Blank loading
Manual blank loading
For manual blank loading a laser projects the contour of the blank onto the loading table. After the operator has inserted the part, the loading table clamps the blank and moves to the manipulator transfer position.
- Loading of blanks with inserts
- Adding of upstream and downstream production processes
- Movable suction table
- Laser for projection of the blank contour
- Safety system around the manual loading area
Intelligent robotic blank loading
Using a camera-scanner system the robotic blank loading system finds the blanks in a bulky box. The software detects the blanks in the bulky box and sends the information to the loading robot. Fed with this information, the robot grips the top blank of the box and loads it to the MiniBendCenter. In addition, the robot can grip the blanks also from stacks of material. The blanks do not need to be stacked properly one above the other. And the best: The robot must be neither be taught nor programmed. Simply start the program and the MiniBendCenter does the rest.
- No programming or teaching necessary
- Robot grips the blank and feeds it to the bending center
- Unrecognized parts are sorted out
Universal vacuum gripper
The universal vacuum gripper allows loading of different blank geometries from stacks of material without a gripper change. If there is more than one stack on a pallet, the distance between the stacks must allow sufficient space for the universal vacuum gripper.
- Additional flexibility for different blank designs
- Ideal for unmanned production
Bending sequence
Automatic tool setup
The fast and automatic tool changer places the clamping and bending tools into position. Tools not used for a job are stored in the tool magazine. Due to its rotation axis in the gripper, the tool changer can place a tool in the upper or lower clamping beam as well as in the upper and lower folding beam.
- Automatic tool change in the shortest possible time
- Precise took positioning
- Unmanned shifts due to automatic tool setups
Unloading finished parts
Curved conveyor belt with pushers
Delivery of bent parts on a curved conveyor belt. Signals in the job list decided whether a bent parts are lined up and run to the end of the belt or if they will be delivered into the boxes.
- Up to 6 delivery stations available
- Pusher delivery non-sensitive parts into bulk containers
- Sensitive parts will be lined up on the belt
- The flexible unloading concept is ideal for unmanned shifts