FloPlast Gutter Assembly Systems
Half round and square rainwater gutter assembly systems
FloPlast have a range of square and round gutter fitting including – running outlets, unions, stop ends 45 and 90 degree bends in 5 colour variants.
Task
The system was required to automatically dispense silicon rubber seal from a spool – feed and cut to length – then form and apply. Insert either square or round clips to retain the seal. Vision inspect the assembly – apply a bar code label and verify with a bar code scanner and offload.
The required production rate for two ended product was 1 complete assembly every 5 seconds.
The Solution
A servo driven linear indexing conveyor with tooled nests- provides high speed motion between integrated fully automatic process stations for seal feed dispense with high speed servo driven actuators and pneumatic clip assembly.
Clips are pre oriented and fed into a single stream from a bowl feeder and escaped singularly. Vision cameras ensure feed gate location.
- Pre programmed recipes provide machine set up for all product variants in all colours
- Camera inspection for seal and clip presents verifies product quality
- Print and apply labeller with barcode scanner applies label
- Offload for bulk packing
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