Screw manufacturing for the aerospace industry at ALCOA, Hildesheim

In the system we maintain, screws are turned, measured, rolled, and labeled fully automatically. After processing, the finished parts are packed into transport containers. The data is made available to production monitoring via an MDE/PDA interface.

Technical Details

Project	Screws manufacturing for the aerospace industry in ALCOA in Hildesheim
Installation	Automation of 2 lathes Rolling station to tighten the screw heads Automation of a measuring machine Microdot markers for labelling of components Box stacking module
Control	SINUMERIK 840D sl
Features	“Traverse to a fixed stop” at the rolling station Data acquisition MDE / PDA