Currently working on building some new tooling for our shop and decided to post progress here since most of the parts will be made using the CrossFire!
The first tool is a custom turntable with the ability to raise and lower using a pneumatic cylinder. The CrossFire package gets wrapped in shrink wrap which helps to keep everything contained. Wrapping the packages is currently a slow and cumbersome process and we believe our cycle times will be greatly improved after this tool is implemented
Basically, this tool will be placed in the gap between two conveyor rollers. Once the package is centered over the tool, the cylinder will pick the box up off the conveyor so that it can be freely spun. Here is a picture of the model:
I’ll also be building a second gantry assembly fixture so that we can decrease our production time by 50% (currently the bottle neck in our factory). Here is a picture of the model:
It just depends. The plate was stable before i started cutting out the nest of parts, but i threw some clamps on it anyway so that it wouldnt fall off after the end i as cutting on got a lot lighter.
We got our new packing line running today and it went very well. The turntable/lifttable worked great! Our guys were joking that the machine being lifted built the machine lifting it.
Now that our packing line is finished, The gantry assembly is now the bottleneck in our shop so I have transitioned to building a 2nd fixture. Below is a pic of the plasma cut parts that go into the fixture:
I was able to complete our second Gantry assembly fixture today! Gantry assembly has been the primary bottleneck in our production flow. This fixture (coupled with the signifigant improvements to our packaging line) will help to increase our daily production rate.
