ZIMMER GROUP NEEDLE GRIPPER SUPPORTS POLISHING PAD PRODUCTION
With its ST collection needle gripper, the Zimmer Group helps Scholl Ideas GmbH in its sharpening wheel manufacturing. An software instance that exhibits that the dealing with specialist additionally has the correct commonplace elements in its vary for particular challenges.
Scholl Ideas GmbH in Remseck am Neckar appears again on greater than 60 years of firm historical past and is a pacesetter available in the market for polishes, pastes and sharpening wheels. The corporate produces 2.5 million sharpening wheels yearly, which it sells by means of 150 sellers in 40 nations. Its clients embody well-known automotive producers. For manufacturing, Scholl Ideas depends on state-of-the-art equipment distinctive in-house developments. “We’re very pleased with our patented Spider Pad. It strongly distinguishes us from our rivals in the marketplace,” says Sven Orlowski, technical buying and manufacturing planning group chief at Scholl Ideas GmbH. With its “spidering,” a particular construction, this pad combines the properties of lambskin pads and standard foam pads.
Within the case of manufacturing tools, too, nice significance is connected to in-house growth and custom-fit options. For instance, the corporate labored carefully with Sinn Mechanische Werkstatt in planning the particular system for the manufacturing of sharpening wheels. Within the system, foam blanks are first milled into the client’s particular person form after which the sample, the so-called spidering, is lower in to higher maintain the sharpening agent. The sharpening pads are rotated within the system to use the emblem with a laser. The pads are then rotated once more to put them within the right place from the road onto a conveyor belt for last packaging. This last step introduced a problem on this plant. An appropriate finish effector was sought for selecting up the pads within the system and inserting them on the conveyor belt. One downside was the completely different materials of the workpieces with completely different foam densities, sizes and thicknesses. Vacuum cups weren’t doable because of the porous density of the froth pads, that are too permeable to air. “We examined various vacuum cup suppliers right here,” recollects Jürgen Sinn, proprietor of Sinn Mechanische Werkstatt.
The answer was lastly offered by Klaus Tritt, Technical Consulting & Gross sales on the Zimmer Group, with the ST collection needle gripper. The particular gripper permits infinitely variable stroke adjustment by way of a setting ring and has a workpiece blow-off perform for secure and quick depositing of the sharpening wheels. Because of the magnetic area sensor system, the gripper can detect the tip positions, leading to shorter cycle occasions and constant management. 20 needles within the gripper take over the secure choosing up and holding of the pads with out damaging the fabric. The tip effector additionally impresses with its lengthy service lifetime of as much as 5 million maintenance-free cycles. It has now been in use at Scholl Ideas GmbH for six years. The IP30 safety class ensures a excessive degree of security throughout use. The shut cooperation between Scholl Ideas, Sinn Mechanische Werkstatt and Zimmer Group has proven that progressive applied sciences and options assist to efficiently grasp challenges in manufacturing. Zimmer Group is happy to have the ability to actively contribute to economical and dependable manufacturing processes at Scholl Ideas with its needle gripper.