Challenge Issued - A major automotive manufacturer had previously used a single hydraulic cylinder to install/press (12) cylinder head valve seals resulting in poor quality control, high scrap rates and no process data for birth history. We were challenged to build a machine to feed and install (12) Valve Seals into an engine cylinder head located on a cylinder head assembly line. The Intake and Exhaust valve seals must be automatically fed and then pressed to specified seating distance while monitoring press load for the complete press process with the resultant press data sent to the plant data server. The close pitch of the seals (to one another), required a press with a small physical footprint.
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