Komax Unveils KSPilot Automatic Assembly System
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...