Posted to News on 19th Nov 2015, 16:12
High-reliability disentangler sorts springs and other components
R.A. Rodriguez (UK) is now supplying MAFU Automation disentangling and feeding equipment, adding depth to its automation business and giving UK manufacturers easy access to a quality brand of specialist sortation products. The MAFU systems are used extensively throughout Europe for sorting, feeding and accurately placing springs and other non-sensitive parts, regardless of their size, material or geometry.
The main differentiators between MAFU's technology and that from its competitors are the reliability of the detangling process and the huge choice of feeding, separating and transfer elements that are available to enable the optimal combination to be specified. This versatility is complemented by a wide range of productivity-boosting options and quality assurance technology. Furthermore, the rotating drum is quiet and does not use compressed air to agitate the springs or other components.
At the heart of the MAFU disentangler is the drum system. Bulk goods such as springs, pins and bent-wire parts are fed into the drum via a funnel and its rotation enables parts to be gently disentangled and released to the outlet. Various hopper systems are available for bulk feeding, and there is a wide choice of different drum designs and sizes to suit the application. These include antistatic, sieve and acrylic options. Components as small as 1mm in diameter or as large as 30mm in diameter and 100mm long can be processed.
High throughput
A significant advantage of the MAFU technology is the ability for one disentangling system to work with multiple tracks; up to 40 tracks have been installed for a European customer. In addition, the tracks can be equipped with a variety of sensors and image processing systems for process and quality control.
R.A. Rodriguez is an expert in process automation, with wide-ranging experience across manufacturing industry. The company is therefore well placed to recommend the right combination of MAFU design elements for the task. The scope of choice ranges from manual, semi-automatic configurations through to fully automated systems, complete with integrated automatic fault clearance.
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