Automated Parts Call

An automated guide vehicle (AGV) delivers assembly line parts to a workstation when the parts are needed.

Bin Coverage for Bin Picking Applications

Bins can vary by size depending on the parts that workers are picking. It can be difficult to set up an efficient pick and place operation with a variety of bin sizes without an accurate measuring light array. An extremely reliable light array is needed to provide full coverage in bin picking applications.

Call For Parts

In flexible manufacturing environments, where operators assemble components with parts supplied by parts bins, a simple indicator is illuminated to alert stocking personnel to refill the bins before parts are depleted. Keeping bins stocked with parts without the need of the operator to leave the station to retrieve and refill improves productivity.

Parts Inspection on a Feeder Bowl Rail

As parts file out of a vibratory feeder bowl to a conveying rail, they must be inspected before they are fed to the next stage of packaging or placement in additional finished components. Feeder bowls are effective in parts orientation, but without additional inspection devices or components they do not provide a means to sort parts that have minor flaws or defects that could create problems or lead to additional scrapped product later in the manufacturing process.

Pick and Place Machine Leading Edge Detection

During the manufacturing of circuit boards, pick and place machines operate precisely and extremely fast. The first step occurs when solder paste is applied to a board with a soldering printer. SMT (surface-mount technology) components, typically consisting of resistors, diodes, transistors and integrated circuits, are loaded on a template to help guide components to the correct place. In order for a complete, speedy process, reliable leading edge detection is needed for pick and place machine applications.