Automation + conversion of the transfer line with loading / unloading and assembly
Workpiece: twist-beam rear axle
Machine: Lindenmaier transfer line
Cycle time: 15s with 4,400 workpieces per day
Automation task
- Loading and unloading with 4x Kuka robots
- New assembly station for pressing-in bearings
- Labeling the workpieces
Retool task
- 6x new processing units including in-process measurement
- new clamping devices
- Process installation 4x new axle types
Highlights
- Complex robot handling
- High output with short cycle times
- Different clamping situations
- Chaotic manufacturing
