Demonstration of ECU assembly process at the AUTOMATICA 2012
Versatile assembly components from a single source
Automation partner DEPRAG - top-notch expertise on show
The player with the best recall wins the game! In the popular memory game of “Memory” (or Pairs) the person who best remembers which pairs of pictures go together is the winner. This also applies in the choice of a partner when I want to build an assembly system,” explained Jürgen Hierold, marketing manager at DEPRAG. “All I have to do is remember DEPRAG’s top-notch expertise in feed systems, handling, screwdriving, assembly, inspecting, testing, evaluating, analysing and data recording, and I am already ahead.” The assembly specialist means to take this message and increase awareness in visitors to the AUTOMATICA trade fair in Munich (22 to 25 May 2012). Those who remember the name of DEPRAG when it comes to automation will win the game.
“Automation partner DEPRAG - for us that means telling visitors to our exhibition stand about our expertise gained from 80 years of machine manufacture, 40 years of feeder technology, and 25 years of designing DCAMs. We are the automation partner for everything from a manual workstation to fully automated assembly systems!” What sounds very much like acute self-awareness is confirmed module by module in the specially constructed assembly line on DEPRAG’s exhibition stand. Its assembly task is to assemble an electronic control unit (ECU), similar to one that might be used to control the engine in a car. For AUTOMATICA 2012 (stand 311 hall A1) DEPRAG engineers have built a linear transfer system with return, in square formation, on which the most important assembly steps are demonstrated on a sample component.
First, the upper and lower halves of the component arrive at a manual workstation on a workpiece carrier. A printed circuit board has been pre-mounted onto the lower half and the worker now fastens this down with four screws. Sales Manager Jürgen Hierold explains: “All the relevant components for this manual workstation come from our own in-house design and manufacturing facilities. Automation partner DEPRAG - with us, everything is from a single supplier. That is what distinguishes us from other assembly system suppliers.” As ever, where a high level of process reliability is required, a MINIMAT EC manual screwdriver is used, guided on a position control stand. A fully automated screw feeder device feeds the screws into the operation.
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