TPi July 2017

Mater ial handl ing & logist ics

Integrated stacking/packaging system from Haven Manufacturing

The process cycle allows enough time to exchange containers without delaying production. Haven also has the option of adding an automatic container egress and ingress conveyance system. Haven is a full service turnkey equipment supplier to a wide variety of tubular applications for cut-to-length, finishing and material handling. In an effort to provide more comprehensive solutions to its clients’ cutting requirements and to continue developing new and improved tube cutting processes it created a partner- ship with SOCO Machinery of Taiwan in 2009. Haven Manufacturing – USA

bundle loading and servo length control. Cut tubes are deposited onto a Haven-built conveyor, which transfers and diverts the tube into a Haven model #970 wire brush de-burring machine. As the tubes exit the brush machine, they are deposited onto a preparation table that orientates them for pick-up by the packaging robot. The pickup head design is electro- magnetic, with head motion of X, Y, Z and 90° rotation. Several packaging patterns are pre-programmed to allow for quick and easy changeover for diameter, length and container size. This particular application requires a material handler to forklift out the full container and replace it with an empty container. The container orientation is guided by a two-sided fixed locator with electronic position verification.

Reducing workplace injuries and increasing productivity are common goals for manufacturers. Haven Manufacturing is helping a Midwest USA tube producer achieve those goals by developing a four-axis robotic packaging system and integrating it with a cut-to-length and brush de-burring line. The customer produces a wide range of conduit diameters from 1" to 4.5" and wall thickness from 0.049" to 0.237". What once required three or four people to operate a line, including manually packaging product, now takes one operator and one part-time material handler. The equipment had to be flexible, reliable and user-friendly. The process begins with a Soco model SA-115NC- CL2 sawing machine with automatic

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TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL July 2017

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