The video on the left shows an automated production line designed and built by Decuna for a telecommunications equipment manufacturer. The assembly line is completely automated and integrated with a robot. The robot feeds a machine and unloads components, to be used in further operations

One of the projects developed integrates a robot equipped with a pneumatic gripper with two computer vision systems

- the first one corrects position offsets in the plates to be feed in the machine

- the second one controls with a laser beam the thickness of the plates gripped by the robot, so that only one is introduced in the machine.

Decuna adapts old equipment and machinery with modern CNCs that improve significantly productivity and reduce downtime and maintenance. Such examples can be found in grinding and cutting machines for several industries.

If the mechanical part of the tooling is in good condition, this investment pays off in a short period of time and implies savings compared to installing brand new machinery.

Retrofit CNC

CNC control unit retrofitting
Positioning machines retrofitting
Lathes, milling cutters, grinding machines
Assembly machinery

Conversion from hydraulic to electrical drives
Control unit update (Siemens, Fagor, Indramat)
CNC programming: Siemens, Fagor, Indramat

Electrical modifications, software adaption and commissioning.

Retrofit PLC

Update or replacement of obsolete PLCs

Decuna delivered and integrated in the production system a palletizer robot for carboard boxes with variable size for an automated warehouse. In the automated warehouse there are multiple references, carboard boxes with different size and weight, containing different items such as small household electric appliances and clothing.

The warehouse had demanding requirements in terms of output rate, which is completely handled by the robot

Therefore, Decuna designed the robot gripping system, versatile and robust, that adapts perfectly to every system reference. The system admits two kinds of pallets: 800x1200 and 1000x1200. The pallet layout depends on the references placed, and the robot can handle even incomplete pallets and pallets with several references.

Our supply included a system to configure the type of references to be picked and palletized, production setup and security systems such as emergency stops and light curtains with muting according to industry standards.

Decuna supported an innovative project developing a remote control system for a submergible mussel raft.

Conventional rafts are normally on the water surface. This submergible raft minimizes environmental impact and reduces crop losses caused by wave impact or predators. The conventional raft is known as "batea" in Galicia.

Decuna provided the control of the sinking mechanism, and the technology to control the platform remotely with mobile phones. Such platforms are normally close to the shore. The project was implemented with PDAs to monitorize the platform. The information was interchanged with a GSM modem attached to the control unit.

Decuna implemented an automatic system to classify and store all the product references that our client had.

Therefore, there were prepared 18 classification lanes (2 lines for rejected products, and 16 that feed the palletting system).

A barcode system is used to classify the goods. As well, weight is also controlled in every product. 4 automatic palleting cells provide a cadence of 4000 boxes per hour.

Customer: Pesquerías Fernández Ibañez (Vigo)

Decuna developed an automatic system to classify and store different kinds of tuna according to species and weight for our client, located at Vigo's harbour.

The system sorts out the fish in a high rack storage area, saving fish container information and piece information in a database. The weight is measured dynamically, without stopping the line.

A PC is used to monitorize the system, whereas a PLC controls the actuators.