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Loading of gear cutting machines with crown wheels and pinions.
The whole cell consists of four machining centers, two for the crown wheels and two for the pinions. The maximum part weights are 35kg for the crown wheels and 8kg for the pinions respectively. One parts change cycle which consists of unloading a part and loading a new one has to be done within 35s.

The steering knuckles were to be produced automatically on two automatic lathes and the process continuously monitored by a subsequent measuring station. The parts weigh up to 25 kg.

Palleting up to 20,000 randomly placed indexable inserts in a very small area as well as workpiece-aligned loading and unloading of a Junker grinding machine.
Cycle time: 20 sec.
Workpiece exchange time in the machine: 4.0 sec.
Workpiece weight: approx. 0.03 kg – 0.20 kg
Workpiece dimensions: approx. Ø 5.0 mm - Ø 25.0 mm to approx. 10.0 mm – 35.0 mm

Loading and unloading a grinding machine with an integrated dual-axis system and workpiece storage in a disc-type magazine.
Shaft parts of various sizes must be removed from the disc-type magazine by means of a robot system and handed over by handshake through a loading hatch on the side of the interior dual-axis portal.
Cycle time: 12 sec.
Workpiece exchange time: 4.0 sec.
Workpiece weight: max. 5.0 kg
Workpiece dimensions: Shaft parts up to a max. Read more ...

In the factory for train wheels, axles and wheelsets, unfinished wheels must be removed from a stack of wheels and deposited in a vertical lathe followed by a hub drilling machine..
A low ceiling height and the requirement not to build the portal over the middle of the machine’s spindle called for an extremely long gripper extension and an additional turn and rotation axis..
Wheel weight: max. 1,200 kg.
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm.
Total weight, incl. Read more ...

In a Russian end customer’s factory, unfinished train wheels must be removed from the stack and deposited in one of the four vertical lathes in the lathe cell. There are 2 cells with 4 vertical lathes each. A low shop crane limits the height of the portal. Moreover, the wheels are stacked six high and held in place by means of a centering mandrel in the middle. Because of the centering mandrel, the gripper must be arranged at an angle in order to be able to reach the bottom Read more ...

In the factory of a Czech end customer, unfinished train wheels must be removed from a feeder belt and deposited in a lathe cell with two vertical lathes. A low shop crane limits the height of the portal.
Wheel weight: max. 1,200 kg
Wheel diameter: 700 - 1,270 mm
Total weight, incl. gripper: 2,500 kg

In the factory of a Russian end customer, unfinished train wheels must be removed from the stack and deposited in one of the four vertical lathes in the lathe cell. There are 2 cells with 4 vertical lathes each. A low shop crane limits the height of the portal. Moreover, the wheels are stacked six high and held in place by means of a centering mandrel in the middle. Because of the centering mandrel, the gripper must be arranged at an angle in order to be able to reach the Read more ...

The main task was to run the Mazak lathe cell for one hour without supervision (operator). This allows machines to continue druing work interruptions
Machine cycle time 17 sec.
Part weight 1 kg max.

Caterpillar manufactures the gear rings used in its crawlers and excavators. The manufacture of gear rings was to be automated all the way from blank to finished product. The production steps to be integrated are two Liebherr gear hobblers, a Rausch deburring machine and a Laborex washing station as well as the feeding and removal processes via RDL Engineering conveyor belts. All the processing steps will be automated via GÜDEL linear Read more ...

Loading and unloading of various machine tools in a versatile production. The objective was line cycle times of 135 seconds and maximum machine idle times (parts exchange through portal) of 25 seconds. Various fastening scenarios were required for various workpiece types. Automotive-level user friendliness and safety requirements.

Conical gearwheels with an outside diameter of 250 mm - 650 mm are to be handled within a processing centre with a gear-cutting machine, deburring machine and a washing machine. Intermediate storage is required between machining and gear cutting. In the gear-cutting process, the play between the workpiece and the system is 0.03 mm. The layout had to have the smallest footprint possible.

Loading and unloading of various machine tools in a versatile production.
The objective was line cycle times of 23 seconds and maximum machine idle times (parts exchange through portal) of 15 seconds. Various fastening scenarios were required for various workpiece types.
Automotive-level user friendliness and safety requirements.

Loading and unloading of various machine tools in a versatile production environment. The objective was line cycle times of 18 seconds and maximum machine idle times (parts exchange through portal) of 15 seconds. Various fastening scenarios were required for various workpiece types. Automotive-level user friendliness and safety requirements. The customer?s space is limited.

Up to now, heavy crankshafts (up to 250 kg) had to be manually loaded into machine tools. The manual loading time was very long. The task was to improve the loading process and to handle numerous different crankshafts.

Production of bevel pinions for drive trains of construction equipment. In full automation mode the cell has to be able to produce parts with a cycle time of 3 minutes. Included in the cell are two shaping, one deburring and a washing machine. A further difficulty is to handle 200 different parts with a maximum setup time between products of under ten minutes. Finally the available height of the building is limited so that a special solution has to be found to be able to Read more ...