Schunk

Effective Tooling for Assembly

Automation Assembly tasks often present challenges! A lot happens in a small space - fast cycle times and high-quality finished product is paramount. Schunk offers some suggestions for common challenges:

Utilize Robot Payload - Select gripper fingers that are optimal to their payload to increase reliability and produce better assembled products.

Be Flexible - Quick-change products allow tools to be changed or replaced at the robot wrist, machine table, or even the gripper fingers.

Improve Cycle Time - Mechanical actuators can respond quickly to commands and move faster, thereby reducing cycle time.

Reorientating Workpieces - Parts often need to be flipped or rotated to be accessed correctly as they travel through the process. Accomplish this with a reorientation station using standard components, all pre-designed to work together.

You do not need to reinvent the wheel for every aspect of custom automation, there are many standard modular solutions to customize to your needs.

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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