Production Amount per Day:
560 ⇒ 940 pieces: ⇒ Productivity Improvement of 68%
| Electronic Components / Applicator | |
| Adhesive Applicator – CT-Effects Application Example | |
| [ Robot/Electric Actuators ] |
[ Controllers ] |
| RCP2-SA7C (2 axes) | PSEL |
| RCP2-RA10C | PCON-CFA |
| ISB-MXL | XSEL |
[Equipment Overview]
An apparatus for applying an adhesive to the cover of lamp lights and an indicator light in the manufacturing of electronic components.
X-axis: RCP2-SA7C
Y-axis: RCP2-SA7C
Z axis: ISB-MXL
Dispensing of the adhesive: RCP2-RA10C
[Problems of the air cylinder used]
- They were dispensing the adhesive by using the air cylinder. The dispensing rate was changed because the air pressure was unstable and the adhesive was interrupted or lumped.
- The viscosity of the adhesive changes under the conditions such as temperature, so that it took time to adjust the dispensing pressure.
- Defective parts were made when the adhesive that attached to the work parts formed adhesive strings that weren’t cut off after dispensing.
[Benefits of the electric actuator]
- The 45 seconds cycle time has been reduced to 30 seconds because the amount of adhesive dispensed always stayed stable.
- This enabled the supply of adhesive to be stable all day after trial testing each morning.
- The failure rate due to adhesive dispensing reduced to almost zero from about 10 pieces a day since they set movement to cut clean the dispensed adhesive. This movement was of the electric actuator in the vertical direction and the slide table.
[CT Effects – Reduction in Cycle Time/Choco Tei]
| Project Comparison | Equipment with the air cylinder | Equipment with the ROBO Cylinder |
| Cycle Time | 45 seconds | 30 seconds |
| Duration of Choco-Tei per event | 60 minutes / day | 60 minutes / day |
| Production per day | 560 pieces (*1) | 940 pieces (*2) |
(*1) When the air cylinder was used: (8 hours – 1 hour Choco-Tei) ÷ 45 seconds = 560 pieces per day
(*2) When the ROBO Cylinder was used: (8 hours – 10 minutes) ÷ 30 seconds = 940 pieces per day
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