FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
The brake-tending robot, mounted on a linear track, can move to pick parts from a pallet, maneuver them for bending in the hydraulic-electric press brake, and then place them for transport to Jenkins Iron & Steel’s welding and assembly operations.
F or this Minnesota provider of skid-steer attachments following the part-pushing addition of high-power laser cutting machines and related automation. With its stable of fiber laser cutting machines, Jenkins Iron & Steel, Long Prairie, MN, has been able to keep up with cutting demand, but this brought another challenge—dealing with all of those cut parts downstream. For attachment assembly, the Robotic Press Brake Relieves Bottleneck ...
Installed in early 2024, the robotic press brake has paid big dividends. Previously, press brake operators had to load, maneuver and unload 80 to 100 attachment parts per day, a monotonous, tiring and potentially unsafe proposition. Now,
company makes good use of 14 robotic-welding machines following tack welding via manual operations. However, a prior step, bending those cut parts via three manually operated press brakes, required attention. Ultimately, in 2024 the company selected Acieta, an automa- tion and robotics integrator, and worked with its Council Bluffs, IA, location. Acieta tied together a solution consisting of a Mitsubishi BH25040 hydraulic/electric press brake and Fanuc M900iB/700 industrial robot.
that’s a task that the robot handles effortlessly and with precision. And, the automation has eliminated the press brake bottleneck.
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