[Equipment Detail]

• An optical measuring tool moves along a pipe and measures the external diameter at a specific location (near center) of the pipe surface.

• The cycle time was long and this was the bottle neck in the production line.

• A pipe is placed and removed manually.

 

[Problem in Using an Air Cylinder]

• The pipe length was 2,000mm, and the measuring action was activated by a sensor. As it was not possible to have a speed change on the way in order to obtain stability through constant speed operation, the instrument needed to have a low-speed operation through the whole stroke.

• Line stoppage has occurred for 30 minutes a day due to measuring error.

 

[After Replacing to ROBO Cylinder]

• Moving with high speed to the front of the measurement point, moving slowly to take measurement at the measurement point, then travel back to the home position with high speed enabled for shorter cycle time.

• The measurement tool moves stably in constant speed, which ended with nearly 0 times of line stoppage due to measurement error.

• By using the zone output signal, the sensor is no more needed.

• Eliminating the bottle neck and improved the line productivity.

[CT Effects – Reduction in Cycle Time/Choco Tei]