ASA Automations- und Fördersysteme GmbH from Mainhausen is showcasing a high-speed application for handling folding cartons at Automatica 2018.
Exclusively at the Fanuc stand, ASA will be showing the new Fanuc robot SR-3iA, which has been integrated into the pick-and-place application for cartons from the food sector. Three coordinated robots of the same type each take on a central function in product position detection, product alignment, precise product placement and individually controlled sorting of the products.
The Fanuc SR-3iA robot model was selected because it fulfils the high cycle times required for food packaging while guaranteeing optimum production reliability and productivity, writes ASA.
Vision system with bottom-mounted light source
To detect the position of the folding shafts running disorganised in the product flow, ASA uses a Vision system, which uses a high-resolution camera and a light source located at the bottom of the conveyor belt to visually record the positions of the cartons and make them available in digitalised form. The task of the first robot in the system is then to use this information to pick up the cartons with its mechanical gripper and place them on a parallel conveyor belt with pinpoint accuracy.
A second robot removes a previously defined number of cartons from the ordered row created in this way and places them on a chute. This process step is controlled online via PC or with a mobile device using the Fanuc web browser technology.
Remaining boxes go back to los
The cartons that are left over from this sorting step are transported via the Concentricity back to the first robot. This is taken care of by robot number 3, which picks up the boxes with a suction cup and places them in a disorganised manner on a flexible and space-saving Carryline chain link belt system discards.
ASA at Automatica 2018 at the Fanuc stand: Hall B6, Stand 330
