IMA Schelling revolutionizes furniture production
IMA Schelling is redefining automated furniture production with its new three-way automated solutions.
IMA Schelling robots are here to offer revolutionised automated furniture production services with its new combination of advanced software, cameras and robots creating a highlight efficient three-way solution that allows for perfect board handling and stable stacking. Now, with the recent developments in automated handling solutions from IMA Schelling, the clients may further boost efficiency and precision in the production.
Baffling questions such as, how to put the heavy workpieces into the machine and remove them after the process? Or how to manage efficient ways of handling the finished stacks? Or managing the entire process of tracking, is now easily manageable with the help of the IMA Schelling’s latest innovation, the robotics in the furniture machinery system.
Automated board cutting:
Team IMA Schelling has successfully introduced conditions for automated operations with the cut-to-size saws fh4 and fh5, now with its Robot.work automation solution. The advanced automated conditions now empower the process of production, as the robots lift the cut strips and finished parts, they even turn the heavy parts for further processing and completes it. Now, with the help of advanced automation system up to 800 parts may be lifted or shifted within a short time period. Once the process in completed the finished parts may be easily transported. Thus handling, managing, or stacking could be completed in an organised manner.
Eye and hand coordination:
When the robot functions like the ‘hand’ to lift or hold the parts, the Vision System functions as the ‘eye’ that understands the products presence. The system is developed in collaboration with Optonic, IMA Schelling’s new Vision System uses two cameras and a data connection to quickly and reliably identify the workpieces in chaotic stacks. A 3D camera “sees” the workpieces while a 2D camera scans labels and bar codes so the system can compare the information obtained with the data from production control. This allows the system to identify workpieces at rapid speed and with maximum precision.
Smart Stacking Solutions
After cutting, wood stacking should be compact, but this is not possible when the wood pieces are in different sizes. To solve the stacking issue IMA Schelling developed dynamic stacking a system that perfects the process of managing the cut and processed wood pieces.
The algorithm behind the company’s intelligent stacking solution performs an advance calculation for a cutting pattern or order to determine how the workpieces can be stacked to form a unit. A physics engine similar to that used in computer games and simulation programs then assesses the stability of the stacks. Ideally, they should be as high as possible but need to be stable and have a high packing density. In addition to improving system utilisation by reducing stack changeover times, the software ensures space is used more effectively and makes it easier to track down individual workpieces. Plus, it creates data consistency across the entire machining process.
IMA Schelling – the perfect solution for every idea
The IMA Schelling Group develops, designs and manufactures machinery and plants for woodworking, plastics and metalworking companies. Its customers include international furniture manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers and family-run carpentry businesses with exacting requirements. The intelligent high-end solutions are designed by employees in four business units: Board, Woodworking, Precision and Consulting. Customers can count on an extensive level of expertise across many areas, such as cutting, drilling, edge processing and material logistics solutions in the woodworking sector, or cutting and handling solutions for metals, plastics and construction materials.
Source: IMA Schelling
