CLIENTS
Fafard Peat Moss Ltd
Les Machineries Vervilles
PROJECT
- To install a custom built palletizing system.
- Cube Automation’s responsibility was to overtake the programming of this complex machinery, improve its performance and eliminate the down time created by the machine.
ADVANTAGES
- The machine increased the productivity.
- Sub-contracting gives them access to experts on a usage basis.
- Very complex system which required very strong programming abilities.
- Required good system (electrical and mechanical) knowledge to overcome the challenges
SYSTEM
- OMRON CQM1 PLC with 200 I/O.
- Variable Speed Drives and Soft Start.
- Mechanical construction by ‘Les Machineries Vervilles’
SERVICE
- Reverse engineered the machine and improved its performance.
- Improved performance from 12 units/min. to 17 units/min. with minor mechanical modification and re-programming.
- 99.9% up time by removing all the bugs.
- Programmed using the Graphset concept.
- Commissioning and optimization.