Auto racking
The size and weight of the panels make it difficult for operators to manually handle and racking them. Robots are used and typically equipped with a vision system.
The plastics industry is spending a lot of money on maintaining and purchasing vacuum pumps and vacuum-related equipment. In the chemical industry, the pumps are exposed to a lot of aggressive chemicals that require resistant vacuum pump materials. Piab has a good product range to meet the specific demands of this industry such as unloading high temperature parts with textured surfaces, but, also mark-free and PWIS-free (Paint Wetting Impairment Substances) requirements.
The size and weight of the panels make it difficult for operators to manually handle and racking them. Robots are used and typically equipped with a vision system.
Blanks of metal (magnetic or non-magnetic), plastic, wood or cardboard are separated from a stack and fed into the line. Vacuum pumps and cups are used to “pick-up/separate” and feed.
After plastic parts have been formed in injection moulding machines, they are typically removed from the mould with the help of suction cups and vacuum pumps.
Tire and rubber manufacturers use vacuum for material handling and forming applications.
High speed pick-and-place robots for placing small items like chocolate, cookies or other food stuff in packages.
In several industries there are clamping fixtures where suction cups are used to hold parts during assembly, forming, cutting or other machining operations.
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