Robotic Welding Bay Installation

JDI performs an electrical and mechanical project for a client’s plastic injection molding facility in Hart County, Georgia.

The client’s goal is to create a new automation welding assembly line for their tote products. Their facility contains multiple rows of robotic welders that finish them; JDI is contracted with installing, powering, and cooling a new row of the robotic welders.

The customer added two components to their robotic assembly line: one being an automated welder station for the cages, and the other being the an automated extractor that feeds into an elevator.

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We begin this project by converting the water-coolant based process lines and chiller system to a closed-loop ethylene-glycol chiller system.

This mechanical service includes welding stainless steel process piping, uncrating the new welder system’s chillers, transporting them into place, anchoring, then connecting the process piping to each chiller.

For the new welder installation, our electrical team performs 250 individual terminations, including the removal of the old conduit and wiring. The next part of their phase is to replace them with larger gauge wiring and conduit to meet the needs of the new 400 Amp service.

Since the chillers are new to the operation, we also install new control wires for those systems to work properly.

The third component of this involves installing the cage extractor. Our millwrights work with an international vendor to install the cage extractor, including assembly, laser precision alignment, epoxy anchoring, and grouting.

The industrial mechanical team provides startup support for the vendors testing and balancing process, to make sure the adjustments are fine-tuned. Using hydraulic lifts, we suspend the extractor to make adjustments, and determined the exact position of placement.

Finally, the system and the welding machine is in place and allows the client to begin manufacturing totes for their product.

• 2 Ethylene-glycol Chillers Installed
• Stainless Steel Conveyance Process Piping
• Stainless Welding
• Electrical Service Upgrade and Tie-In
• 400 AMP Panel Install
• 250 Individual Terminations
• Wiring Gauge and Conduit Upgrades
• Full Millwright Service (Assembly, Set, and Anchor) for Robotic Welding Assembly
• Industrial Mechanical Services for Start-Up & Testing

Because of this robotic welding assembly bay, the client creates high-efficiency and more safety for the operators.

The new chiller system has also decreases their production limitations with the installation of a closed-loop ethylene-glycol system. This allows production to run at higher temperatures, for longer, providing higher production.

Ultimately, this success at delivering what they want and need, when they need it, is why they call JDI to regularly perform projects for them in Hartwell, GA.