Industry:
Automobiles (farm equipments)
Material Handled:
Rear Axle Components And Assembly
Activity To Be Mechanized/Automation:
- Rear Axle With Flange To Be Fitted With An External Bearing With Housing
- Rear Housing To Be Fitted With Internal Bearing
- Rear Axle With Bearing Needed To Be Aligned With Rear Housing With Bearing
- After Pressing Axle With Housing, Assembly To Be Taken For Assembly
Issues Faced:
- High Manual Efforts In Fitments Of Bearings And Assembly Operations
- Throughput Of Operation Is Un-Uniform And Unpredictable
- Haphazard Inventory Management Of Components & Assemblies
Solution Provided With Equipments:
- Buffer Roller Conveyor For Manual Placement Of Individual Axles
- A Hydraulic Press Is Used To Press The Axle Onto The External Bearing
- Using Grippers, Individual Rear Assembled Axles Are Picked And Traversed
- Rear Housings Are Manually Placed On Another Hydraulic Press Trolley
- Trolley Is Taken Under Hydraulic Press And Internal Bearing Is Pressed
- Rear Housing With Bearing Is Taken To Axle Placement Position
- Rear Axle Is Lowered Into Housing With Precise Positioning
- Lowered Axle With Housing Is Taken To Hydraulic Press For Assembly
- Assembled Axle With Housing Is Taken For Assembly With Buffer Conveyor
Benefits:
- Minimum Manual Efforts Towards Fitting Of Bearings, Assembly
- Achievement Of Regularized And Uniform Throughput
- Planned & Designated Inventory And Machinery Layout
