Industry solutions
Systems for the automotive industry
Transport and handling systems for the automotive industry
Notable automotive manufacturers and suppliers put their trust in Strothmann system solutions: In the past decades, we have specialized in the automation of pressing plant processes. Our portfolio includes the highly dynamic automation of entire press lines and hot forming plants, Front and End of Line systems and ultra-flexible customized solutions for individual presses. Our RoundTrack system is likewise enjoying great success in pressing plants: for instance for uninterrupted blank stack feeding, for coil transport or for automatic tool change.
Applications for transport and handling:
- for new systems and retrofits: Automation of press lines up to 17 SPM
- Front of Line, press linking and End of Line
- Automation of hot forming plants
- Customized, ultra-flexible press automation from a module kit
- Blank and tool change carriages
Automation of tandem lines
- Automation of the entire line – Front of Line, press linking and End of Line
- FeederPlus 6neo – single-arm feeder for tandem lines up to 16 SPM
- Unique kinematics permits intelligent function integration
- Independent centring of blanks in the Front of Line with the double-pick function
- Oriented depositing of fully formed parts on conveyor belts in the End of Line
- This minimizes cost and permits compact overall line dimensions
- Automatic tooling change in under 3 minutes
- Offline programming with StroCon PL
Retrofitting crossbar lines with the CompactTransfer
- Specialized for retrofitting crossbar lines
- The CompactTransfer is the only automation unit in the market that is specially designed for this application
- Improved output thanks to electronic transfer and press phase offset
- Free programming in all six degrees of freedom
- Compact design for installation in very small spaces
- Improved performance and reduction of try-out times through simulation software StroCon PL
- Fewer tools thanks to eliminated orientation stations
- Quicker set-up process through fully automatic tool change
- We accompany the entire process from plant measurement and designing the transfer paths to commissioning
The best choice for hot forming lines
- Significant cycle time advantage compared with robot automation systems
- Press loading and unloading with time-tested high-performance feeders
- Feeder or transfer concept can be implemented
- Years of experience: over 50 active plants
- Front of Line with uninterrupted stack change and blank marking
- Integration of RoundTrack system for simple and precise feeding of blank stacks
- Customer-specific tooling interfaces
- Complete control system including press interface
Ultra-flexible press automation
- Module kit with established feeder and gantry systems
- Clever combination to create your ultra-flexible automation solution
- Front of Line systems with blank carts on RoundTrack system, spreading units, conveyor systems and destacking gantries
- Modular software kits permit different operating modes in customized combinations
- Offline programming with 3D simulation software OpenLoop
Stacking systems for transfer presses
- Automatic stacking systems for blank cutting and formed parts
- System modules can be combined as required
- Optical position detection by camera systems
- Gantries with combined rotary axes with up to six degrees of freedom
- Integration of quality checks
- Conveyor systems and shuttle systems
- Increase of stroke rate thanks to double pick functions
- Uninterrupted stack and container change with carts on RoundTrack system
