Orbitform offers cutting-edge solutions that delve into the realms of process monitoring and process control, ushering in a new era of process stability and excellence. Integrating our Process Intelligence packages into our forming, riveting, and assembly equipment empowers your operations to soar to new heights, enhancing quality and slashing scrap.

 

Process Monitoring: The Guardian of Precision 

 ContentProvidedBy-Orbitform.gifOrbitform's Process Monitoring, often called Process Intelligence, acts as a vigilant sentinel over your manufacturing processes. Here's how it works:

  • Force Monitoring: With Orbitform's internal load cell package, we monitor the forces exerted during the process. Establishing minimum and maximum force parameters ensures that the peak force always falls within the acceptable range, cycle after cycle, and will notify the operator if it is not in range.
  • Distance Monitoring: Our internal LVDT package meticulously observes the stroke position of the head as it advances to process the workpiece. Setting minimum and maximum position parameters guarantees that the head's stroke consistently lands within the prescribed acceptable range by notifying the operator if it is outside the requirements.
  • Pre-Form Stack-up Height Verification: Combining LVDT and load cell packages with a programmable height-sensing pressure pad, this feature validates that the pre-form stick-out height aligns with the joint stack-up height before the actual processing begins.
  • Detecting Workpiece Presence: Utilizing the same setup as "force monitoring" or "pre-form stack-up height," this capability detects the presence of the workpiece during each cycle.
  • Multiple Z-Axis Forming Positions within a Machine Cycle: Orbitform's Servo Z-axis control package and Servo Riveters allow for precise processing at different height positions. Our Servo-Z option automatically adjusts the internal stop gear, changing the finished form height position, while Servo Riveters offers unparalleled control overhead stroke within the unit's total stroke.

 

Process Control: Precision at Your Command 

Process Control, another facet of Orbitform's Process Intelligence, empowers you to command the precision of your manufacturing process:

  • Form to a Force: Employing Orbitform's internal load cell package, this feature completes the process cycle when a set process force is attained, ensuring absolute precision.
  • Form to a Distance: With Orbitform's internal LVDT package, this capability concludes the process cycle when a predetermined advanced position of the head is achieved, granting you complete control over the process.
  • Form to a "Form Collapse": Combining load cell and LVDT packages with our programmable height-sensing pressure pad and motor clutch/brake package, this feature transforms tooling contact with the workpiece during low-pressure or low-speed head advancement into a reference point ("0"). From there, the head advances to the specified "form collapse" position before retracting.

 

Ready to Dive Deeper?

If you're eager to explore these groundbreaking advancements in manufacturing precision, don't hesitate to contact the Regional Sales Manager dedicated to your area. Visit our website, https://www.orbitform.com/contact/, to connect with us and embark on a journey toward unparalleled process stability and control.