Non-Auto Transport
Trailer Coupler Component Forming
Road-Worthy RIBS
Building strong and reliable trailers requires large components formed from heavy parts. Great Dane wanted a safer, faster solution for forming 120lb pieces of their trailer couplers—a process that used to require 2-3 operators per cycle, and five minutes per cycle.
Acieta automated the process with a Robot Integrated Bending Solution (RIBS), replacing the high-strain, labor-intensive process with a consistent, high-quality process that takes a fraction of the time.
Benefits
Faster Cycle Time
Robotic handling reduced cycle time from five minutes to one, giving Great Dane significantly higher throughput.
Safer Work
Removing operators from the handling of 120 lb parts eliminated one of the highest ergonomic risk tasks on the floor.
Consistent Quality
With the robot managing all lifting, positioning, and part transfer, production quality and throughput improved.
5X Faster
Than Manual Press Brake Tending
System Components
The system is built around a FANUC M-2000ic heavy payload robot.
Vacuum EOAT handles parts from inbound, through positioning and forming, and sets finished parts on an outbound pallet.
Proper orientation of every sheet is ensured by a gravity blank alignment table.
A 750-ton Cincinnati press forms heavy gauge structural steel into trailer coupler components.
