Cover Place Machine

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Process
The pallet containing parts is fed through a conveyor system within the Cover placement and press. The conveyor system must consist of three in-line sections for better process control. The material flow should be made flexible through a bipolar conveyor or other means (either from LEFT-to-RIGHT or RIGHT-to-LEFT)

Cycle Time
The Cover placement and pressed conveyor should be programmable for user. The Gen products require cycle time of less than 16.8 sec/pallet.

3.2 Operation Sequence
1) Once the machine is available for receiving new pallet for processing, it shall signal the previous station linked conveyor module to transfer a pallet (C1) in.
2) Once the previous machine sent the new pallet into machine, an input sensor shall “receive” the pallet. Sensors to read number of housing present on pallet, and read the pallet ID to select the model parameter (robot position) and if different model then a message prone to change model. The incoming conveyor shall transfer the pallet into the working conveyor (centre conveyor).
3) The pallet shall lift up by the commonise lifter from below. The commonise pick and place will pick up two covers from the escapement. Place them on the first pair of housing. Press is down when robot place covers on housing. At this position, height sensor checks the press is in full stroke indicate covers are place in the correct position and fully seated onto the groove, pick and place cycle continue. Height sensor fail, when it detects that the cylinder is at fully extend stroke, mean covers that are not fully seated on the groove. Alarm indication appears on touch screen and indicating the location that is/are having placement problem.
4) C3 last conveyer transfer pallet to next machine.