Best of 2016: Weiss North America enters the octagon

Jerit Automation Inc.’s two-robot palletizing application for a medical device manufacturer was loaded with automation but had little space for operators to work within the cell. Typically, the Mesa, Arizona-based company’s 18 years of experience allowed it to solve such design challenges in house, but for the tricky chassis system, it turned to Weiss North America of Willoughby, Ohio, a subsidiary of Weiss of Buchen, Germany. The collaborative result was an octagonal dial plate system that left enough room for machines and personnel.

A pioneer of direct-drive pick & place and multiple-axis modules, industry specialist for rotary tables and automation, Weiss, and its North America subsidiary, recently completed two chassis systems featuring an octagon-shaped, 45.68" dia. dial plate. The plate footprint was sized to match the Weiss 8-station TC220 rotary index table, and was customized to achieve ergonomic, inertia loading, and index speed requirements for a next-generation medical parts subassembly operation for Jerit.

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