Handling with Positional Tolerances
The Active Contact Flange is ideal for handling applications with positional tolerance affected objects. Using the unique actor-sensor combination the Active Contact Flange will not only feel for your work piece automatically but will also measure it, compensate positional tolerances and feed back the contact information in real time. The video embedded below shows the Active Contact Flange in an application to gently push a car door in assembly line closed. This allows automated measurement of the crack between car dor and car body leading to 100% quality control of car door mounting. There is also great potential for handling objects with positional tolerances in foodstuff industries.
The video shows the Active Contact Flange handling a car door