Automatic stacker design for Plafonds Embassy
- Client
- Plafonds Embassy
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Expertise
- Industrial Project Management
- Tooling and Equipment Design
- Manufacturing Simulation
CONTEXT
CHALLENGES
ASSIGNMENT
Although equipped with a lifting platform, Plafonds Embassy did not know how best to use it to achieve this stacking, nor which operating principle to adopt.
The company called on Merkur to help clarify its needs and to research and select a solution to address this challenge. An innovative approach will allow the platform to be adapted to their specific process, thereby addressing their issue and ensuring production continuity.
RESULTS
2
times more production capacity
OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS
Develop a tailor-made sheet stacking solution adapted to the customer's equipment pool
Develop a tailor-made sheet stacking solution adapted to the customer's equipment pool
Develop equipment capable of keeping up with the upstream laminator’s throughput, minimizing downtime and labor requirements for the operation, designing a solution that is easy to integrate from an automation standpoint, and producing clear drawings to support outsourced manufacturing.
- Workshop to map the targeted sequence of operations
- Identify issues, specifications and constraints
- Conduct technology watch
- Preliminary analysis of 3 solutions, including advantages, disadvantages and technological risks
- Mechanical design of a fully customized equipment based on the recommended solution
- Simulation of the chosen solution to parameterize the mechanisms
- Coordination with automation supplier and follow-up during start-up
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Design on Solidworks
Simulation on FlexSim
We had to determine how the stacker would operate when a new piece of equipment was introduced. Merkur was able to offer us a solution that met our needs, and to support us in its development.
Alexis Boulanger
President
Plafonds Embassy
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