Automated Notching Cell Produces Three Rotors and Three Stators from One Blank, in 1 min.
November 30, 2012Comments
The robot’s magnetic and pneumatic end-of-arm tooling is designed to have blank picking and stacking hardware on one end, with finished rotor/stator picking and stacking hardware on the other.
The FlexNotcher at EuroBlech also featured a patent-pending indexing system integrated in the tooling via a laser eye. Regardless of orientation on the staging stack, blanks are picked and oriented by the tooling so that the key position matches the driver key of the notcher indexer. This eliminates spacious external indexing stations, reducing floor space and cycle time.
A precision centerline-adjustment mechanism allows for the production of stators and rotors in the same part setup. The direct-drive servo indexer rotates the blank 360 deg. to notch the rotor, then the centerline-adjustment mechanism repositions the frame to match the stator notches and, in a second cycle of 360 deg., the stator is notched and separated from the rotor.
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