Case Study | 3D vision-guided engine cylinder loading solution

#Engine block

The engine is the main power source of automobiles, construction machinery and other mechanical equipment, the cylinder block is the main body of the engine, it connects each cylinder and crankshaft into one, is the installation of pistons, crankshafts, connecting rods and other parts and accessories of the support skeleton.

Cylinder structure, shape, appearance color variety, processing end faces and holes, and uneven wall thickness, high processing accuracy requirements, at the same time, high-quality cylinder needs to have sufficient strength, good pourability and machinability, the current mainstream powertrain generation enterprises are using automated machine tools, manipulators, vision and other automation equipment for production and transfer, to ensure product processing accuracy and processing consistency, save labor costs, improve production line production efficiency.

An engine plant of a Sino-foreign joint venture automobile manufacturer

CNC loading of cylinder block

• There are many types of cylinder blocks, and users need to identify multiple workpieces at the same station

• The workpiece is transported by forklift to the loading station, and there is a deviation in place

• The cylinder is placed on the pallet, and there will be a positioning shift during transportation

Through the ABB robot arm mounted ALSONTECH AT-S1000-04A-S1 3D vision system, the user solves the above problem that the above cannot accurately obtain the loading and grabbing position through the robot teach-in, and can take into account other functions such as judgment of workpieces in the machine tool and identification of empty trays of incoming pallets, etc., and can quickly switch workpiece category templates, 7x24 hours of work, and the production capacity has been greatly improved.

Solution

                           AT-S10000-04A-S1

Powertrain plant of a manufacturer of medium and heavy commercial vehicles

Cylinder positioning and gripping

• The cylinder block is large in size, heavy in size and varied

• There is a deviation in place when transferring through a custom mobile chassis

• Through the KUKA robot arm mounted ALSONTECH AT-S1000-06C 3D vision system, users can accurately grasp the cylinder through the extraction and identification of feature parts, and flexibly switch workpiece category templates on site, continuous operation, reduce the labor input cost caused by heavy labor, and greatly improve production efficiency.

Solution

                           AT-S10000-06C-S

Sound service system

ALSONTECH has an experienced team of project engineers and algorithm development engineers, which can provide users with perfect project evaluation solutions, test plans and relevant suggestions for integration solutions such as robot communication, fixtures, mechanism settings, and installation layouts according to the working conditions and process and technical requirements of the user's specific production site, so as to help users achieve the rapid landing of the project.

Strict production system

ALSONTECH for each product is a unified strict production, inspection system, before leaving the factory to carry out nearly 30 safety and stability performance tests, to ensure that the product meets the industrial-grade requirements, we firmly believe that "good products, is the best advertising", uphold the "user satisfaction is the only standard to test our work" principle, sincerely look forward to the majority of users supervision and feedback.