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Ready-to-install handling system
Festo delivered the ready-to-install and
inspected cantilever handling system right
to the machine – with design data, circuit
diagrams and a comprehensive functional
and fixed-price guarantee. The complete
solution reduced the workload for technical
staff, kept engineering expenses to a
minimum, simplified the procurement
process and reduced the process costs.
And it provided new perspectives. “In
particular large components, which are
difficult to handle using existing conveyor
systems, are easy to inspect with the
movable vision system handling unit,
possibly even in a flexible standard
inspection cell,” says Voss.
Full inspection
The vision system integrator JAM automation
in Western Germany developed an assembly
and inspection cell for an automotive sup-
plier. The system presses nine sockets made
of soft plastic into a plate made of harder
plastic. During subsequent inspection, the
camera moves independently to each
individual position of the plastic sockets.
Camera as controller
Even with complex inspection sequences,
the camera takes complete control of the
handling system thanks to the integrated
CODESYS PLC with CANopen master
functionality. An additional controller is
not necessary. “Until now, such inspection
processes were carried out only manually
and visually – which took much more time
and resulted in a higher error rate,” explains
Michael Voss, Managing Partner of JAM
automation. The production processes are
thoroughly documented and statistics are
evaluated.
JAM automation created an especially economical assembly and inspection cell for the automotive industry.
Intelligent camera finds the inspection
position itself
For the first time in automation technology, the component to be inspected does not move
to the camera, but instead the camera moves to the component. Thanks to an integrated
CODESYS controller on an intelligent camera from Festo and the linking to an axis gantry unit,
the images are now learning to move.
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