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EOAT for IML of conical bucket

8 March 2021/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Customer needed to insert in the mold two big labels to decorate by IML process of a conical bucket. The 2 labels of 180º each are covering together the 360º of the bucket external side. At the same time the EOAT has to take off the finished part from the opposite side of the mold. End customer has a trust in project members by his previous experience. Together with CAROTEX, Gimatic Spain designed the plastic jig with the necessary number of electrodes to leave the labels fixed inside the mold without wrinkles as well as the vacuum circuit to hold the labels on the Jig. The EOAT include a rotary actuator so that the operator can load each label from the upper side. Gimatic RT-35 rotary actuator, MFI profiles & brackets and suction cups are used on this project. End customer already knew Gimatic Plastic components and has very good opinion of the brand. Carotex valued in Gimatic Iberia the know how about how to design Plastic Injection mold extraction EOATs & integrate IML solution in it. The excellent cooperation between Gimatic, expert in Plastic EOAT, and Carotex, expert in IML solutions, led to a joint offer which convinced the customer.
-GIMATIC IBERIA S.L

Steel sheet inserted plastic injection production

17 February 2021/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Picking the plastic part and placing small steel sheets have to be done from the moving side of the mold. Since both process will be done from the same side, firstly it was necessary to pick the molded part.

Gimatic one finger grippers and suction cups are used to pick up the product.

Then for Inserting part, AGG centering grippers are used for compensating repeated positioning accuracy, Suction cups are used to pick up steel and dowel, to locate it into the mold. High precision sliders are used to insert the 6 steels into the mold at the same time by the cylinder with sensors. For In-mold monitor to keep checking on whether the insert steels are in right place.

6 inserts have to be located in 3 different movements. After the first metal insert is placed on the mold, EOAT has to move by slides, then place next 3 inserts, then move again and place the last 2 inserts. These movements were in right, left and down directions.

The realization of automatic insert and picking-up of this product requires the high coordination of EOAT, mold and robot, and requires high precision in XYZ direction, with certain compensation function. In this way, inserts must be located smoothly and stably in all directions and different parts.

This set of insert EOAT integrates all insert actions in the current market, which is a typical case of the most difficult insert Technology.

-GIMATIC AUTOMATION ENGINEERING (CHANGSHU) CO., LTD

Gimatic EOAT for EXTRACTION -TRANSPORT & CLIPPING

27 January 2021/in Case History/by Paola Posco

The customer requests EOAT with two cavities. One side of the plastic parts has to be rotated, clipped and checked on the EOAT during robot movement. Using a combination of linear, angular and other actuators, with the help of the 3D printing service it was possible to do the clipping and checking of the parts on the EOAT. Following Gimatic products are used on the EOAT; for gripping the parts OFR-G finger gripper, for linear movement OFB guided cylinders, for angular movement OFN tilt unit, for checking and gripping custom 3D printed parts are used on OFN tilt units. With Gimatic central 3D printer service, it is possible to track and replicate custom parts. This project has been possible with wide range of Gimatic components. Customer has reduced his process time by automatically picking plastic parts in meantime clipping and checking it on the EOAT during part transfer from mold to conveyor.
– GIMATIC IBERIA, S.L.

Gimatic EOAT for medical tubes

22 January 2021/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Our customer needs to pick the medical test tubes from injection mold. Tubes have 12mm diameter and they are located very near to each other in an 8 cavity mold. Gimatic SGP-S pneumatic grippers are the best solution for the small spaces which they have compact body regarding their force-stroke effectiveness. Detection is made by Gimatic PR-SN-HS programmable highly sensitive sensors which let us detect 3 different position in a short stroke. Dedicated custom fingers are made by Gimatic 3D multi jet fusion printer facility and it is used Gimatic serial number system which makes it possible to track and reproduce easily every single custom part.

– GIMATIC OTOMASYON TICARET A.S

Non-marking EOAT for plastic parts

11 December 2020/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Problems:

Automobile instrument panel is an important part of automobile interior. The modeling part of this part is complex. The surface of many products is also textured which cannot be picked out by vacuum cups. And there is also one bumper in this project that has to be picked out from cavity side. At present, it is a common problem to take parts of automobile plastic parts from cavity side.

How to use GIMATIC products solve them?

GIMATIC components are standardized products, which can be made into the most suitable shape according to the modeling of products. When the surface is textured, we can use OFR gripper at the edge of the product and cooperate with the front suction cup to hold the product out. In this case, even if the suction cup is not vaccumized, the product can be taken out smoothly. As for the problem of taking parts from cavity side, we will describe it separately in another Case.

Gripper for plastic components in multi-cavity moulds

11 December 2020/in Case History/by paolo

Multi-tasking EOAT to pick the parts, change the positions and change the distance of the parts

4 December 2020/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Problems:

Automobile instrument panel is an important part of automobile interior. The modeling part of this part is complex. The surface of many products is also textured which cannot be picked out by vacuum cups. And there is also one bumper in this project that has to be picked out from cavity side. At present, it is a common problem to take parts of automobile plastic parts from cavity side.

How to use GIMATIC products solve them?

GIMATIC components are standardized products, which can be made into the most suitable shape according to the modeling of products. When the surface is textured, we can use OFR gripper at the edge of the product and cooperate with the front suction cup to hold the product out. In this case, even if the suction cup is not vaccumized, the product can be taken out smoothly. As for the problem of taking parts from cavity side, we will describe it separately in another Case.

Automatic loading and unloading for CNC Machine

20 November 2020/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Problems:

Automobile instrument panel is an important part of automobile interior. The modeling part of this part is complex. The surface of many products is also textured which cannot be picked out by vacuum cups. And there is also one bumper in this project that has to be picked out from cavity side. At present, it is a common problem to take parts of automobile plastic parts from cavity side.

How to use GIMATIC products solve them?

GIMATIC components are standardized products, which can be made into the most suitable shape according to the modeling of products. When the surface is textured, we can use OFR gripper at the edge of the product and cooperate with the front suction cup to hold the product out. In this case, even if the suction cup is not vaccumized, the product can be taken out smoothly. As for the problem of taking parts from cavity side, we will describe it separately in another Case.

Car’s Front Face Bar

13 November 2020/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Problems:

Automobile instrument panel is an important part of automobile interior. The modeling part of this part is complex. The surface of many products is also textured which cannot be picked out by vacuum cups. And there is also one bumper in this project that has to be picked out from cavity side. At present, it is a common problem to take parts of automobile plastic parts from cavity side.

How to use GIMATIC products solve them?

GIMATIC components are standardized products, which can be made into the most suitable shape according to the modeling of products. When the surface is textured, we can use OFR gripper at the edge of the product and cooperate with the front suction cup to hold the product out. In this case, even if the suction cup is not vaccumized, the product can be taken out smoothly. As for the problem of taking parts from cavity side, we will describe it separately in another Case.

Dashboard Grasping

30 June 2020/in Case History/by Paola Posco

Problems:

Automobile instrument panel is an important part of automobile interior. The modeling part of this part is complex. The surface of many products is also textured which cannot be picked out by vacuum cups. And there is also one bumper in this project that has to be picked out from cavity side. At present, it is a common problem to take parts of automobile plastic parts from cavity side.

How to use GIMATIC products solve them?

GIMATIC components are standardized products, which can be made into the most suitable shape according to the modeling of products. When the surface is textured, we can use OFR gripper at the edge of the product and cooperate with the front suction cup to hold the product out. In this case, even if the suction cup is not vaccumized, the product can be taken out smoothly. As for the problem of taking parts from cavity side, we will describe it separately in another Case.