Completely automatic take-over and production of injection moulded components

Product description

Requirements

• After the injection moulding process, the components to be processed must be taken out of the injection moulding instrument and allocated to another production process;
• Take out pairs of components from the injection moulding instrument;
• Mount the sealing ring;
• Separation of the conducting tracks;
• 100% check of the injection moulded components;
• Checking the insulation resistance;
• Checking the transit resistance of all conducting tracks;
• Checking the oscillating circuits of the contact pins;
• Checking the fittings and the contact areas with images processing system;
• Labelling the tested samples with I.O result
• Cleaning the components to be processed;
• Packing the injection moulded components;
• Cycle duration: 13 sec.;
• Handling and error analysis for NIO components;
• Start, discharge, adjustment, automatic operation, idle running, retouching and manual operation

Solution

• Completely automated robot cell with double suction cup gripper;
• Sealing ring mounting station with vibration sorting transport, image taking system for checking the tightness, discharge station for NIO fittings and Pick&Place unit with suction cup gripper;
• Punch with the instrument on the separation of the tracks with circuits;
• Testing station with 100% checking by Adaptronic compact testing machine.
• AOI with image caption system to check the contact areas;
• Insertion pin for checking the oscillating circuit;
• i.O pneumatic labelling unit;
• Cleaning station with ionizing air including aspiration;
• Portal with double suction cup arm for stacking the moulding components by i.O injection into the blister;
• Magazine for blister
• 2 channels security equipment, with protection door monitoring and lock
• The n.i.O components shall be automatically discharged by conveyor belts monitored with n.i.O sensors and n.i.O slipping systems
• Checking the n.i.O component handling by master at the beginning of the shift;
• Recording the operation data from the production process, including the detailed analysis of NIO errors with Labview;
• Siemens touch panel and PLC control with Profinet;
• Programming the machine through Siemens S7;
• HMI with WinCCflexible;