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GLUE DISPENSING & ASSEMBLY SUMMARY
Final assembly station that dispenses glue on plastic covers and accessory pieces, inspects the dispensed glue and finally installs the covers on the primary device.

TEAM:

  • Mechanical engineers 
  • Controls engineer  
  • Assembly technician 

DESIGN TOOLS USED:

  • Solidworks 
  • Studio 5000
  • AutoCAD Electrical
  • Python  

MARKET:
Production Equipment, Automation, Dispensing

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

  • Part Fixturing: Hold a total of 6 parts, 5 of which are manually loaded by an operator every cycle. Index parts appropriately allowing for reliable glue dispensing.  
  • Recipe Differentiation: Scan serial number of device to determine if additional part should be glued and placed on assembly before final assembly.
  • Glue Dispensing: Dispense glue on parts with 3D glue profile using off-the-shelf dispensers. Glue path must be easily editable.
  • Vision Inspection: Provide Pass/Fail decision on quality of glue path based on customer’s sample set of good/bad parts.
  • Final Assembly: Parts must be hold strong enough for final assembly, during which geometry on parts must engage with each other.
  • Data Reporting: Pass system state, OEE data, and process data to MES system.

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

The project involved dispensing glue on plastic covers, inspecting the glue path using a vision system, and assembling those parts onto device. To achieve this, a robot was used to pick a part, dispense glue from a station dispenser, and finally place part on device.

Then two independent nests on a X-Y gantry system move in combination with a dispenser mounted on a Z-Axis to dispense glue on side covers. Finally, the nests meet in the center as the covers are placed on the device.

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