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Flexible Manufacturing Cell

Flex Cell General Info

ABA-PGT Designed Automation Cell allows automated insert loading, part removal, and part packaging with minimal capital investment by the customer. This cell gets used where production volume is not high enough to justify the purchase of a full time fully automated cell. The customer will purchase End Of Arm Tooling (EOAT), pallet inserts and trays if needed. ABA-PGT will handle the rest.

Manual labor is used only a few times per shift to orient and present inserts to the automation cell in ABA-PGT precision pallets. From there, a five axis servo robot will automatically load inserts, remove parts and palletize finished product (if required).

Advantages of Automated vs. Manual Insert Loading and Part Removal

• Repeatable cycle time which results in more dimensionally stable parts with consistent material properties.
• Reduced chance of part damage during handling.
• Reduced chance of mold damage due to human error.
• Reduced cost with faster cycle and less labor.

Flex Cell Capacity

This cell will generally get used for plastic insert molded parts with annual volumes between 40,000 and 500,000.

The Flex Cell is generally used for 1 or 2 cavity molds. Molds with 4 cavities can also benefit from this cell. At this higher cavitation, however, a dedicated and fully automated cell should be considered.

*Varying inserts such as screw machined shafts and stamped inserts can be used in this cell. For shaft style inserts, length needs to be less than 3.5 in..

Thermoformed tray size of up to 14 in. x 17 in. can be used.

Molding Machine and Mold Info

110 ton fully electric Cincinnati Roboshot molding machine
3.42 oz PS shot size (97 g PS)
Mold open distance of 9 in. or more is generally needed.
Hot sprue bushing is required to maximize mold open distance.
2 or 3 plate molds can be used.
Mold sizes up to 16 in wide by 24 in tall by 17 in stack height can be used.
**Part sizes up to 4 inches in diameter can be molded in a 1 cavity mold.
**Part weights up to 60 g, depending on material type, can be molded in a 1 cavity mold.

ABA-PGT Plastic Gear Design Engineering, Injection Molding and Manufacturing services are frequently used for a variety of applications, including appliance, automotive, electric motors, HVAC, irrigation, medical and surgical instruments, printers, OEM captive molders, architectural / building / construction, batteries and more.

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