Electromagnetic solutions could offer high workloads. But those units are not designed to operate in a high duty cycle environment, when continuously activated and deactivated, the winding of the electromagnet starts to heat and deteriorate. This after several month operations resulted in higher current consumptions and burned cables. 

The switchable magnet AR series offered by PES perfectly meets the above-mentioned expectations. They combine power and compactness for full structured bin picking capabilities.

Indeed, the robot shall slip into the parts to touch the magnet working surface that are hard to access but EOAT size is also critical for access in bin corners at different depths.

To achieve that, a rotating blade is used. It is made up of an electric resistance that heats the sealing blade and the temperature is monitored by a thermocouple temperature sensor embedded in the blade. A slip ring is then used in order to feed the electrical resistance and retrieve thermocouple signals between the rotating blade and the computer side.

Rotation movement takes place at nearly every step of the process from bottle conveying to label placing. Sometimes, active components are embedded on a rotating plate and linked to the machine computer. Slip ring can perform this link while offering continuous rotation capabilities. Continuous rotation increase machine performance and reliability while easing the machine design.Slip ring can transfer all signal that can be met in such machines, motor power and control, sensors, field buses, etc.

PES has developed a plug-and-play solution to answer this need and make integration easy for those who use rotary tables. It is made up of a single-pass rotary union combined with a thru-bore slip ring that offers 24V power supply, field bus connection (Profinet, Ethernet, EtherCAT, etc.) and optionally 400V power supply. This hybrid rotary union assembly comes with the mechanical parts to allow easy mounting on the rotary table. The latter comes this way equipped with the rotary interfaces that can meet nearly all automation application needs.

In this particular case, retrieving the information from the set of moving sensors generally requires the use of a slip ring. PES has a large experience in providing slip ring solutions for test benches for many applications. Our large range of standard and custom products allows us to define the exact component needed for a specific test bench (compact size, a large number of circuits, high rotating speed up to 5000rpm).

Thanks to Magswitch M10AY ASC magnetic grippers PES offers a shallow field solution that saturates at 1mm depth! Benefits of pneumatically actuated magnetic grippers (flexibility, reliability, energy efficiency) come to serve your destacking application. Used with the sheet fanner tool which allows performing a pre-separation of the sheets on the stack and avoids blanks sticking issues, this solution can reach up to 100% single sheet destacking performance in all conditions. 

PES know-how is well-known in the automotive and other industries in creating customized modules for quick-coupling of fluids, electrical signals, and power in order to meet the robot tool needs.

We also developed specific docking stations for welding guns that include a protective cover to prevent pollution or dirt.  This station also integrates 3-axis compliance that assures a tool docking and picking quality whatever the material wear and this within minimum cycle time.