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Application Example: SHL

Rotary indexing tables for the finishing touch

Industrial robots and WEISS heavy-duty table working together flexibly

Challenge

The automation technology specialist SHL employs industrial robots for automated grinding, polishing and deburring tasks for a large number of industries. However, the robots reach their limits when it comes to complex geometries. In order to reach the farthest of corners, the grinding and polishing machines to which the robot holds the workpieces need to be able to perform swivel movements to reach specific positions.

Solution

The processing of complex geometries is made possible through the use of rotatable grinding and polishing machines operating on WEISS rotary indexing tables. And thanks to the broad range of WEISS rotary tables, standardised swivelling and positioning units can be developed. SHL generally purchases the rotary indexing tables for its swivelling and positioning units, as well as rotary indexing rings and heavy-duty tables for customised solutions, without drives.
Products in use
CR model range CR model range
Freely programmable heavy duty table
Our companies share a similar philosophy. Anyone can deal with normal cases. It’s only in special cases that a company’s consulting and service show how good it really is.
Karl-Heinz Oberkampf
Production Manager at SHL

Solutions

  • The rotary indexing tables from WEISS enable complex geometries to be processed
  • The wide range of tables enables the development of standardised swivelling and positioning units
  • A heavy-duty robot guides a polishing unit over several car trims.
    A heavy-duty robot guides a polishing unit over several car trims.
  • The rotary tables swivel the grinding and polishing machines into position during operation.
    The rotary tables swivel the grinding and polishing machines into position during operation.
  • CR700 heavy duty table
    CR700 heavy duty table