INDUSTRY NEWS Automated sorting of sawn metal
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o automate the sorting of material that has been cut to length, Kasto has introduced a new, robotic
handling system that can also carry out secondary operations. Called Kastosort, it is aimed at manufacturers and stockholders that produce batches of sawn bar, degree of automation on the input side of its saws. Stock is supplied via driven roller conveyors from tower stores or from manufactured by the company. Material is continually fed to the cutting area to avoid process idle times. However, this level of trim cuts, cut pieces and remnants on the output side, otherwise bottlenecks occur, and productivity cannot be maintained. With this in mind, the manufacturer has introduced the modular system, Kastosort. Its functions include, picking up cut pieces from the saw table, followed by presentation of combination of stations for deburring, facing and centring, cleaning and marking.
onto Euro pallets, into standard containers such as stackable KLT
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boxes, or into special containers. Depending on the dimensions and weight of the cut pieces, and on the number of output positions onto which they are to be deposited, the Kasto saw / Kastosort combination works autonomously. Only when raw material needs to be replenished at of cut pieces have to be removed, is operator intervention necessary. The central elements of the system are, an industrial robot with an automatic gripper changing system, a pallet rotating system, and the control including software. The robot selects its own mechanically actuated or vacuum gripper from a magazine, according to the
program, to suit shaft-type material
The robot allows the system and in lengths of up to two metres. The saw control calculates the time per cut, according to material type and cross section, so that
the robot knows when the cut piece requires removal. Intelligent sorting, processing and palletising with relatively small batches as with series production quantities, because the operator does not need to attend the machine when a new order is instigated. If the cycle time per cut allows, more than one sawing machine can be serviced by a single robot, leading to greater payback on investment. More information on Kasto Ltd t: +44 (0)1908 571590 f: +44 (0)1908 566106
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