
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