Automation project help
Automation project help
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Greetings;
We're a custom molder attempting to automate a secondary operation that applies hot melt glue to the inside of a plastic tube we mold. We currently rotate the tube with a fixed glue head but think it might be beeter to fix the tube and rotate the glue head. I'm looking for automation folks to help design and build this system
God Bless
Sluggo
We're a custom molder attempting to automate a secondary operation that applies hot melt glue to the inside of a plastic tube we mold. We currently rotate the tube with a fixed glue head but think it might be beeter to fix the tube and rotate the glue head. I'm looking for automation folks to help design and build this system
God Bless
Sluggo





RE: Automation project help
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Bob webmaster@advanced-grinding.com
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One positive aspect of your current method (rotating tube fixed glue head) is that you won't get repetitive stress on the feed tube and other components of the glue head. If it was rotating, you might need a rotating fitting, which are notorious leakers. Unless your tube is especially delicate or its sizing is variable, why wouldn't you want to rotate it?
Oh, one more thing about a rotating tube - if your glue head remains in one orientation, there should be a fairly constant gravitational distortion of the glue stream at a given distance from the glue head, which may enhance process repeatability. And if you did rotate the glue head upside down, would your glue even stick to the "roof" of the tube?
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The only drawbacks to this approach is the lack of speed control, I'm not sure how forgiving your process is