An injection molding automation system is mostly custom made for the production of a specific parts and will have different components according to the requirements of the plastic parts production process. We're here to discuss what the common components would be there for an injection molding automation system of IML Yogurt Cups production:

• IML Robot

  In an IML Yogurt cups injection molding system, the IML robot is a very important part because it would be the key to the productivity and quality of the system. An IML robot will handle the picking of the IML Yogurt cups produced from the injection molding machine and have the IML labels inserted into the mold at the right position as fast as possible. A reduced cycle time will help to increase the thoughput of the system. Here we recommend the SW833-S6 for your Yogurt cups IML production project, of which is a high speed side entry IML robot for small and medium size containers, and is easy to be custom made either structurally or systematic to be integrated into an automation system.

• Vision Control System

  In an IML Yogurt cups injection molding automation system, the Vision control system will ensure that the IML Yogurt cups produced is free from the biotic polution, foreign matter, the insufficient injection, flash, bad label joint, incorrect label printing etc.; for some IML lids injection molding system with spoons assembled the vision control system will also check the quality of the spoons assembly to the lids.

• Automated Packaging and Palletizing

  An automatic packaging system is now an indispensable components in an IML Yogurt cups injection molding automation system for the increasing hygiene standard requested. A well packed IML Yogurt can keep the cups away from the pollution during the storage and transportation. Before the automated packaging system there would be a stacking unit to have the IML Yogurts well stacked say 50pcs/stack and a robotic arm will have the well stacked IML Yogurt Cups delivered to the packing machine to be film or sleeve packed. As an optional functional unit, the palletizing system will have the well sealed cartons well palletized on a pallet.

• The Control Systems

  An injection molding automation system is an integration of different functional units to have them working together, so we can have two type of control systems:

  • a: Have one control system (PLC) in control of all the functional units: the advantage of this solution would be easy operation to start the system with single botton click and is easier to be integrated by a MES system; the disadvantage of this solution would be that the programming of it would be very complex to have so many functional units worling together.
  • b: Have an independent control system for each functional unit and have them communicated via a pulse signal: The advantage of this solution is that the programming and maintenance would be easier because each functional units are independent to each other; The disadvantage of this solution would be inperfect synchronism and would be more difficult for data collecting by a MES system.

Above we have a brief discussion what the common components would there be in an injection molding automation system with the example of an IML Yogurt cups production system. The key components for such a system would be IML robot, the vision control and stacking unit, the auto-packaging system etc. If you have any inquiry of any other kind of injection molding project and is interested in developing an automation system please feel free to send me a message, we'll propose our solution accordingly.