The combination of an ABB robot and a Frech real-time control die casting machine has improved efficiency at PMS U.K.
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The combination of an ABB robot and a Frech real-time control die casting machine has improved efficiency at one U.K. die casting company. High-volume zinc die casting manufacturer PMS Diecasting, based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, has automated part of its plant by installing an ABB IRB 140 FoundryPlus 6-axis robot to tend a Frech DAW 20 RC (real-time control) zinc die casting machine.The installation, carried out by robot integration expert Geku Industrial Automation Systems, is unusual in that the ABB robot is tending a relatively small machine. The 20-tonne Frech is one of only four such machines operating in the U.K.
The cell was the brainchild of PMS director Gordon Panter, who realized that a fully automated facility could bring significant productivity and cost benefits, particularly when applied to a new contract awarded by Gripple, a wire rope component manufacturer based in Sheffield, U.K.
The robot cycle is short and relatively simple, with little scope at present for adding extra downstream tasks. The IRB 140 FoundryPlus robot picks up the casting assembly from the Frech die casting machine using specially designed pneumatic grippers, and transfers it to a part-separation station. A pneumatic press then separates individual castings from the runner, and the robot directs the runner to a chute for reprocessing, before returning to the starting position for the next cycle.
Reference Facts

Industry	Foundry
Application	Material Handling Machine Tending
Customer End Products	Other
Robotics Product	Industrial Robot Robot Controller
Manufacturing Processes	Die Casting

Main Application

Foundry Die-Casting Zinc