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News Release from: Mikron Assembly Technology | Subject: Part feeding system for automatic assembly
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 November 2006
Speedy assembly part feeding system is
flexible
Part feeding system for automatic assembly systems has a maximum speed of 80 'difficult' parts/min, is fully autonomous and has a reusability of more than 95%.
The daily mission of Mikron is to 'anticipate our customer needs' As a leader in developing and manufacturing high performance assembly solutions, Mikron considers innovation as the driving force to serve the demands of the assembly market today and into the future
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Our customers' demands not only influence our assembly solutions but also the corresponding feeding systems.
They should be more flexible, able to handle more variants, able to feed complex components - such as springs and should be able to feed parts which are not completely developed.
To address these challenges, in 1998 Mikron collaborated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology to start the development of a flexible feeding system.
In 2001, Mikron introduced the original Polyfeed integrated in the Mikron Syfast robotic cell.
This version used the Cartesian robot of the cell and was able to work with a maximum speed of 30 parts/min.
Today's new Polyfeed Standalone from Mikron Assembly Technology is an engineered, standalone patented part feeding system based on the use of a Cartesian robot, a vertical vibration system and a vision recognition system to identify parts in their various forms and feeding positions.
The Polyfeed Standalone utilizes state-of-the-art technology such as linear motors for the Cartesian robot, evolved vision and vibration technology and a self-contained advanced software package.
The new Polyfeed meets all of the goals of today's demanding assembly system requirements.
The new Polyfeed has a maximum speed of 80 parts/min, is fully autonomous, has a reusability of more than 95%, and variant changeover can be made in a few minutes.
The new Polyfeed can replace existing, traditional bowl feeding systems and, with its flexibility, it is possible to replace additional bowl feeders that were required to run multiple variants.
The Polyfeed is perfect for applications where difficult components such as springs, prototype parts or parts with many variants need to be fed.
Mikron is experiencing a very positive market response to the release of the feeder as many of our current customers have requested the Polyfeed to be utilized on their new assembly systems.
It's the perfect complement to Mikron's modular assembly system product family.
With the release of the Polyfeed, Mikron is enhancing its leading position in a continually evolving market.
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