Strahler also noted that the use of ATI’s Tool Changers in the application provides an additional measure of safety by keeping employees out of the robot cell. The new process cuts down on the non-value added time in the application and enables quicker turnaround of designs.
If needed, they can perform multiple trials to narrow down and select the best equipment for the job. Integrating ATI’s Heavy Duty Tool Changer products gave Schmalz the ability to handle the variable payloads of customer material and seamlessly transition between each of the different Layer Grippers in a single test run. This is tedious and not possible for one person to do by themselves.” Schmalz Applications Engineer Lee Strahler reports, “Without tool changers, we have to manually detach the tool from the robot with bolts and thumbscrews, wheel the tool away on a cart, and attach a new tool the same way. This provided some initial benefits, but they still had to change tools by hand, which created downtime. The first step in automating their proof-of-concept process included installing a large FANUC robot for material handling. ATI’s Heavy Duty QC-310 Tool Changer suited both the size of their 600 kg FANUC robot and the unpredictable loads of their customers’ test material. Due to the wide breadth of customer material used in vacuum gripping applications, they needed a system to accommodate anything from featherweight plastic sheets to extremely heavy automotive components. The new Robot Test Cell includes one QC-310 Master and three QC-310 Tools mounted to different Schmalz Layer Grippers–which can weigh up to 130 lbs each before any product is handled. Together, these process improvements enable a higher level of customer service. Since the addition of ATI Tool Changers to their Robot Test Cell, Schmalz experiences more comprehensive design testing and an increase in project throughput.
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Historically, this is one of the most time-consuming tasks in the project timeline due to its heavy reliance on manual labor. It is widely known that ATI products can increase the productivity of automated systems, but at Schmalz, this reaches a whole new level.Įach project at Schmalz is unique and begins with a full-scale evaluation of the customer’s existing application. The results bring more comprehensive concept proofing and decreased project turnaround time for customers. Schmalz recently deployed ATI’s Robotic Tool Changers in a new, sustainable, automated design-testing application.
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