Transfer of Wheel Rims from Pallets to the Conveyor
Transfer of Wheel Rims from Pallets to the Conveyor
A leading Automotive manufacturer was looking for a solution to transfer the wheel rims, which were presented on the pallets, to the automatic conveyor. In all, 9 wheel rims were presented at once on the conveyor.
Challenges
- Conveyor with 90˚ orientation change functionality
- Automatic travel of manipulator to conveyor from home position and back
- Transfer of tyre from tilting system to telescopic manipulator
- Auto-balancing of 7 types of different tyres with different weights
Solution and Benefits
Tilt L-shaped roller strip was developed and attached to conveyor, Roller strip consisted of small rollers and a tilting cylinder to achieve orientation change.
Travel Electro-pneumatic manipulator where lift and tilt functionality were driven electrically & clamping was based on pneumatic this removed the risk sudden jerks & accidents arising out of it.
Transfer L shape tilting system was provided with vertical up and down motion so that it can go down to automatically transfer the tyre on to the manipulator.
Handle Two load cells are provided to check the weight of the tyre and send a signal to E/P convertor which will help to decide air pressure required for the system to lift the tyre.