Inspection and Tray Loading System
Application: Inspection and Packing System
Industry: Automotive
Project Criteria
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 inspect and package three distinct assemblies. A robotic solution was employed for its flexibility. The robot located, grasped, presented the various assemblies at different angles to the cameras for inspection, and organized them in a grid on trays.
A vision system was required to inspect for missing material, dents, and black specks as well as verify dowel insertion depth. One camera also was needed to orient the robot for proper part pickup. Another camera verified proper tray loading.
Project Features
- 1000 parts/hr
- 6-axis MH5 Motoman robot
- Automated tray feeding from magazine
- Servo-actuated indexing conveyor
- 4 PPT M-series cameras, one vision processor
- Dynamically adjusts vision tool thresholds to deal with batches of parts in different shades of gray
- Allen Bradley HMI/PLC controls