Benefits of Integrating Stamping + Assembly Automation

Stamping and assembly automation are traditionally managed as standalone processes.? The current business climate emphasis on cost reduction, yield improvement, operator safety, and process flow is leading many companies to consider integrating these operations.? Technology improvements in Manufacturing Execution (MES) software and process standardization are enabling this development.?

How to integrate Stamping and High-Speed Automated Assembly?

One of the best ways to integrate stamping with high-speed automated assembly is to perform all stamping operations in the press, except singulation.? The material strip receives all stamping operations but is maintained as a bandolier.? The bandolier is then fed into the first stage of the high-speed automated assembly machine.? This is important because it allows the assembly machine to securely capture the bandolier in-feed.? The part singulation is performed in the assembly machine (not the stamping press) after the part it is securely captured. The part then proceeds according to the assembly sequence.

Why Integrate Stamping with Automated Assembly?

Cost Reduction

• Stop monitoring the container capacity of stamped parts
• Stop moving material from stamping machine to assembly machine
• Reduce ergonomic challenges by eliminating the requirement to lift the stamped part container to fill the assembly feeder

Yield Improvement

• Stamped parts are no longer inter-tangled in the holding container
• Stamped parts are no longer deformed while being piled in the holding container
• Stamped parts with non-conformities are less likely to affect downstream processes

Material Flow Improvement

• Uses a common Manufacturing Execution System software over the entire process
• No WIP between stamping and assembly due to coordinated material flow
• Stamping material in-feed is matched to assembly process completion

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STIWA Automation has extensive experience with combining stamping with high-speed assembly automation.

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