AE-PLC-MAE Electrical Handling Workstation

The "AE-PLC-MAE" is an electrical handling system commanded by a PLC. The "AE-PLC-MAE" is composed of a two axis electrical manipulator with a pneumatic gripper to transport the pieces from the input pieces holder to the corresponding position, depending on the specifications. The system is equipped with different sensors in order to identify the piece color and position.

The "AE-PLC-MAE" workstation has been designed as a modular system to facilitate the understanding of the unit operation.

The main components are:

• The PLC: is composed by the CPU limit and all extra modules needed to perform a corrent working of the workstation and all the extra modules needed to perform a correct working of the workstation.
• The Control Panel: with start/stop button, emergency pushbutton, reset button, light indicators to show current state of the process, etc.
• The Pneumatic Circuit: contains the required solenoid valves, the pressure components, the filters and regulators to assure the appropriate working of the workstation.
• The Workstation: it is composed by real industrial components used by the rotary table systems such as reed sensors, presence sensors, DC motor, inductive sensors, rotary table with 8 positions, etc.

The "AE-PLC-MAE" is an independent workstation that can work alone and/or in conjunction with other workstation to make up a complete Flexible Manufacturing System (*).

*The Flexible manufacturing systems product list is available at the "6.- MECHATRONICS and AUTOMATION" area.