Wheel Installation

Customer demand

This customer is a large automobile manufacturer. The section of this assembly line was characterized by the manual assembly of the wheels, which involved a high amount of work, correspondingly high costs and low efficiency. In addition, the different types of wheels require high precision of the assembly positions. A 3D vision guided robot is to mount the wheel on the car's wheel hub - while the car moves along with the assembly line. 

Challenges

• The target position for the wheel to be mounted moves permanently along with the assembly line
• The openings in the wheel hub must be located extremely precisely
• Different wheel types must be handled reliably
• High ambient light makes it difficult to create complete point clouds 

The Mech-Mind solution

Mech-Mind's 3D vision system detects and locates the wheel hub and then accurately and quickly guides the robot as it assembles the wheel - while the car moves along with the assembly line.

• Mech-Mind's 3D vision system can quickly adapt to different wheel types.
• The Mech-Eye PRO S 3D camera provides high accuracy and generates high-quality point clouds of the wheel hub.
• Even under the very strong ambient light, the Mech-Eye PRO S 3D camera works stably and accurately.
• The included Mech-Viz robot programming environment provides reliable algorithms for path planning and collision detection. This guarantees reliable and uninterrupted operation.

Results

The level of automation of the customer's assembly line was significantly improved. In addition, production efficiency was increased and labor costs were significantly reduced.