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Sintered Furnace Unload Automation
TKS provided automation to unload bearing caps from a sintering furnace and load them into removable carts for storage prior to a secondary operation. Each cart is capable of storing 960 bearing caps and can be changed out by a single operator in under 5 minutes.
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 Magnetic pick and place transfers hot piece parts from sintering furnace to a buffering conveyor
Buffering conveyor controls part flow and positions piece parts for 3-axis transfer mechanism
Servo axes position transfer mechanism in front of available storage rows and fills the storage cart
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Coining Press Load Automation
TKS provided additional automation to unload the bearing caps from the storage carts and load them into a coining press, integrating with the existing coiner infeed mechanism. An empty storage cart can be replaced with a full cart without interrupting the coining operation.
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Servo axes position transfer mechanism in front of full storage rows moves bearing caps to staging table
Staging area properly orients piece parts
Part sweep loads bearing caps into coining press infeed mechanism while monitoring appropriate infeed buffer level
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Cell Integration 
