Scope: A leading manufacturer of builder products requested Solara to design, develop, and install an end-of-line robotic palletizing system for strapped bundles of nail plates. Part/Product: Zinc-plated steel nail plates bundled and strapped together in sets of 20 each. Nail plate sizes vary from 3”x4” all the way to 10”x16” for a total of 36 …
Universal Robots is leading the market for Cobots - robots that function 'collaboratively' with workers. Solara sees increasing demand for UR robots for applications that 'replace a human arm' as manufacturers struggle to meet staffing requirements. We are pleased to join the UR CSI program and to offer this robot option to our customers. Solara …
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Application: Forming and Inspection System Industry: Automotive Solara’s customer manufactures components of automotive drive axles. The requirements for the station were to first inspect previous assembly step, to stake the part, and last to inspect the staking process. Solara engineered and built a single-robot cell. After the previous assembly step, the operator loads parts into …
Application: Material Handling and Inspection System Industry: Automotive Solara Automation’s customer is a bearing manufacturer. The automation requirement was to support the overmolding of three plastic parts. The equipment needed to bulk feed substrates, load into mold press for 2nd stage process, unload finish parts from mold, inspect parts for defects, and package into totes. …
Application: Chamfer Grinding Machine Industry: Automotive Customer asked Solara Automation to design, build and test a machine to grind a chamfer on ceramic disks. We engineered a free-standing workstation consisting of a 4-position rotary dial table, magazine-fed part infeed, a grinding wheel mounted on a swing arm, an air knife to blow off grinding dust, …
Application: Assembly Machine Industry: Industrial Components Solara engineered this assembly machine in the production of drive rollers used in conveyor systems. The project required automation to produce grooves in steel tubes with auto-positioning of hydraulic grooving heads and precise groove depth control. 240 parts per hour Auto part load/unload Hydraulic form tooling; dual head/dual groove …
Application: Assembly Machine Industry: Pharmaceutical Solara Automation was given the responsibility of assembling a device specifically created for cardiovascular screening purposes. The challenge at hand was to automate the intricate process of assembling plastic vials that are both liquid-filled and hermetically sealed. In order to meet this specific requirement, Solara's engineers meticulously developed a highly …
Application: Material Handling, Welding, and Grinding Industry: Tools Solara Automation's customer produces portable bandsaw blades. Solara's engineers faced the challenge of creating an automation cell responsible for feeding the raw material, shaping the blade into a loop, welding the ends together, annealing the seam, and grinding it. Solara designed and constructed a three-robot cell for …
Application: Inspection and Packing System Industry: Automotive Solara Automation's customer manufactures sintered metal parts for engine applications. They needed an automation system to inspect three distinct assemblies for defects and ensure proper dowel insertion depth. The system had to package the inspected parts onto molded trays. Solara Automation designed and constructed an automated machine to …
Solara's automation solution for sintered metal parts used in engines unloads parts from a press, de-burrs edges, places onto trays, and loads into a furnace. The automation is flexible to process 8 different parts at a rate of up to 720 parts per hour.
