arm appears to be in the process of manipulating a rectangular component held within a metal fixture on a conveyor belt. The machine is constructed from metal framework with intricate mechanisms, gears, and clear safety shields visible.

Automated Box Liner Pick-and-Place Machine

Box Liner Pick-and-Place Machine

This SDC customer needed to automate an assembly process that inserts a box liner into a cardboard box.

Technology Used

Mitsubishi SCARA robot
Destacking magazine
Expanding funnels
High speed pick-and-place
The machinery consists of silver metal elements, including several visible gauges with digital numerical displays which read "100", pneumatic cylinders, and intricately routed blue and black wiring.
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arm appears to be in the process of manipulating a rectangular component held within a metal fixture on a conveyor belt. The machine is constructed from metal framework with intricate mechanisms, gears, and clear safety shields visible.
Robotic arm appears to be in the process of manipulating a rectangular component held within a metal fixture on a conveyor belt. The machine is constructed from metal framework with intricate mechanisms, gears, and clear safety shields visible.
Close-up of an automated assembly machine composed of metal components on a blue table, with a brushed metal surface. The machine features numerous pneumatic actuators, sensors, and wires.
The image features a complex assembly line with robotic arms, sensors, wiring, and a white conveyor belt. Metal components are prominently displayed.
arm appears to be in the process of manipulating a rectangular component held within a metal fixture on a conveyor belt. The machine is constructed from metal framework with intricate mechanisms, gears, and clear safety shields visible.
Robotic arm appears to be in the process of manipulating a rectangular component held within a metal fixture on a conveyor belt. The machine is constructed from metal framework with intricate mechanisms, gears, and clear safety shields visible.
Close-up of an automated assembly machine composed of metal components on a blue table, with a brushed metal surface. The machine features numerous pneumatic actuators, sensors, and wires.
The image features a complex assembly line with robotic arms, sensors, wiring, and a white conveyor belt. Metal components are prominently displayed.

The Solution:

The SDC team designed and built a custom automated assembly machine to pick-and-place molded liners into boxes that hold specialty lighters.

The box is precisely positioned on the conveyor. The liner is separated from the bottom of a magazine stack feeding system by a vacuum gripper. The funnel-shaped tool expands in the box. Then the Mitsubishi SCARA robot pushes the liner through the tooling and into the box. The completed box is released on the conveyor and travels into a collection bin.

Machine Rate: 45 parts per minute

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