Multi-Station Automated Line for Transmission Components
In the automotive industry, transmission components are high-precision mechanical elements that play a critical role in power delivery. Even the slightest dimensional deviation can significantly impact performance and durability, making precision and consistency throughout the process essential. However, traditional manual or semi-automated operations often lead to quality variations depending on operator skill, and the high-temperature, high-debris environment with cutting fluids and metal chips poses challenges to both safety and efficiency.
Multi-Station Automated Line for Transmission Components
This process line is a multi-stage automation system designed for CUP Planet Carrier components. A single robot handles parallel operations across multiple machining stations via conveyor-based transfer. The workflow integrates machining, drying, secondary machining, cleaning, and inspection into one seamless process, significantly improving overall production efficiency and quality.
Process Workflow
Key Advantages of HD Hyundai Robotics
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Parallel Multi-Station Machining
The standout feature of this system is its ability to have one robot service six machining stations in parallel via a conveyor-based structure. Traditionally, each machine required a dedicated robot or manual transfer by operators. In contrast, this line uses a single HDR50-22 robot to control the entire workflow. This minimizes inter-machine transfer time, optimizes robot motion paths, and achieves shorter cycle times, improved space utilization, and reduced equipment investment costs simultaneously.
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Integrated Process Automation
The sequence—machining → drying → secondary machining → cleaning → inspection—is completed within a single automated line. Unlike simple loading/unloading automation, this system manages the entire process flow and timing under one robot control architecture. As a result, quality variation between stages is eliminated, defect rates are reduced, line utilization improves, and real-time quality data collection becomes possible.
Multi-Station Automation
This system leverages advanced robotic control technology to create an integrated automation line where a single robot orchestrates multiple machining stations and auxiliary processes in a highly synchronized manner.
By detecting the real-time status of each process and precisely synchronizing timing between conveyors and equipment, the robot achieves shorter cycle times and maximized productivity.
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The HDR50-22 robot continuously monitors conveyor speed and position data to service six machining stations in parallel. Through seamless data integration between the robot controller and conveyor sensors, the robot delivers and retrieves workpieces at exact positions and timings. It automatically identifies machining completion signals from each station, minimizing idle time and enabling efficient flow control. This technology allows a single robot to manage multiple machines, resulting in lower equipment investment costs, improved space utilization, and consistent production quality.
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The robot functions as more than a transfer device—it governs the entire process flow from machining → cleaning → inspection. The control system collects and analyzes status signals from all equipment to prevent process conflicts and allocate tasks in the optimal sequence. This enables the entire line to operate as a unified system, ensuring consistent machining quality, eliminating inter-process imbalance, and enabling real-time quality monitoring.
Explore the Robots Used in This Process
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HDR50-22(HH050)
- Payload 220kg
- Max.reach 2666mm
- 반복정밀도 ±0.11mm
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