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Automation Crane Coil Grab / Coil Tong

To automate a coil tong, light barriers should be mounted on the lower end of the gripper to safely detect the hole in the coil. The coils can be sometimes up to 600 °C hot. For each coil tong, three light barriers are needed to detect the lower edge and the right and left edges of the hole in the coil. Only if all three light barriers are not occupied may the coil tong close. Due to the coil temperature no standard photocells can be used. There is no space on the gripper for large photoelectric sensors.

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Automation Crane Coil Grab / Coil Tong

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  • No cooling of the light barrier necessary: The high functional reserve of the light barrier enables operation even with heavy contamination

Challenges

  • To automate a coil tong, light barriers should be mounted on the lower end of the gripper to safely detect the hole in the coil. The coils can be sometimes up to 600 °C hot.
  • For each coil tong, three light barriers are needed to detect the lower edge and the right and left edges of the hole in the coil. Only if all three light barriers are not occupied may the coil tong close.
  • Due to the coil temperature no standard photocells can be used. There is no space on the gripper for large photoelectric sensors.

Solution

  • No cooling of the light barrier necessary. The high functional reserve of the light barrier enables operation even with heavy contamination.

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