Industrial Factory Automation

Bronkhorst has launched Cori-Fill, an alternative to the gravimetric or weighing-scale method of dosing additives, fragrances, flavours and colourants. The Cori-Fill compact fluid dosage assembly combines an accurate Cori-Flow or mini Cori-Flow flowmeter with a suitable valve or pump, and is said to shorten processing times and offer better product results as well as an improved working atmosphere. It is capable of dosing the exact amount of fluid, while multiple instruments can be used for the simultaneous dosing of compounds. Bronkhorst said Cori-Fill is suitable for a range of batching, blending, dosing, filling and sterilisation applications, at flow rates between 0.4g/hr and 600kg/hr. Aimed at the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics, contact lens and life-science industries, it has a compact footprint and requires no complex programming of additional hardware. The conventional gravimetric method achieves the dosage of mass/volume through the use of a shut-off v...

Elscint Automation has developed an assembly machine for the assembly of screws with spring washers and plain washers. The machine consists of three vibratory bowl feeders: one feeding the screws, one the spring washers and one the plain washers. There is also a motorised rotary mechanism where the three parts (screw, spring washer and plain washer) are assembled. A linear vibrator is used to convey the assembled parts forward. This machine can be used for feeding the assembled screw and washers to a threading machine. An assembly speed of up to 200 pieces per minute is possible with this machine, depending upon the screw size. The machine has an additional provision to check and eliminate unassembled components. This ensures that only the correctly assembled components get fed to the threading machine. Sensors are used at four places to ensure smooth working of the assembly machine. This assembly machine works on single-phase supply. Various sizes of screws from M3 to M10 can be fed ...

Yamaichi Electronics has introduced the PJS008U-3000-0 manual micro SD card reader for vertical insertion and extraction, such as in the 90-degree angle to the printed circuit board (PCB). The PJS008U-3000-0 is a manual micro SD card reader for all micro SD cards in compliance with the specification of the micro SD card standard. The positioning pins and the DIP connection to the PCB ensure the secure fixing of the card reader on the PCB. As a result, the PJS008U-3000-0 is as stable as the horizontal micro SD card readers and has all the same attributes as the 180-degree version. An advantage of the vertical assembly is the small space requirement of only 4.97mm in width and 12mm in length. According to the company, 10,000 mating cycles are assured thanks to gold-plated contacts. The insulation body is out of LCP and completely encloses the micro SD card, thus giving additional protection against external impacts. The PJS008U-3000-0 provides the full functionality of an all-purpose...

A range of workplace systems from Bott has been used to provide an ergonomic storage solution to meet lighting specialist Urbis's lean manufacturing criteria during the design of a new assembly line. When Urbis introduced a new street light, it needed to make significant changes to its assembly lines as the current setup was unable to cope with the weight of the product. To ensure that the new production facilities fulfilled the company's criteria, Urbis turned to Production Design and Supply (PD and S), a specialist in designing and installing assembly lines, which proposed a solution using Bott's APS range of workstation systems. The problem facing Urbis was that the assembly jigs for its new Evolo lights weighed 11.5kg, which is 80 per cent heavier than those previously used on the production lines. With an anticipated output of around 300 units per day, this posed health-and-safety concerns, so Urbis decided to install a completely new line capable of operating on lean...

Komax Systems has introduced a modular automatic assembly system that can be used initially for low-volume pre-production runs and that can later be expanded into high-volume systems. The company, which is located in Switzerland, initially developed its KSPilot to answer a problem for medical-device manufacturers. In the KSPilot system, a chassis uses a free work pallet loop to give a three-second cycling rate. Assembly tooling can be cam driven, pneumatically operated or operated under numerical control (NC). Tooling/assembly operations can be under one second. All tooling has common mechanical, electrical and software interfaces with Komax Systems's high-speed, cam-driven, inline and rotary tooling platforms. The platforms are portable and, once proven out on the KSPilot line, can be removed and inserted into a high-volume production line. According to the company, the system allows automatic assemblies to be tried, proven out and prepared for use in a high-speed assembly line d...

A catalogue featuring the range of Roemheld assembly and handling equipment is now available. Ergonomically designed, the Roemheld Modulog range enables the safe and efficient handling and movement of heavy loads by operators. The catalogue, which is in the form of a binder, includes information on the health and safety aspects of this range as well as the production benefits. It also details the modules available within the range, from horizontal and vertical rotating, tilting and lifting of workpieces through to cart and floor modules for easy transporting and installation of the units.