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Citation
(2001), "Automatic lid placement", Industrial Robot, Vol. 28 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2001.04928fad.016
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Automatic lid placement
Keywords: CAM, Automation
Applicant: Cybex Technologies Corp. (USA)Patent number: US5,507,085Publication date: 16 April 1996Title: Method and apparatus for automatically placing lids on component packages
An improved computer-aided method and apparatus for automatically placing lids on component packages is described. The apparatus then secures the lid with a clip.
The apparatus includes a programmable robot arm having a gripping assembly, an inspection station with a camera, a first conveyor for conveying a boat along a path between a first position and a second position, and a moveable pick arm for removing a first lid from a lid feeder station to the inspection station. The apparatus also includes a rotary actuator arm that following inspection, comes into contact with a first lid bottom surface. A control program selectively controls the robot arm to move the gripper assembly to the clip feeder station and to pick up a first clip during inspection of the first lid. The gripper assembly is then moved along with the first clip to the inspection station and used to pick up the first lid once the lid has been inspected. Finally, the gripper assembly is moved along with the first clip and the first lid from the inspection station to a predetermined assembly position located along the path.