This automatic needle cup-loading machine was designed to assemble the bearing cup, bearing cup needle, bottom spacer, optional O-ring and rubber seals for universal joints.
This machine performs the following operations:
Automatically assemble and retain spacer into bottom of bearing cup with grease
Automatically assembly and retain needle bearings into bearing cup with grease
Automatically assemble rubber seal onto bearing cup after needle bearing insertion
Automatically install grease onto inner ID groove of rubber seal.
Optional insertion of rubber O-ring after needle insertion.
At 100% efficiency, 1200 pieces per hour can be produced. This translates into an impressive 3-second cycle time.