How To: Select the Right Pick & Place for your Application
Automated manufacturing systems are typically built around a core part or material transfer system such as a dial indexer, track based linear motion system, or palletized conveyor. These platforms fundamentally impact both the system’s output capabilities, as well as the overall footprin. Your decision to use one vs. another will be driven by various factors, such as meeting specific performance criteria, adapting to facility space constraints or the overall experience and ease of use.
Once your base transfer system is selected, it’s time to move parts on and off of nests/pallets and perform various handling operations within your stations. How you handle parts coming from feed systems or trays to a pallet, present parts for inspection, and approach offline part processing can dramatically affect some of those important initial key factors.