Brake Booster Assembly Cell

REI designed and built two (2) machine systems to replace the existing single-station Brake Booster assembly machines, reducing manpower and floorspace by 50%. These machine systems feature the following technologies:

  • Precision Link Indexing Conveyor Platform
  • Five-minute changeover between product families
  • Common Assembly Mechanism for nine (9) assembly stations
  • Bowlfeeders and linear feeders for automatic feeding of component parts
  • A single PLC using DeviceNet as the device-level I/O buss for valve stacks and sensors
  • Gantry-mounted touchscreen HMI