Swabbing Robot Combines Productivity and Operator Safety · 2017. 9. 15. · Heye International...
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Swabbing Robot
Combines Productivity and Operator Safetythe next step in to the automatisation
in the glass industry
2015
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Introduction
• Heye works with partners on the implementation of
a swabbing robot in the production process.
• First two installations have been successfully implemented
in two high speed lines at an Ardagh plant and are currently
in permanent operation.
• The second robot is much smaller than the first version.
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Version 1 Version 2
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Customer benefits
• No container rejects after swabbing
• No necessity to use swabbing program
• 75% savings on lubricant
• High safety for operators
• Stable and repeatable volume thickness and location of
swabbing agent in the process.
• More time for operators to focus on optimization and
defect correction.
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Version 2
• Interface adaptation of robot to IS timing system
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Head
• left and right spray nozzle
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Spraying
• no influence or disturbance of production flow
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Highlights of latest version
• Robot is smaller, 25 kg instead of 125 kg
• Optimized cable guide design on Heye machines
• Safety cage
• Zero station
• Clean design
• Several parking places
• Left and right blank swabbing
• special program to spray neck ring
• Possible monitoring from IS-operator room
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Beam
• Gear rack
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Beam with parking positions
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• Example of 20 section machine; tandem 2 x 10 section
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New safety cage
• Compact design and signal lamps
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Zero station
• maintenance position area
outside the machine for job
change alignment and
programming of the
swabbing robot with HMI
touch screen
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!