Annual Report 2007 - RUAG

This is how the system works:
• The pallet carrier delivers the pallet
to the storage bay, where it is
pushed to the rear position.
• The front position is serviced directly
by the pallet carrier.
• If the piece at the rear position is
required, a dual carrier is used for
rapid access.
Each machine is located a different
distance from the pallet carrier. Although
the greatest distance is over
four metres, no time is lost thanks to
a bridging system, also newly engineered,
built into each pallet carrier.
Two standard and two precision setup
loading stations for round and rectangular
pallets are situated outside
the air-conditioned production hall.
A roller shutter separates the two
areas, which are likewise connected
by a pallet transport system. The greatest
distance for each pallet carrier is
80 metres.
The key to the facility's functioning is
the control system. The master computer
controls the logical processes
for the over 20 NC axes, job allocation
to the machines and scheduling
of storage bays. It compiles tool sequence
lists and provides the required
NC programmes.
To be continued
An additional machine – the sixth –
from the adjacent production hall
was connected to the pallet transport
system in late November 2007.
Further additions may be possible
following structural adjustments.
The engineers, technicians and mechanics
responsible for the design
and implementation of this system
for automatic large-component processing
and feeding of large-component
processing centres have set
a new European standard.
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