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Overview: Acme Manufacturing Company, located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, specializes in robotic finishing systems for industries such as aircraft, aerospace, automotive, and orthopaedic implants. These systems aim to reduce manual labor, lower costs, and enhance part quality through automated surface finishing processes like buffing, polishing, grinding, deburring, and superfinishing.
Finishing Processes: The document details several finishing processes including edge radiusing, brush deburring, hard tool deburring, flash removal, airfoil polishing, and bright buffing. These are applicable to turbine engine components, automotive parts, and orthopaedic implants.
Process Efficiencies: Key efficiencies include media life management, automatic media wear compensation, heat monitoring, and off-line programming and simulation. These features ensure consistent performance, reduce heat effects, and speed up program development.
Cost Savings: Transitioning from manual to robotic finishing extends media life, reduces labor content through unattended operation, and minimizes maintenance costs, offering a fast return on investment, often less than one year.
Features: The systems feature flexible, automatic force control, variable-speed spindle motors, and integrated dust collection. They are built to RIA and CE specifications and include unique tooling capabilities.
Applications: The systems are used for finishing turbine engine components, automotive parts, and orthopaedic implants, including compression blades, fan blades, compressor disks, shafts, cylinder blocks, and orthopaedic implants like knees and hip stems.
Case Studies: Examples include a dual-robot cell processing connecting rods and a robotic cell for orthopaedic implants, demonstrating the systems' capabilities in handling complex parts and achieving high repeatability.
Technological Capabilities: Acme employs advanced design tools like Mechanical Desktop and Autodesk Inventor Series for system design and verification, and offers off-line programming and simulation with Fanuc Roboguide software. Comprehensive support services include remote troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
Robotic Finishing Systems for Wheels: These systems are designed for automotive and truck wheels, featuring twin-spindle systems for increased throughput and variable wheel speed, with options for unattended operation and integrated sound and dust containment. Acme's patented twin-spindle robot tooling allows for simultaneous finishing of two wheels, doubling production rates.
Certifications and Recognition: Acme is ISO 9001:2000 certified and has been recognized for its export excellence with the Presidential "E" award.
Conclusion: Acme's robotic finishing systems offer significant advantages in efficiency, cost savings, and quality improvement across various industries, supported by decades of process knowledge and a strong customer base.
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◗ Edge radiusing and blending ◗ Brush deburring ◗ Hard tool deburring ◗ Flash removal on forged parts ◗ Removal and blending of gates and pins ◗ Airfoil polishing before and after milling ◗ Bright buffing > Media life management and control Monitoring and modification of process parameters .Off-line programming and simulation (Roboguide) Automatic media wear compensation software ensuresconsistent performance throughout the life of belts,brushes and buffs by adjusting cell process parameters (such as cutting rate and force) to match the performance and life span of the media.Media life management software can provide three to four times longer media life than manual methods. Heat monitoring allows automatic process modification to reduce effects of excess heat Speeds up the program development process and increases utilization of the robotic finishing system.Programs forcomplex parts and shapes are created and verified quickly. > Reduced media usage Unattended operation with custom part queuing optionsreduces labor content. Switching from manual to robotic automation finishing alone can give you three to four times longer media life,as a result of contact efficiency (time on the part),constant work pressure, cycle time repeatability,and part path programming capability. Universal tooling concepts developed by Acme for aircraft/aerospace applications reduce system design,build and operation costs. > TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS Minimized maintenance time and costs On-line diagnostics and documentation.Troubleshooting via modem and/or internet,with Ethernet host support. > ◗ Compression Bladesand Vanes Fast ROI Typically less than one year. > ◗ Fan Blades ◗ OGV ◗ NGV ◗ Compressor DisksSPARS AND STRINGERS SEAT TRACKS EXTERIOR SKIN PANELS ALUMINUM BULKHEADCOMPONENTS ALUMINUM MISSILEFRAMESPROPELLER BLADES Integrated Finishing & Manufacturing Systems size="-2">

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◗ Removal of the casting gate with abrasive belts ◗ Grinding of the casting form with abrasive belts ◗ Abrasive belt polishing ◗ Cut and color buffing ◗ Ultra-high color buffing ◗ Removal of flash on forged hip stems with abrasive belts ◗ Complete finishing:hip stem,hip ball and cup,ascetabular hip shell Heat monitoring allows automatic process modification toreduce effects of excess heat. Monitoring and modification of process parameters Speeds up the program development process and increasesutilization of the robotic finishing system.Programs forcomplex parts and shapes are created and verified...

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◗ Removal of the casting gate with abrasive belts ◗ Grinding of the casting form with abrasive belts ◗ Abrasive belt polishing ◗ Cut and color buffing ◗ Ultra-high color buffing ◗ Removal of flash on forged hip stems with abrasive belts ◗ Complete finishing:hip stem,hip ball and cup,ascetabular hip shell Heat monitoring allows automatic process modification toreduce effects of excess heat. Monitoring and modification of process parameters Speeds up the program development process and increasesutilization of the robotic finishing system.Programs forcomplex parts and shapes are created and verified...

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Designer and builder of automated systems for: > w Centerless Grinding > w Robotic Finishing > w Flat Stock Grinding (Strip and Coil) > w Custom Turnkey Finishing Solutions BUFFINGPOLISHINGGRINDINGDEBURRINGMICROPOLISHING >

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