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Glue line tracking in furniture manufacturing
Task:
In a furniture manufacturing plant, the
customer has an automated gluing sta‐
tion. There is no inspection for the glue
and the customer wishes to add one.
As the gluing takes place in a straight
line, the inspection will also be in a
straight line. However, if a blockage
occurs, the glue jet can be partially
clogged, causing less glue to run or the
glue to run out at an angle that would
lead to quality failure.
How to ... (Setup and configuration)
Using the AS30, we can easily config‐
ure the required detection area. You
can set an area that would trigger a
switching output when the glue is
applied in the correct area. From the
analog value you can determine the
continuous thickness of the applied
glue.
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Using Sopas, do an easy Teach-in
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In the Configuration Qint, set your
two set points in window mode
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In the Process setup, you can select
Process data as width measure‐
ment.
NOTE
You can also monitor the diameter and
position using IO-Link
Sopas
GLUE LINE TRACKING IN FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
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T E C H N I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N | AS30
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