Integrated Systems Projects

Custom inspection system with AI capable camera, telecentric lens and ring light mounted to a 2-axis robot to conduct a pass/fail inspection on a part. System also includes a PLC, HMI, panel PC and master control panel.

Products Used:

• Cognex In-Sight D900 Series Camera with Telecentric Lens
• Smart Vision Ring Light
• LinMot 2 Axis F/H Guide with Servo Drives
• Mitsubishi Electric PLC & Graphic Operating Terminal
• Banner Engineering Safety Light Curtain Tower Light, and Safety Controller
• WAGO Fuse, Power Supply, Carrier Block, End Plate, Jumper, Circuit Breaker, Terminal Blocks
• Robotunits Aluminum Extrusions
• Hammond NEMA 4 Enclosure, Sub Panel & Ground Wire Kit
• Socomec Disconnect Switch, Handle & Shaft
• Advantech Panel PC
• BACO Controls Pilot Light, Switch, Contact Block and Clip
• Antaira Ethernet Switch

Custom visual inspection for print quality, along with multicolor backlight for product inspection.

Products Used:

• Banner Engineering Area Light, Rocker Switch, Cordset, Field Wireable Connector, Pro Flexible Strip Light, Pro Controller
• Robotunits Aluminum Extrusions
• Hammond NEMA 4X Enclosure w/Sub Panel
• WAGO Power Supply
• Murrplastik Cable Entry System

Custom electronic and hard guard safety system for a wire assembly machine, tailored to meet machine and customer requirements.

Products Used:

• Banner Engineering Safety Light Curtain, Mounting Kit, Cordsets, Safety Module
• Robotunits Safety Enclosure and Aluminum Extrusion
• Hammond NEMA 4X Enclosure w/Clear Cover
• WAGO Power Supply

High-speed traceability solution for a food and beverage customer, integrating a Cognex 2D barcode reader and Allen-Bradley controls into an enclosure to read 100+ codes per minute.

Products Used:

• Cognex DataMan 280 Fixed Reader & Vision View Touchscreen
• Allen-Bradley Mini CB, Power Supply, Ethernet Switch
• Hammond NEMA 4X Enclosure w/Sub Panel
• Murrplastik Cable Entry System

End of line conveyor barcode read verification of properly created laser etched codes on product.

Products Used:

• Cognex DataMan 280 Fixed Reader
• Swivellink Mounting Plate, Knuckle, Ball Link, AL Ext Base
• Robotunits Aluminum Extrusion

Custom film inspection system (1200 feet/minute) verifying proper print quality.

Products Used:

• Cognex In-Sight 7802, Industrial Vision Autofocus Lens & S-Mount Lens, Light Housing, Power I/O & Ethernet Cable, Ring Light & VisionView
• Advantech Control Panel
• Robotunits Support Structure
• Balluff Diffuse Sensor, Power Supply & 4-Pin Cable
• WAGO Unmanaged Switch

Custom six-axis XY linear servo motion control bag positioning system.

Products Used:

• LinMot B-Guide & H-Guide, Mag Spring, Stator & Sliding Block, Chain & Motor Cable
• Hammond Enclosure
• Balluff Power Supply
• Banner E-Stop Safety Module & Kit
• BACO Controls Pilot Light
• Murrplastik Housing & Grommet
• Socomec Disconnect, Handle & Shaft

Custom conveyor system driven by a 1.2 HP AC drive delivering product to an automatic packaging line.

Products Used:

• Power Motion CAD Design & Build
• Mitsubishi Electric AC Drive
• QC Conveyors Conveyor System
• Robotunits Extrusion

Computerized, vision-based measurement system to inspect sheet metal parts for correct dimensions and features.

Products Used:

• Power Motion Electrical Control Panel
• Inter-Lakes Bases Machine Base
• LMI Gocator Laser Profiler
• Macron Dynamics Actuator
• Mitsubishi Electric Servo Motor
• Advantech Operator Station
• Robotunits Safety Guarding

Test stand to position a Dataman ID reader for verification of the 2D barcode on a battery used in military equipment.

