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Igniter Relay

[--] Case Studies:

       

Military

       

>> Automotive

Fuel Injector

     

Plastics

>> Air Bag Igniter Relay

Robot Animation

   

Nonwoven Textiles

       

Semiconductors

       

Footwear & Apparel

       

Aerospace

       

Machine Tools

       

Food & Drugs

       

Robotics

       

[+] Proposals

       

[+] Engineering

       

Problem

  • Develop a high speed robotic work cell that unloads Air Bag Igniter Relays from an automated molding machine and sorts them into accept/reject/audit bins based on machine vision inspection of the wire lead length.
Solution: Robotic Part Unload & Inspection System
  • Epson Linear Cartesian XYZ Robot moves a custom gripper with eight retractable vacuum cups shaped to accept the relays as they are pushed up by the mold's ejector pins.
  • Machine Vision Inspection System strategically placed to see both terminal leads of each of eight relays when individually positioned in front of a backlight panel.
  • Sorting chutes allow parts to be dropped into one of 24 bins.
  • Gate Runner is removed with parts and dropped in large waste bin.