ADB SafeGate had commissioned us to investigate the possibilities of automating their assembly process of the SafeLed.

To give the best possible overview, we have sketched a storage system for each component, this way we have a better idea of the total dimensions and we also immediately know how many components we can store in one shift. The cobots themselves were also equipped with custom-designed grippers that were able to pick all the necessary components. In this way we can present the customer a realistic 3D simulation which gives a bit more perspective.

One of the challenges for this process was screwing the components together quickly and efficiently. Pick & Place of a screw for this application was not an option because picking it up one by one resulted in a very large bottleneck in the system. To solve this, we implemented a screwing system that automatically sucks the screws to the screwdriver on the cobot.

To finalize everything, we provided a 2D floor plan with corresponding flow charts describing the entire process. In this way, we represent how the process would proceed and what would be the combined time alignment of all processes.