Flywheel Multi-Station Custom Press

MWES designed a fully automated turn-key four-station press machine that would receive incoming flywheels directly from the parts washer via the infeed conveyor and orient the flywheel with a vision system. The machine would then press the sprocket and the bearing race into place. Lastly, it would insert the Lee plug and ring flip part, before exiting the system on the outfeed conveyor for further processing. 

The flywheels enter the system’s staging area via the infeed conveyor from the part washing station. The flywheel indexes into the first station where a vision system locates the top dead center of the flywheel and orients the flywheel by the plunge oil cross-drilled holes. At the second station, the sprocket is pressed into place. Once in place the part indexes to the third station where the bearing race is pressed into the flywheel. At the fourth station, the snap ring and Lee plug arrive via a magazine and bowl feeder. Both parts are inserted into the flywheel while an automated impact hammer secures the Lee plug. Lastly, the completed assembly exits the machine on the outfeed conveyor.