Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Robot Piston Assembly and Piston Stuffer



This is a machine for Volvo and Mack truck. The first robot picks up the parts from the pallet and cleans the bottom of the casting for burrs. The parts are then placed into the stuffing machine and the part get "handed-off" to robot number two. Robot number 2 takes the finished piston and inserts it into each cylinder of the diesel engine block sequentially. During the Pistons assembly process, the piston rings are checked and compressed into the cylinder sleeve.

Customer: Volvo / Mack Truck
Processor: Allen-Bradley ControlLogix
Software: ControlLogix
HMI: Allen-Bradley Panelview
Robot: ABB IRC5
Conveyor: ABB