ArcelorMittal Acindar and AIC team will integrate an automation robotic tagging station for the rolling mill finishing end area at the Villa Constitución site in Argentina.
Including an anthropomorphic 6-axis floor-mounted COMAU robot and equipped with different tools, each designed for a specific task, AIC solution is proven to enhance productivity, efficiency and manufacturing flexibility throughout the entire process.
Leveraging AIC’s unparalleled expertise in robotics technologies, the artificial vision package embedded will identify the most suitable coordinates (nearby the center of the profile) for labelling and welding on the bundle tail. Moreover, exchanging data with PLC will be helpful in autonomously deciding the repositioning or any second welding, if tags will not fit the set perimeter or will be missed. In the out-turn, product traceability and readability will be optimized, avoiding unnecessary manual operations, errors in tagging and plant shutdowns.
A safer operating area will be insured by the safety logic with smart electric locks linked to the automation system. In fact, the goal in adopting this solution is to reduce risk factors to a large extent: robots can handle the most tedious and dangerous manufacturing applications to keep your workers safe, ensuring a short cycle time in a compact footprint.
The first stages have been expected for Summer 2022 and it will be the first AIC robotic application for the South American market.
The automation industry is in an ongoing process that will necessarily pass through robotics, in an effort to reduce waste by improving quality and consistency, to make construction safe by handling large and heavy loads and to deliver products faster and with greater accuracy. AIC, with its tailored-made solutions, studies and designs intensively the state-of-the-art novelty on the market to be flawless in improving the often-harsh conditions our customers operate in.
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