Cut & Punch Automation Machine

The automated machine that MWES provided our customer uses the same proven technologies for part feeding, cutting, nip pull and punching of the product but does it in a more efficient arrangement. MWES’ concept will be to utilize an indexing dial and a bowl feeder to minimize the amount of fixturing and for a relatively compact design. 

At the first station, the parts are fed by a bowl feeder, and a part is picked and placed into the dial. A part is placed onto a servo-driven mandrel and rotated. A pneumatic actuated razor blade cutting system engages the part while it is spinning and scores the part. The part is placed back into the dial fixture and indexes to the next station. A pneumatic actuated nip removes the cut piece from the part and is air-assisted into a containment bin. A pneumatic actuated punch puts a hole in the part and the slug is air-assisted into a containment bin. 

The part is placed onto a servo-driven mandrel and rotated as a vision camera system performs inspections of the hole size, tip-to-hole, length and fish eye. The part is placed back into the dial fixture and indexes to the next station. If the vision station fails the part, the part is dropped into a reject bin otherwise the good part is dropped into a good parts bin. This process is repeated for every part.