Friday, January 27, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

FANUC M-2000iA/1200 Weldment Handling Robot -- Ellison Technologies Automation

FANUC Material Handling - www.fanucrobotics.com For this handling application, Ellison Technologies has selected a FANUC M-2000iA/1200 robot to transfer large weldments. This robot was chosen because of its extremely high payload -- The M-2000iA/1200 robot can handle up to 1350 kilograms, or about 3000 pounds. The weldments seen in this application weigh less than half of the robot's payload at 1300 pounds. This robot's end of arm gripper makes up the remaining payload and is designed to pick and place four different types of weldments. The weldments are placed on an inbound conveyer and indexed to the robot. The robot is able to locate the weldment on the inbound conveyer using FANUC 3DL iRVision. The robot picks the weldment and uses FANUC 2D iRVision to locate the weldment in its gripper. By finding the locating bushing on the weldment, the robot can offset the taught path to the actual weld fixture load position. The M-2000iA then places the weldment into the welding fixture. Once the weldment is in the fixture three robots complete the final weld. When the weldments are being welded or anytime the flash curtains are in the up position, the robot enables FANUC Dual Check Safety or DCS. DCS is position monitoring software that allows for safe entry into one weld cell while another weld cell and the M-2000iA are still running production. DCS also ensures that the M-2000iA and weldments in the robot's gripper will not enter a weld cell while the curtain is in the up ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pepsi Virginia Material Handling Case Study

www.bastiansolutions.com The Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages - some of the world's most recognized consumer brands. PBG generates nearly billion in annual sales. In the United States they account for more than one-half of the Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in North America, and about 40 percent of the Pepsi-Cola system volume worldwide.
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Bulk Container Dumper for Food-grade Material Handling

www.nbe-inc.com This fully automated, food-grade bulk container dumper system was built to be compliance-ready at start-up and to conform to the specific, regulated processes and practices of the wash-in-place (WIP) application. The integrated system, including: powered infeed conveyor; 2000 lb.-capacity container dumper lift carriage; 304-2b stainless steel custom discharge hood, surge hopper, and vibratory conveyor is structurally designed with angled-plane, rounded-radius framework and highly finished plate to reduce solids build-up and speed moisture removal.

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Conveyor technology - internal material handling with the SSI Autocruiser

The SSI Autocruiser is an economic and flexible transport system for small and medium throughputs. It is able to convey almost any good up to 30 kg of weight. This material handling system is based on a simple yet robust track network, on which each vehicle runs autonomously. This makes the SSI Autocruiser easily scalable and also suitable for larger distances. It is therefore possible to replace other conveyor technology, such as forklifts and roller conveyors, in the supply chain.
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