Customer process required cross-drilling of parts.  Once all drilling is complete, some drilled holes must be plugged to establish correct flow paths .  Current part has four holes at two different locations on the part ID requiring plugs.  Machine must allow for hole location changes in the future.  Press force must be verified.

Equipment:

To meet the potential hole location changes in the future, servo motors are used at the two orient and ball load stations; servos can be programmed for different hole locations. Two pressing stations are equipped with signature analysis equipment to ensure correct press fit.

Application:

Create a fully automatic machine to install two needle bearings into a gear.  Fully unmanned with automatic load and unload.  Verify depth and force of press.

Equipment:

Bowl feeder integrated for feeding of parts to eliminate the need for an operator.  Gear loaded into tooling nest in dial; indexed to next station for needle bearing insertion and check ; indexed to next station to repeat process on opposite side of gear. Precision limit switch and load cell used to verify press; rejected parts are eject prior to unload station.

Replace existing process of installing three o-rings onto shaft by hand with a piece of equipment that will do so more efficiently and with fewer defects.  Seven different shafts, each with three o-ring grooves in different locations.  Nine different o-rings.  

Equipment:

Eight Station Dial Indexer (four working and four rest positions). Four work stations; one each to install the three  o-rings and load/unload station.  Quick change tooling to quickly change shafts and o-rings being ran. QuickPanel HMI used for operator confirmation of correct part as well as controls verification.