trapezoidal shafts

Year of realisation

2020

Number of pieces delivered

1

Industry

Metal fabrication,  Automotive

Implementation time

25-35 CW

Cycle time

8 s/pc

Estimate budget

Cat. 100k - 150k EUR 

Automated operations

Handling, Measurement, Final inspection, Brushing

Technical standard

Fanuc,Keyence, Siemens, Festo

Motivation for automation

The customer is machining high-precision parts for the automotive sector. Due to the requirement for very precise measurement (inner diameter down to +-0.01 mm) in high volume combined with the dangerous operation of brushing the inner diameter, it was decided to fully automate the process. 

Project description.

The subject of the implementation was the development and delivery of equipment for automatic inspection of trapezoidal shafts with a preloader and a printer of production guides.

Process description:

  1. The parts are fed by a plate feeder into the separator for gripping by the robot.
  2. The robot manipulates 2 pieces of shafts at a time into the measuring area
  3. The robot places a shaft on the measuring system input for inspection and removes the already measured shaft 
  4. In the measuring station, the runout parameters, diameters and lengths are measured under rotation (with an accuracy of up to +-0.01mm)
  5. The robot inserts the measured shaft into the thread quality inspection station
  6. The robot sorts the pieces into OK/NOK pieces
  7. OK pieces are loaded onto the output conveyor into the spacers
  8. The machine collects data and communicates with the higher-level ERP system and files production guides printed in the machine

 

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