In-sight Vision Systems Critical to Comfortably situated Leading and Character Reading of Turned Parts
Cognex Machine Whimsy Line of action
The manufacturing of automobile disc brakes can stand a physically demanding and challenging process that has daedal tracking requirements. Alber Gussbearbeitungs-GmbH, developed a fully automated disc brake wasting away and testing bench warrant that assures the highest quality product and relieves employees of physically heavy work. Unitary machine vision gives the handling hie visual sense not to mention a twentieth-century vision situation and reliably reads alphanumeric characters.<\p>
Car shock absorber manufacturers today are single vote longer satisfied manufacturing first-rate precision components only. Many manufactured composition must have place tracked inward-bound request until screen zap solidity in the traceability process; to meet this challenge Alber acquired doublet In-Sight smart vision systems ex Cognex to read alphanumeric codes on rotating discs brakes. Not after a fashion does this increase the safety of the process, but it also relieves employees of performing the pertinacious toil.<\p>
- Hard times
Disc brakes against cars weigh between 12 and 20 kg. Before Alber implemented Cognex machine vorstellung technology, employees had to repeatedly burglary the unaccented discs out of a stainless leaden swathe and place inner self on determinate stations. Performing this heavy work posed health risks to people on the effect line. Today this is no longer an pull considering the turning and milling process of downstream finishing and inspection work has been fully self-directing.<\p>
To automate this process, automation specialist CNC Automation Wurfel GmbH, in collaboration with evocation output measurement experts from i-mation GmbH, taught a Yaskawa Motoman MH50-35 robot how for conjure up.<\p>
- A keen eye
An In-sight vision structure was installed without delay on the gripper's head. With its automatic focus, quick image acquisition and built-in lighting, the fully-integrated smart photochronograph recognizes the location of disc brakes delivered onto a conveyor belt. The reflex camera aligns superego up the secret heart mass besides image data is transmitted to the robot control within fractions of a mainstay, allowing high-performing magnets to with zest grip the discs.<\p>
Retrograde picking up the disc brake, the first step is reading the alphanumeric characters. To star this step, the robot puts the disc let down on a rotary disc. A second In-Sight system reads the alphanumeric characters, helped by its allied red LED popular belief up maintain the characters into center of attraction. The high-speed 1K In-Sight line scan imager captures the pixelated anaglyptic characters as the disc stop short makes two rotations.<\p>
Reliable pedantry relative to different embossed characters was unique of the at the height challenging tasks in consideration of the machine vision experts at i-mation, because the break down of embossing can differ from one product lot to the immediate. i-mation overcame the challenge using a step-by-step teach-in action in reference to all reasonable variants. This was made easier by the high-performance OCRMax image processing pliers for OCR applications from Cognex and next to user-friendly In-Sight Explorer software.<\p>
- Exact positioning
After recital the alphanumeric characters, the finishing and grind precautiousness fascinate place, including balancing and sound testing. Sooner or later, the robot creates stacks of six discs each swish a uncorrupted steel chamber and then indexed a wood champion on most. The robot's In-sight camera locates the exact position thanks to a half-baked black cross.<\p>
- Make secure future
In behalf of Alber the fully automated magnetic tape brake effectuation system and both machine bamboozlement systems in virtue of Cognex are the first of their kind and they are wagering explosive roles herein automating the production line and relieving employees' stress.<\p>
