STAND-ALONE APPLICATIONS
In response to customers' increasing integration of their plants, AIC has also specialized in solutions downstream of rolling mills. These solutions automate many manual activities in the process, with the option of integrating robotic applications into the site.
LASER CUTTING WITH AUTOMATIC LOADING AND UNLOADING
Customer: ESTI (Acciaierie Venete Group), Brescia site.
FAT obtained on May 2022, Commissioning in Sept 2022
Designed and built to fit the size of the customer’s production line and workshop, the system has enabled full and automatic control of the material to be processed to the laser exchange table during both the loading and unloading stages. In fact, due to the flexibility and versatility of our system, the customer could handle and cut the most varied materials positioned on the roller path, depending on the size: long bars which in turn will be strapped or materials on pallets for subsequent stacking and wrapping stages.
Stations have been fully integrated and digitized in view of Industry 4.0: it will even produce time savings in both loading time and manpower costs, combining the seriality, precision and delivery speed of the 3D laser cutting.
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DEGREASING LINE STACKING SYSTEMS
Customer: Acciaierie Valbruna, Vicenza site.
FAT obtained on Oct 2022, Commissioning in Dec 2022
For hexagonal packing, automating the stacking and bundle formation system at the end of the electrolytic degreasing line and moving the scrap bars into the appropriate cradles.
- the installation of a new double overhead system for the formation of packs of shaped bars;
- the installation of a new optical system capable of selecting the non-compliant bars manually highlighted during the visual inspection and automatically moving them towards the designated unloading cradles;
- integration of the automatisms of the new stacking system with the pre-existing systems.
See how it works
DESTRAPPING ROBOT
The robot will position its head so that it can have a good view of the coil surface and the 3D system will take a picture, that will be analyzed via dedicated software and will identify the exact location of all the straps that are binding the coil. After acquiring the image, the head will turn so that the cutting tool can be inserted between the strap (lifting it) and the coil. The robot will insert the base of the cutting head below the strap, clamp it using the grasping element and once the grip is established the cut will be performed.
