I've been given a successful vacuum test for our proposed FR10 panel loader. It shows one coated steel panel hanging from the tool. Our supply will be a stack, and nobody seems to have tested picking from it.
What should I ask the tooling firm to demonstrate? Holding one sheet is useful, but it doesn't answer whether we'll deliver two. Or whether the unsupported edge will sag into the nest.
What does the present report call a successful pick? I am wondering whether it records only the vacuum signal, or also checks the delivered panel count.
Just vacuum established and held for the bench test. I've asked for separate results for retention, sheet count and placement. No point one green tick doing three jobs.
Will a detected double pick leave the job pending, or will the trial operator remove it and the demonstration continue? That affects what a successful run means.
First sample trial found a pair lifting together. Vacuum indication looked normal. They caught it in the receiving check, so at least we now have the failure on record.
Was that pair from the uncleaned set? That would help identify which condition to investigate, although one occurrence would not establish a reliable separation method.
Yes, uncleaned. Production isn't going to clean every panel, so the tooling firm is reviewing separation with that condition included. Still no answer on edge support.
They've also sent a side view now. The free corner drops below the nest lip on approach. Two separate jobs for them, then: separation and a support arrangement that reaches the nest cleanly.