Advanced Modular Manufacturing System, For Training Engineering Purpose

Product Description

• MMS shall be capable of demonstrating industry processes such as feeder, inspection, buffer, process and sorting. Automation concept, electrical wiring logic control, PLC programming, Sensors and Alarms

Feeder Station

• To separate out work pieces from the stack magazine by pushing the bottom one out with a piston

To transfer work pieces to a downstream station by means of a changer module with a rotary arm with a pneumatic suction cup

Inspection Station

• Establish the material characteristics of a work piece; check the work piece and;
• Either separate out a work piece or make it available for a subsequent station.

Buffer Station

• Transport and separate out work pieces.

Processing Station

• Process the different work piece types such as aluminium or  plastic work piece and
• Check the result of processing after the processing cycle.

Robot Station 

• Pick and Placing material.

Assembly Station

• Assembles the part materials 

Sorting Station

• The sorting station segregates the work pieces based on the material type and colour.

Feeder Station:

• A gravity feeder houses the parts in a column. Each part is ejected by a pneumatic cylinder.  The correct orientation of the part is verified using a cylinder with a plunger after verification, pneumatic cylinder moves the work-piece to the final position. Otherwise, a single acting cylinder removes the work -piece via the evacuation ramp. Further the work –piece is moved to Inspection Station.

Inspection Station

• An Inspection Stations Measures the Height of the work- piece by measurement by Linear Variable Dsplacement Transducer. The correct dimension work –piece is processed further to Buffer Station and the wrong one is rejected.

Buffer Station

• The Buffer station can buffer and separate up to five work-pieces. Diffuse sensors at the beginning of the conveyor detect the inserted work-pieces. Light barriers upstream and downstream of the separator control the process: If the transfer point is free, the separator passes on a work-piece. The separator is actuated by a short-stroke cylinder with a deflecting mechanism. The end positions of the short-stroke cylinder are detected by means of end-position sensors. The work –piece is transferred to Process Station.

Processing Station:

• In the Processing station, work-pieces are tested and processed on a rotary indexing table. The rotary indexing table is driven by a DC motor. The table is positioned by a relay circuit, with the position of the table being detected by an inductive sensor. On the rotary indexing table, the work-pieces are tested and drilled in two parallel processes. A solenoid probe with an inductive sensor checks that the work-pieces are inserted in the correct position. During drilling, the work-piece is clamped by a solenoid actuator. Finished work-pieces are passed on via the sorting gate to Sorting Station.

Sorting Station:

• This station sorts work-pieces onto three slides. Work-pieces placed on the start of the conveyor are detected by a diffuse sensor. A pneumatic stopper with integrated valve stops the work-piece before the sorting process. Sensors upstream of the stopper detect the work-piece features (black, red, metal). The cylindrical work-pieces are sorted onto the appropriate slides via electric deflectors. A retro-reflective sensor monitors the fill levels of the slides.

Additional Information:

• Delivery Time: 12-16 Weeks