TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION ADVERTORIAL Using a range of products, mk were able to restore autonomy to their customer’s production line.
Transport System with Buffer & Sorter for the Production of Cast Parts T
here were two machining stations in a production process for cast parts that need to be interlinked. The upstream and downstream machines have different cycle times.
Two different part types are produced on the line simultaneously and they are placed on the interlink system in no particular order.
They must be presented to the subsequent machine sorted and with a cycle time of
about 30 seconds per part. The cast parts are washed and have sharp edges but mk needed to ensure that they transported the items without damaging them. They needed to lie directly on the conveying medium so that a separate workpiece carrier is not required. The system had to run reliably for the customer’s three-shift operation.
mk have achieved this by designing a transport system consisting of ZRF-P 2040
twin-lane timing belt conveyors arranged a top of one another. The timing belts have a cut-resistant coating on the transport side with side rails preventing the parts from falling. The timing belt conveyors are each about 8 metres in length and serve as buffer lines. The system can store a total of 50 workpieces. A distributor shuttle sorts the workpieces by type onto two additional ZRF-P 2040 timing belt conveyors. A shift register ensures that the different types are correctly assigned.
The distributor shuttle is a three-axis unit consisting of a lift and a traversing unit to
which a timing belt conveyor is mounted. The lift is built from an LZR 2005 linear module with a stroke of about 1100 mm and it is driven by a motor with a brake. The traversing unit is also built from a linear module, with a horizontal stroke of about 640 mm. The ZRF-P 2010 timing belt conveyor provides movement along the Z-axis.
mk’s customer has restored autonomy to their line and all the mechanical elements
they required have come from the extensive mk range. Benefit to the customer
• Interlink that restores autonomy to a line. • Transport that will not damage the product. • All mechanical elements from a single source. • Fully assembled.
mk Profile Systems Ltd u 01949 823751 u
www.mkprofiles.co.uk
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