PH-2287 · Automotive final assembly, Kentucky
Rear suspension lifter
A ball-screw lifter that raises the rear suspension into the vehicle, run on a two-hand safety system.
DrawingPH-2287 · Rear suspension lifter
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The situation
Marrying the rear suspension to the body is a lift a person cannot make and a fixture cannot fumble: the assembly is heavy, the clearances are tight, and the line above it does not stop.
What it delivers
The lifter runs at line rate under a safety system an operator can trust their hands to. Installed and commissioned inside the plant's shutdown window.
What we built
- 01Ball-screw lift drive controlled by a Mitsubishi VFD over EtherNet/IP
- 02Two-hand-control safety system governing every raise
- 03Sensors, encoders and on-machine I/O networked over EtherNet/IP
- 04A backup lifter, so a drive fault doesn't stop the line
- 05Full electrical design, commissioning and onsite installation
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Capabilities on this job
| Capability | What it covered here |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Control System Design | Panel and control system design that holds up in the environments other designs fail in. |
| PLC & HMI Programming | Ladder and structured text written to be read by the next engineer, and by your maintenance team at 2am. |
| Drives & Motor Control | VFDs, servos and motion control, sized and tuned for the load rather than the catalogue. |