Products Used:

• Cognex DataMan 152SX
• Hammond Sub-panel
• Robotunits 50×50 Extrusion

Machine vision inspection station to verify presence and count of aerosol cans after filling. Included vision programming and on-site commissioning.

Products Used:

• Power-Vision Control Panel with Allen-Bradley PLC (customer supplied)
• Cognex In-Sight 7600M
• Smart Vision Large LED Light, White 840×594 mm with Center Hole 50 mm
• Banner EZ-Beam Photoelectric Sensors
• Robotunits Frame Assembly

For barcode scan and verification. Sold to a systems integrator to be installed at an end user.

Products Used:

• Cognex DataMan 375QL
• Smart Vision Linear Lights
• Swivellink Mounting Hardware
• Hammond Enclosure
• Antaira Ethernet Switch
• Balluff Power Supply

Control panel for an OEM, to be supplied with a standard mixing machine.

Products Used:

• Hammond Enclosure
• Schneider Fused Disconnect with Rotary Handle, AC Contactor & Overload Relays, Control Transformer
• Shawmut Fuses
• Meltric Receptacle and Plug

Warehouse for Amazon order fulfillment. Receive data file from enterprise MES system, then print labels and verify after applied to product cases. Included Java applet/MySQL database, PLC programming and on-site commissioning.

Products Used:

• Cognex DataMan 362QL & VisionView
• Mitsubishi iQ-R PLC, GT2000 & Variable Frequency Drives
• Banner EZ-Beam Photoelectric Sensors
• Advantech Panel PC
• Robotunits Frame Assembly & Floorstands
• Swivellink Mounting Hardware

System to inspect cardboard boxes and plastic liners to ensure presence and placement. Included vision programming and on-site commissioning.

Products Used:

• Power-Vision Control Panel
• Cognex In-Sight 7500M & Auto-focus Module for IS7000G2 with Lens 8 mm F2.2 M12
• Swivellink Mounting Hardware

Control panel for an OEM, to be supplied with their motorized vertical tooling bar. Used for airplane and satellite final assembly. Included AKD BASIC programming.

Products Used:

• Thomson Linear Actuator, 18 ft
• Micron Gear Reducer
• Kollmorgen Servo System
• ABB Mini CB with Rotary Handle
• Balluff Power Supply & Inductive Proximity Sensors
• Banner Safety Relay
• Schneider Pendant Station & AC Contactor
• WAGO Terminal Blocks

Ethernet control box add-on for an OEM system.

Products Used:

• Antaira Ethernet Switch
• Balluff Power Supply
• ABB Mini Circuit Breaker
• WAGO Terminal Blocks
• Murrplastik Cable Entry
• Robotunits Extrusions
• Allied Moulded Enclosure

Pick-to-light system for small parts assembly.

Products Used:

• Banner EZ-Lights with Pick-to-light Function & EZ-Light 3-color + Audible
• Mitsubishi PLC
• WAGO Sensor Terminal Blocks
• Robotunits Frame Assembly

Control panel used in a test stand for the control rods and regulator blade for a small nuclear reactor. Exercises the drives after a preventative maintenance procedure and logs test results.

Products Used:

• Hammond Enclosure
• WAGO 750 Ethernet Controller, Power Supply, Control Relays & Terminal Blocks
• Beijer Electronics QTERM Operator Terminal
• Eaton Circuit Breakers
• Acuro Encoders

Linear servo system to raise and lower a plastic bag roll winder. Included LinMot Talk programming and on-site commissioning.

Products Used:

• LinMot Linear Servo Stator/Slider, Mag Spring Stator/Slider, B-Guide & H-Guide, C1100 Servo Drives & Power Supplies 72V DC
• Banner Emergency Stop Safety Relay
• Balluff Power Supply
• WAGO Terminal Blocks
• Socomec Disconnect Switch with Rotary Handle
• Motor Control Panel