Edited by Mike Santora A west-coast medical parts manufacturer was recently faced with the challenge of creating a closed female luer valve with a robust system featuring 24 install stations for a 3-5 piece assembly production process. This manufacturer’s medical product line provides patients and caregivers with devices that help improve patient outcomes by minimizing…
Palletizing dial plate manages multiple robots
With over 18 years of experience manufacturing for the robotics and automated machinery industry, Jerit Automation, Inc. is considered a “one-stop” manufacturer. When their team came across a palletizing application chassis system involving two robots−requiring more space for the operators to work—Jerit went to WEISS to collaborate on designing an octagonal dial plate system. WEISS…
Direct drive rotary indexing table cuts cycle time to 0.3 seconds
Werner Geissler GmbH has been producing precision turned parts for 40 years, predominantly for the automobile and automotive supply industry. Geissler recently sought out a solution to accelerate cycle times for a test bench that performed the final inspection of precision turned parts. At the heart of the system was a pneumatic rotary indexing table…
Rotary Indexing Tables add Flexibility to Automation
In the late 1980s, the automated grinding and polishing of mass-produced parts was typically carried out by special cam-operated or CNC-controlled machines. As fixtures, fittings, and components from…
Ring table with large center opening improves production efficiencies
EDAG, Detroit, MI, a development partner for the transportation industry recently had to design a heavy-duty ring for a new production concept. For small lot production of vehicle components, this ring had to bear the weight of car body tools weighing up to 4 tons, and deliver sufficient room at its center for a heavy-duty…
Collaborated disciplines maximize speed in irrigation system
The professional irrigation systems and drip irrigation technology of Netafim, Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel), in collaboration with Innovative Products & Equipment (Tyngsboro, MA), manufacturer of special machines, to improve its modified linear transfer line, had reached its technical limits at 60 cycles per minute. The performance of this assembly and test station, which produces components…
WEISS’ HP 140 Pick-and-Place series
WEISS North America, Inc. continues to evolve its HP 140 Pick-and-Place series with a myriad of superior performance capabilities vs. traditional pneumatic systems. Key to its configuration is the integration of a horizontal and a vertical linear axis−all in a single module that can move directly to all points along these two axes. The HP […]