As an important automotive production centre in Asia, Thailand offers great investment potential. As the leading automotive parts manufacturer in Thailand, the Thai Summit Group plays an important role in the development of Thailand's automotive manufacturing and export centre.
The Thai Summit Group is a leader in the sheet metal forming industry and offers its customers first-class stamping capacities. It attaches great importance to ensuring the quality of its products and services by utilising state-of-the-art technologies in the production process to ensure that the products supplied are precisely tailored to the needs and requirements of customers.
Handling process between the presses is fully automated
Thai Summit Automotive Co., Ltd. operates at its headquarters a Press line for sheet metal forming. In order to be able to operate the plant, which consists of six presses, fully automatically, the car parts manufacturer relies on Gripper systems from FIPA.
The lines are automated from the infeed to the finished part, which minimises the Handling minimised and performance increased at the same time. The presses are operated in series in a network. The sheet metal is moved fully automatically through a series of presses and formed into a sheet metal panel. The first press is no longer fed with sheet metal manually by an employee.
After the pressing process, a robot positioned next to the press removes the sheet with a gripper and feeds it to the next press. Depending on the number of presses working together, this process is repeated until the last press. The entire handling process between the presses runs fully automatically and without the need for employees.
„FIPA exceeded our expectations. The realisation of the project went smoothly thanks to an intensive dialogue between FIPA and us. in partnership and completely smoothly."
Dr Chatkaew Hart-Rawung, Managing Director Thai Summit Automotive Co., Ltd.
Due to the high speed, the choice of vacuum cups on the gripper is crucial for the process reliability of the entire system. The FIPA Bellows suction cups from the SM-B series made of a highly wear-resistant, oil-resistant NBR material have been specially optimised for highly dynamic gripping operations.
Robust Anti-slip support ribs give the sheet metal suction cup an exceptionally high level of slip resistance - even with oily sheets. Vacuum and gripper components from FIPA and the repeat accuracy of the robots ensure that the workpieces are fed and removed with maximum precision.
Full flexibility ahead
FIPA has equipped each of the six robot cells with a automatic tool changer to reduce changeover times: perfect for flexible, cross-mould applications. The grippers can be changed automatically, quickly and easily to process five different body parts in the same cell or machine.
With the new, fully automated press line, Thai Summit can 900 trays per hour machining. Previously, only 600 parts were possible in the same time. As a manufacturing service provider and solution provider, FIPA offers its customers a comprehensive range of services. Application expertise and innovative product programme.
Source: FIPA GmbH
