RECENT PROJECTS

This system has a Keyence laser scanner, a Keyence 3D smart camera, a Fanuc LR Mate robot, and an IPG YLR laser welder.

The machine has two welding functions: static parts in a nest that receive a vertical weld, and parts placed in a servo-driven rotary fixture that receive a seam weld.

The Keyence scanner scans the round parts as they spin to locate a seam. That location is given to the robot as an offset, ensuring that the laser welder is always directly on the seam.

The smart camera looks down the optical path of the laser weld head and finds pinholes that need to be welded in the vertically fixtured parts. The robot then uses that data to move to the correct weld locations.

All welds are either scanned or imaged for quality verification directly after they are completed.

Each robot in this 3 robot cell is fed via an indexing conveyor.  The trimmers and end of arm tooling on the robots are sized for a specific product.  A Fanuc 3DV vision system identifies and locates the specific product sized for each robot. The vision modifies pick and place positions so that the products are always trimmed correctly.

The photos showing the robots without fencing show the robots, trimmers, and tooling configured for the factory acceptance test at AMCo Automation. The photos of the cell with fencing show the fully completed system as assembled at the factory.

AMCo delivered a large quantity of charge cutters to a customer to reduce plastic waste by cutting extrusions to an accurate weight.  They consist of 2 conveyors.  The first conveyor is on a scale, directly off of the extruder.  When a set weight is hit, a guillotine cutter cuts the extrusion.  The second conveyor is for outfeed.  The system has a built in PID loop, allowing for a second verification weight to continuously ensure the "target weight" is met.  

This tig weld cell welds both 10mm tubing and 8mm tubing by utilizing interchangable tooling.  An actuator sets the length from the end of the tube to the weld location.  The operator can select from any of the preset "recipes" or create a new recipe using the HMI. 

This P-350 45/iA was part of a hazardous location materials handling cell along with another P-350 and a P-40iA.  The cell is located in a Class 1 Division 1 rated room.  All electrical components in the room (robots, proximity switches, solenoid valves, and servos) were all rated and wired to meet the room classification. All mechanical devices (linear actuators, gearboxes, and indexers) were appropriatley ATEX rated for the room conditions.

AMCo built this station that verifies the correct torque was met during assembly.  If the correct torque was met for the fittings then a label is printed for the assembled part.

This is a control enclosure for a plastics trimming machine that AMCo built.  AMCo builds all of its custom control panels in house, and does custom controls work for various applications.  AMCo has expertise in a wide variety of controls manufacturers including:  Allen Bradley, Siemens, Wago, Pheonix Contact, Yaskawa, and many more.