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Diverse Solutions

Abacus Automation has delivered turn-key manufacturing automation solutions for over 35 years. We provide the entire development and production process, from inception to delivery. Our customers satisfaction is paramount for each step in the process.

Our Customers

For over 35 years, we have built machines for a very diverse group of select people that we are very fortunate to call our customers, which range from different specialty markets such as medical, aerospace, military, consumer, cosmetic, food, manufacturing, automotive, and many more. Here is a cross-section of our customer lineup:

Part Handling & Assembly

From delicate, cosmetically critical plastic to red-hot steel, Abacus has stepped up to the challenge of building mechanisms for manipulating and assembling a wide array of parts. Synchronous precision chain indexers, non-synchronous pallet conveyors, rotary indexing dials, walking beams, and continuous motion equipment all make up our catalog of potential solutions for your product.

5176 Medical Part Infeed — A singulation station for small parts to be fed in parallel for assembly.

Loading and Orientation Station — An array of parts are loaded and oriented in this secondary process.

Assembly and Alignment Station — An infeed station with immediate vision inspection and reject of bad product.

3530 Press — A vision guided roller press head is positioned to almost touch the part.

An assembly machine with individual reject bins for different failure modes.

5228 Indexing Assembly Dial 2 — An indexing dial conveys brittle parts through a double press process.

4052 Tube Forming Station — Mandrels for feeding and forming various types of tube.

4823 Parts Indexing Dial 1 — A continuous dial with rocker cam activated pneumatics.

Puzzle Collating Packaging Robot — A Kawasaki robot collects and sorts layers of small boxes.

Lighter Packaging Robot — An Epson robot with vacuum end-of-arm-tool for handling an array of small parts.

Hot Parts Transferring Robot — A robotic part transfer for red-hot heat treated product.

Bulb Grabber Robot — A DENSO robot with vision system is used for picking delicate product.

4490-4521 Robot Vision Calibration — A calibration tool is used to precisely orient a vision system in real-world coordinates.

Scara Part Transfer — A vision-guided robotic pick and place system.

A CROSS-SECTION OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING

Flexible Automation

Abacus has integrated a variety of different systems to work in concert for a diverse array of applications. Many of these systems include some combination of robotic work cells, servo motion, vision guided part processing, laser & ultrasonic processing, and fluid dispensing.

A Cross-section of Flexible Manufacturing

Quality Control

Many of our customers need to verify consistent quality throughout their process. We can ensure correct product is produced with our automation at critical steps in the process through use of test and calibration systems – from leak testing and force monitoring to check weighing or distance measurement.

A commercial LVDT is used to verify part height at a high resolution.

Testing for a robotic high resolution force feedback system.

Servo Press Force Monitoring — A rugged horizontal servo press for use in an industrial environment.

Driveline Tester - Quality Control — Custom heavy-duty bearing blocks and machined supports for a large rotational tester.

Leak Testing Station - Quality Control — An array of parts are leak tested simultaneously in a high-speed application.

Parts on traveling pucks are presented to a leak test and sorting station.

Lotion Pump Leak Test Station — Multiple product checks are performed in a row to verify machine performance.

Noncontact — A non-contact 3D laser displacement sensor is used to verify quality of a mold.

A DENSO robot for box packaging multiple product types.

pallet conveyor crop — A non-synchronous pallet conveyor for moving product.

Fast product changeover — A machine station tooling change is quickly completed.

A commercial toggle clamp is used to help retain a custom piece of changeover tooling.

A CROSS-SECTION OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING

Product Changeover

From the initial concept onward, when a need to quickly change between products arises Abacus can provide the necessary design and tooling with our Fast-Change-Out approach. Changeover can be quickly accomplished through product selection on the machine controller, with existing “recipes” of product stored for future use. Mechanical tooling is designed to be easily removed and reinstalled as required.

A Cross-section of Flexible Manufacturing

Conveying & Palletizing

Your product may be so unique that an “off the shelf” solution does not exist. Abacus can custom tailor a system to bring your product out of assembly to organize and package for shipment – taking advantage of our deep library on material handling and palletizing robots.