Found this whitewater playfields being made and inserts fitted...
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White water - playfield production video
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Really interesting video, had no idea they automated the fitting of inserts.
It may of been slowed down for the vid like they do on how it's made
Pretty sure its regular speed, theres several other videos on the channel showing the same.
Yes running it constantly makes up for the slow speed, plus could you get a human to do a mind numbingly boaring job like that without making mistakes ?
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I guess 24hrs a day and precision mean it can get through more in a week that are in better condition so increased production. But how much would that kit need to make to repay the investment. I understand playfields were made by various companies, did the introduction of these machines moved the playfield manufacturing from traditional builders to companies who used these techniques on other products?
Yes they probably did. A division of my company makes assembly line robotics and they can be very generic machines (put this bit here then pick this bit and put it there etc.) and so a generic production-line robot can do a whole host of things. Once you've taught it where the inserts go you can give it a big bucket of plastic inserts and a line of playfields and off you go.
Interesting to know that Xenon.
So in that video, the first thing we see is a table that sets up the inserts. The robot then picks them up, does it use a suction to do that?
Then the arm goes to the playfield, cleans the hole, applies the glue and then pushes in the insert.
Pretty impressive really.
So in that video, the first thing we see is a table that sets up the inserts. The robot then picks them up, does it use a suction to do that?
Then the arm goes to the playfield, cleans the hole, applies the glue and then pushes in the insert.
Pretty impressive really.
Almost certainly.
I went to a factory in Slovenia the other year and the owner is abit of a mad inventor. He had built a machine that uses robots to seperate spent ammo from ammo clips and then reassembles with new ammo. All of which is normally done by hand everywhere else. Which was quite smart
and any incidents with stray bullets can only harm another robots; thus delaying the inevitable robot apocalypse by an extra day or so - which is nice.
If only they could have devised a way of connecting the looms with a robot.
What's wrong with Mexican labour ?
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Bearing in mind this was early 90s , machinery and tech has moved on,it's more faster these days.
Generally the problem with doing things fast is the inertia. If the operating head that picks and places the part is complex (i.e. it dispenses glue / epoxy or puts seals and other finishes to the assembly) then moving it and rotating it quickly is a whole area of technology, due to the weight of the head / arm. If it overshoots then you lose positional accuracy so it has to slow the motion as it approaches the set point. This needs very high-torque motors or pneumatics with clever matching valves.
That does seem slow [the video] and one wonders if it was slowed a bit for the purposes of the film.
That does seem slow [the video] and one wonders if it was slowed a bit for the purposes of the film.
Thy have robots that build ammo!!!! I didn't realise Skynet was a Slovenian company
Lol AREX is actually a really cool factory they make gun parts, ammo, body armour Alsorts. Some of their machines are very high tech they have a whole wing just for making rifle barrels. They have an underground firing range and a room full of guns. I had a go on a FN herstal semi auto assault rifle
Did I mention the diary thing?
And a bit.
Sheesh I only put that cuz Ron seemed interested
That insert fitting robot is really cool! It does more than I expected it to. I'd have though they just bash in the inserts, but the whole following the contour of the shape with glue is really cool
exactly. who else on here has been to a Slovenian ammunition factory?
Not me.
Slovenian campsite, yes.... Slovenian ammo factory; no.
You've got a decent chat-up line right there @RudeDogg1 assuming you're trying to impress Lara Croft or someone like that (i.e. more real).
