Assembly in Action: Sensors Overcome Assembly Challenges
Telesis Automation Corp. (Baldwin Park, CA) manufactures assembly, packaging, labeling and inspection machines for the medical, food, cosmetics and electronics industries. Recently, it built a machine for Porex Medical Product Group (Ontario, CA) to assemble Luer-Lok, in-line fittings for use with intravenous tube feeds-at a rate of 240 parts per minute.
Each assembly consists of three components: a hub, a luer and a cap. Assembly takes place on an indexing dial outfitted with 24 nests, which fixture four assemblies each. Parts enter the machine via vibratory bowls and vibrating feed lanes. From there they are positioned in the nests by pick-and-place grippers.