Customer Problem The customer had a coating process that was limiting throughput, they were seeking automation and iRVision technologies to increase production. The current process utilized a coating technician, manual powder coat booth, and a continuously moving overhead monorail. The product consisted of a variety of iron castings (100+) to be coated. This is a […]
Customer Problem The customer produces a variety of parts in small batches. The current process requires an operator to manually unload hot parts and hot tiles from a sinter furnace. The parts are then stacked in patterns on a pallet and the tiles are stacked separately on a cart. Three different sizes of sinter tiles […]
Customer Problem Liberty Pumps manufactures various pumps at their facility. A cast iron pump was loaded manually into an OKUMA MA-600H horizontal machining center. They wanted to replace the manual loading operation with automated loading. The objectives were to improve ergonomics, safety, and increase production with a machine tending robot application. Adaptec Machine Tending Solution […]