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f. Loading and unloading processing

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•      Machine loading and/or unloading:

–     Robot transfers parts into and/or from a production machine.

–     There are three possible cases:

•      Machine loading in which the robot loads parts into a production machine, but the parts are unloaded by some other means.

•      Example: a pressworking operation, where the robot feeds sheet blanks into the press, but the finished parts drop out of the press by gravity.

 •      Machine loading in which the raw materials are fed into the machine without robot assistance. The robot unloads the part from the machine assisted by vision or no vision.

•      Example: bin picking, die casting, and plastic moulding.

•      Machine loading and unloading that involves both loading and unloading of the workparts by the robot. The robot loads a raw work part into the process ad unloads a finished part.

•      Example: Machine operation