Providing Customers
Maximum Flexibility
Auto parts supplier Martinrea equips large-scale press line in
Mexico with blank loaders and Crossbar Robots 4.0
The Crossbar Robots
4.0 are the center
piece of Martinrea’s
press line in Silao.
Image Source Schuler
Martinrea set a clear goal for itself: to be the
world’s best auto parts supplier. To achieve its
objective, the global company and employer of
roughly 15 000 people decided to equip its first
large-scale press line in Mexico (at its facility
in Silao) with a blank loader and multiple
Crossbar Robot 4.0 units, thereby gaining the
ability to provide its customers with maximum
flexibility.
The blank loader is ideal for outer skin parts, as
state-of-the-art cleaning and oiling systems ensure
outstanding component quality. The new optical line
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scanner from Schuler detects the precise position
of the blanks before they are loaded into the first
press. A Crossbar Robot then corrects the position as
needed.
The Crossbar Robots 4.0 are the centerpiece of
Martinrea’s press line in Silao. They transport the
parts directly from one press station to the next,
and can accurately position these parts for any
die. Especially where multi-part components are
produced, this flexibility delivers an unbeatable
advantage.