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.