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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Tyre tube valve auto pick and place system

An XY table+ pick and place system combo for a tube/tyre manufacturer. Installed in their tube extruder line. A tray with valves placed in a 11x11 matrix is placed on a stepper motor controlled XY table. A pneumatic powered rack moves a pinion connected to a pick and place arm. Arm has a FESTO pneumatic gripper with custom fingers which have grooved cut in them for grip. Zeron welds used, all machined components mounted on a CNC machined plated.