Newsletter   FREE GlobalSpec e-Newsletters
Receive the latest news, trends, and technology relevant to your work.
(See Titles)

Catch N Count System Overview

From Furnace Fixers, Inc.
 

 

How do I reduce my parts handling time? The next step is closer and easier than you can imagine. The industry has embraced inline stress relieving to condense spring production time, but it still leaves the burden of additional handling after the parts exit the oven. Parts-catching machines are the next wave of spring and wireforming industry "must-haves" for faster turnaround time.

To some, this new system will seem frivolous and irrelevant to the status quo. To others, the immediate benefits are apparent: no more 100-percent sorts, the ability to run dark, faster counting and packaging time, saved operator time, lower production costs, automated work cells with machine shutoff, and a capital expense that pays for itself in less than a year's time. Once all the benefits are put on the table, the next question is, "What should I look for in a parts catching, counting, sorting or weighing system?"

Product Announcements
Automated Packaging Systems - Autobag® Kit-Veyor®
Fully integrated counting/conveyor system for high productivity kit packaging Packaging conveyor system integrates multiple Accu-Count vibrating counters with a conveyor system to automatically... (read more)
Dimension 3D Printers by Stratasys - Product Mockups From 3D Printers
With a Dimension 3D Printer, you can create mockups of your product within hours. Many Dimension users have saved a lot of time and money by creating product mockups. (read more)
Centricity - SPRING FEEDER
The Disc (Belleville) Spring-Parts Handling System eliminates the need to manually count, inspect, or even create Belleville spring subassemblies. (read more)
Stress Indicators Inc. - VISUAL TENSION INDICATION
The only tension indicating fastener system providing an eye-catching visual indication of a potentially dangerous condition, obvious even from a distance and in moving machine elements. (read more)
Topics of Interest
7.4   I/O PERFORMANCE One performance area that varies greatly owing to device dependencies is the bottleneck presented by disk and device I/O access. In many cases, disk I/O is the single... (Read More)
Exceptions Exception handling permits you to execute code and handle error conditions prior to the program exiting. In many cases if you catch the exception you may be able to correct the problem... (Read More)
At this point, the monitor design has enough features to complete a basic shell around the hardware. I have the boot-up, serial port, and flash drivers and a solid command-line interface. The next few... (Read More)
Day 45 By day 45, the process will have been defined, the documentation well on its way toward completion, and the control group methodology will have identified root causes with corrective actions. (Read More)
CATCHING PROBLEMS LATER IN A SIMULATION Catching an error in simulation can be difficult. If an error occurs early in a simulation, you might catch it with tracing from the start. If an error occurs... (Read More)