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Adelio Lattuada
Automation is nowadays a keypoint for the companies
Lattuada has developed several solutions , within its cyberAL project , to automate activities and increase production flexibility .
The first is the exclusive A-WR System , which introduces a completely automatic wheels setting management and includes : 1 . automatic pre-setting “ ZERO ” procedure of diamond and resin wheels , without glass in less than one minute ( instead of an average 20 / 30 minutes manual setting )
2 . automatic recover of the polishing wheels ’ wear
3 . automatic positioning for the wheel ’ s replacement
4 . jog increase / decrease of the spindle position ( accuracy 0.01 mm )
5 . automatic positioning on setpoint 6 . automatic backlash recovery 7 . automatic spindle cleaning procedure 8 . wheels wear / spindle ’ s prob- lems warnings 9 . manual unlocking for any situation 10 . motorized adjustable inlet conveyor
11 . digital ammeters and automatic alert system for the polishing wheels wear
12 . automatic detecting and compensating procedure of the inlet conveyor belt wear The main advantages include speed and consistency of the wheels setting regardless of the work shift and the operator on the machine , the extreme simplicity of use ( no sample glass needed ), an homogeneous wheels wear and a consistent processing quality , an increased spindles cleaning thanks to the automatic cleaning function , as well as a reduced exit conveyor belt wear / damaging due to an incorrect wheels “ zero ” setting . The second is i-AL package : a comprehensive pack of mechanical , electronic and software systems especially designed to deliver the maximum possible automation in glass processing and a full integration with your entire production system . It includes : 1 . digital ammeters displayed on the touch-screen panel
2 . motorized glass removal setting with portable push-button panel
3 . automatic management of wheels pressure , glass removal and speed according to the thickness
4 . proportional valves for pressure regulation of the polishing spindles 5 . glass length measurement The main advantages concern the reduced machine set-up
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