Grinding and Polishing with Robotics
June 1, 2013
Berger Gruppe GmbH provides robotic systems for grinding and polishing of workpieces. The stations can be used as manufacturing cells for producing a larger range of workpieces such as cutlery, hand tools, surgical instruments and similar items where precise tolerances have to be met. They also can be integrated into a complete production line, e.g., integration of milling deburring processes.
Robots are available from 4-axis up to 7-axis. For programming, a basic robotic program is available which is adaptable to customer requirements by workpiece oriented programming (WOP) or teach-in method. The programs can be saved and used again. Additional measuring stations, such as cameras or laser sensors, may be added to measure each workpiece automatically before processing to compensate for workpiece tolerances.
For the processing of grinding wheels, grinding belts or polishing wheels may be used. The movement of the tools or of the workpieces can be generated by the robots.
The robotic control compensates for grinding belt or wheel wear. The workpiece feed can be accomplished through the use of different magazine systems such as chain magazines, sliding magazines, magazine cartridges or rotary table magazines.
For more information contact:
Heinz Berger Maschinenfabrik
GmbH & Co. KG
Kohlfurther Brcke 69
42349 Wuppertal, Germany
0202 247 42-0
sales@bergergroup.de
www.heinzberger.de
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