Tyre Handling from Conveyor to Car Hub
Handling Batteries on Vehicle assembly line
Automatic system to carry tyres from conveyor to the operator present near car hub. System was designed to handle 7 variants of the tyres with JPH 40. Specialised conveyor with orientation change functionality of 90°.
Challenges
- Quick gripping of car hood weighing 20 Kg and ensure it does not fall off
- Changing the orientation of hood from vertical to horizontal for mounting on car body
- Ensure any accidental damage to the hood due to gripper contact
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.