- Duration: 200 hours
- Year: 2023
- Participants: CIFP Bidasoa LHII + Egaña Caucho S.L.
- Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing
Project description
In the manufacturing process of SILENTBLOCK shock absorbers, which Egaña caucho S.L. produces, that is to say, in the transfer moulding process, threaded pins are placed to prevent the introduction of rubber into the metal sheet. In the past, the workers extracted them by hand, but today this work is done automatically.
In a previous project, a prototype of a large diameter SILENTBLOCK dowel extraction machine was implemented and if the dowels were on both sides, first the dowels on one side had to be removed and then the dowels on the other side.
In this project, a system has been developed that allows the joint extraction of the two threaded pins used in the manufacturing process in SILENTBLOCK shock absorbers, with the collaboration of the company Egaña Caucho S.L. and the CIFP Bidasoa school.
Tasks performed
- Improve / optimise the design based on the idea developed by Don Bosco in SolidWorks.
- Prepare drawings and machine and produce parts by additive manufacturing.
- Carry out the pneumatic assembly and programming of the automaton.
- Start up the system and solve the problems encountered.
- Prepare the documentation generated in the project.