At the GM plant in Lockport, USA, we were involved in a project to manufacture stators for electric motors. The production line includes the iPin forming, laser welding, twisting, trickling operations, automation for pin insertion, powder coating, and curing operations. The process is fully automated, from cutting the copper wires to length to checking the functionality of the finished stator.
Technical Details
Project
- Fully automated production line for stators for electric motors
- PLC and NC programming
- Project coordination and customer training
Installation
- iPin forming
- Laser welding
- Twisting
- Trickling
- Curring
- Powder coating
Controls
- 70x SINUMERIK ONE
- 45x ROCKWELL controller
- 8 FANUC robots
- WinCC panels for visualization
Features
- 18 gantries for 10 operations with various tooling machines
- Conveyors with SPC and NOK loops
- Fully automated functional testing
- Cycle time 32 seconds