An automotive filter manufacturer needed a completely integrated system to assemble ninety (90) different models of oil and fuel filters, with a variety of diameters and heights. The hourly rate needed to be between 2000 and 4000 parts per hour.
Hoppmann Corporation tackled this project by incorporating six separate stations together. Each system consisted of a single or double turret, a dedicated electrical control station, one or more conveyors, and in one case, a prefeeder and feeder to feed and orient part of the final product prior to it’s assembly. We also used five different, color coded pucks for each of the five different diameter sized filters.
Puck Load/Unload Station
Puck Load Conveyor
Main Line Loop Conveyors (#1 through 5)
Main Electrical Control Stations (7)
Can to Puck Assembly Turret
Depucking Turret
Can Infeed Conveyor
Depucking Exit Conveyor
Spring Filter Assembly Turret
Spring Puck Loader
Spring Puck Conveyor
Element Infeed Conveyor
EP-08 Grommet Elevating Prefeeder
FT-40-RD Grommet Centrifugal Feeder
Air Conveyor
Grommet Pucker
Grommet Assembly Turret
Grommet Puck Infeed Conveyor
Grommet Puck Exit Conveyor
Baffle Plate Assembly Turret
Baffle Plate Infeed Conveyor
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