Consumer goods

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.

In order to automate two injection moulding machines, Decuna installed a robot that unloads the parts from the moulds and layers them in a container.

The main advantage of this system compared to robot arms installed on each injection moulding machines is the cost save implied and simplicity. The robot is able to serve simultaneously both machines.

The injection moulding machines communicate with the robot, indicating when the parts are ready to be picked up from the mould.

A part presence check is performed once the plastic parts are picked up, in order to detect any possible error during injection moulding.

The cycle time was estimated with a computer simulation. The simulation also served as a starting point for robot programming.

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 delivered to a laboratory as a "key-in-hand" installation an automatic sorting line for milk samples. The project was managed end-to-end, from requirements capture, desing, manufacturing, integration and commissioning, including robot tooling desing and robot integration.

The sorting line is multi-purpose:

• first of all, the samples need to be placed on plastic pucks, so that they can be conveyed
• data acqusition is needed, reading the barcode on every sample and introducing the data in the system
• finally, the samples are grouped by test type, unloaded from the pucks into the racks

The line intregrates different machines that perform operations such as lid opening, injecting preservative and lid closing. The robot installed is able to handle both racks and samples with a special gripper, places the tube samples in the racks and then the racks in a stair, ready to be picked by operators and loaded to the milk testing equipment.