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