Sealant Equipment & Engineering’s new Dual-Station XYZ Robotic
Dispensing System is designed to improve adhesive dispensing and product
assembly by eliminating problems such as the need to speed up production,
adhesive out of position, too much or not enough adhesive, excess waste, scrap
or repairs and high production costs.
XYZ Robotic dispensing systems are designed to accurately
and quickly dispense 1-part and 2-parts adhesives and sealants such as
silicone, epoxy, urethane and acrylic for bonding, gasketing, potting,
encapsulating, molding and sealing applications. The robot and dispensing
system together stores all the dispensing programs created for every different
part and is quickly recalled to start a production cycle.
A Dual-Station XYZ Robotic Dispensing System provides multiple
capabilities for current and future production such as a) the ability to apply
adhesive to two different parts having two different beads paths or b) for parts
needing two different adhesives applied or c) to maximize the production rate
for identical parts. Within each dispensing program, the adhesive or sealant
can be applied at different flow rates to ensure proper material bead size or
material flow to eliminate air entrapment.
The most common process is, when station-1 is dispensing
adhesive a part is loaded in station-2. When station-1 completes dispensing the
robot begins dispensing in station-2, while station-1 is being unloaded and
reloaded to continue the cycle. Loading and unloading can be performed manually
or robotically. The best 1-part and 2-part dispensing systems are positive rod displacement
systems controlled by servo drive motors for fast and accurate bead profiles
and flow rate dispensing. Sealant Equipment’s model Servo-Flo 401 and 801 metering
systems are sized by total volume required and 2-part material mixing ratio.
For more information, visit Sealant Equipment.com/robot-dispensing
or contact Nick Schultz at Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. 45677 Helm Street, Plymouth, MI 48170. Phone (734) 459-8600 or E-mail
sales@sealantequipment.com.