Automated Forming, Welding and Assembly System

Product: Dishwasher

  • Stand-alone uncoiling, cut to length, forming and spot welding operation
  • Can be used with either a vertical or horizontal uncoiler
  • Servo controlled coil feeding equipment
  • Form offset and shear in same operation
  • Automatically form corner radius and unload
  • Operator manually loads gasket retainer strip to spot weld locate tooling
  • Loading and unloading either automatic via robotics, or semi-automatic, with overhead manipulator.


BASE FRAME: Arc welded structural steel base supports for mounting of equipment and components. An operator platform is included.

UNCOILER: This equipment can be supplied with either a vertical or multi-coil stacking horizontal uncoiler.

COIL STRAIGHTENING: A multi roll straightener unit is integrated with a Servo drive system to feed the coil stock and remove the waviness from the material.

FORM TOOLING: All for tooling is manufactured from high quality tool steel, hardened and ground to precise tolerances to match customer requirements.

WELD GUNS: All straight acting weld guns are manufactured by Savair Products Company. These guns are adequately sized to perform the spot welding operation.

TRANSFORMERS: Manufactured by Roman, Inc., these transformers are wound for 440 volt, 60 hertz operation.

WELD CONTROL: A Medar 3005 series weld control, 250 amp breaker, 1200 amp SCR package, and a size 4 ASEA. This Medar weld control is Allen-Bradley Compatible.

PLC EQUIPMENT: One (1) SLC 540 series PLC unit controls this operation.