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Weldon Solutions manufactures and services the Weldon line of CNC grinders, designs and integrates robotic automation solutions to satisfy a variety of applications, and installs and services automated storage and retrieval and other bakery automation systems. We also offer drives and controls technology featuring Toshiba variable frequency drives. We provide our customers with cutting edge technologies that increase performance, enhance efficiency and generate cost-effective processes in manufacturing and industrial environments.

A major automotive component supplier selected Weldon to build an automated CNC Grinder for Pump Tappet Plungers where the backside form needs precision ground.
Our full turn-key AGN4 system incorporates a grinder with CBN superabrasive wheel, a 6-axis machine tending robot for part load and unload, a dual-pallet infeed system, coolant filtration, and mist collection.
A straight approach grinding wheel is used in combination with a swivel-based workhead set to 5°. This allows grinding the OD and full backside form and simulates a single “angular approach” plunge grind.
The fully automatic cycle has an average production rate of 88 parts per hour and maintains SPC over 2.0 Cpk on all critical attributes. (LI only)

Weldon Automated Grinder for Pump Tappet Plungers

This is an overview video that shows numerous applications of Weldon Solutions' industrial and robotic automation systems including cobots. Highlights include automated grinding machine tending, palletizing, assembly cells, dispensing, material removal, bakery automation and more. Weldon Solutions is an Authorized System Integrator and Certified Service Provider for FANUC America, North America’s leading supplier of robotic automation.

Weldon Solutions: Our Latest Robotic Highlights

While Weldon Solutions does offer 8 grinder models to choose from and customize to your application, occasionally we are approached with an application that doesn’t fit these models. In this case, this customer required a small precise angled slot to be ground at the edge of the large diameter of a heavy-duty fuel injector tip. In such a dedicated, high-volume application, a more “hard automation” approach was taken. Weldon used a vibrating bowl feeder from Mid-West Feeder (www.midwest.com) which oriented and presented the parts to a Schunk (https://www.linkedin.com/company/schunk/) gripper mounted on a rotary actuator. This unit, mounted to a Rexroth (https://www.linkedin.com/company/bosch-rexroth/) linear actuator, would then be moved to the CBN grinding wheel attached to a GMN (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gmn-usa/) high-precision grinding spindle for the slot grinding operation. The completed part is then ejected into a discharge chute. This dry grinding process was completed in a cycle time of 18 seconds.

Weldon Automated Slot Grinder

Weldon Solutions designed, engineered and installed this multi-function automated robotic system. A single FANUC robot with multiple end-of-arm tools moves on a track to complete the assembly of 8 final components in one cycle. The design of the system requires operator interaction to properly load assembly pieces.

Weldon Solutions' Multi-function Robotic Assembly Cell

Weldon Solutions had developed and installed this robotic sorting and palletizing system. This video shows the system at 150% speed throughout. The system operates in a low-temperature environment. It includes a vision ID sorting system, 2 FANUC robots serving 3 palletizing stations, a variety of conveyors and a custom-designed and built pallet transfer car. There's also an integrated pallet assembly station using a third robot. As the system completes its processes, full pallets are shrink-wrapped then conveyed to the next logistics area.

Weldon Solutions' Automated Sorting and Palletizing System

Weldon Solutions has developed this turnkey automation cell using 2 FANUC cobots with custom-designed end-of-arm tooling, conveyors, and a unique vibrating system for sorting and moving components into place.

Weldon Solutions' Fully Automated Part Assembly and Packing Cell with Cobot

This video shows Weldon's Robotic Engineering capabilities in the area of
robotic sealant dispensing. The initial material handling application also grew to include robotic inspections of materials for defects and real-time mixing and dispensing of sealant while handling multiple sizes of profiles. Once the sealant is dispensed, the robot uses 2D lasers to ensure the correct amount is used. The robot can place a sealant to go around the bolts so fluids don’t pass between surfaces.

Weldon can create automation solutions for most aspects of material handling, whether it’s for machine unloading and tending, packaging and palletizing, assembly or stacking and unstacking miscellaneous products. The company also has more than 40 years of experience in designing and building cylindrical grinders and other material abrasion solutions.

Weldon Solutions' Automated Sealant Application Cell

AS/RS and other robotic automation solutions for commercial bakeries from Weldon Solutions. Let Weldon create the right bakery automation system for you.

Weldon Solutions Bakery Automation Systems

Turret-based Wheelhead motion
Includes:
Angled Main Grinding Wheel Spindle
Stationary Vertically Mounted Notching Spindle
Y-Axis Mounted Vertical Facing Spindle

Weldon Midas Series Turret grinder for Silicon Carbide (SiC) grinding

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