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Project: Automatic Loading of Watergel Explosives into cases
Our customer asked us to look at the possibility of automatically loading watergel type explosives into cases. The explosive charges are produced in a flow wrapped package and then loaded into cases in various formats. This was being done by hand taking several people to complete the process. Although labour savings were the main issue, our customer was also keen to eliminate manual handling from the packaging process for health and safety reasons.
Solution
Fully automatic packaging line incorporating Tekpak Collator and the Packman® V650 Robotic Loading Cell which fully automates the process of loading products into cases.
The pack sizes weighed up to 2.5kg and loading in groups of 10 with each case weighing 25kg. In order to reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury and other associated manual handling problems, staff were rotated on a regular basis which was costly and caused operational difficulties. Because of the process involved and other associated risks of handling explosive products the production process cannot easily be stopped and there are limitations on the amount of product that can be stored at any one time. Our solution completely eliminates any need for manual handling.
Benefits
- Labour savings and avoidance of Repetitive Strain Injury.
- Payback achieved in under 2 years.
- Size change had to be done very quickly to avoid unnecessary delays in production - all devices required to achieve a fast and "right first time" accurate change over have been developed so that change over can occur in approximately 1 minute.
- Facility for remote diagnostics and connection to clients ethernet network to provide production data and to facilitate remote diagnostics.
- Extremely high efficiency using our well proven Packman Robotic Loader.
Technical
- All electronic parameters are automatically set up when the operator selects the product on the HMI colour touch screen
- Motion controlled system using brushless servo motors.
- PLC CAN BUS for distributed I/O
- Stainless steel suitable for wash down environments
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