Valve Body Machining Cell

Facts

Company

Acieta

Product type

industrial_robot_system

Status

deployed

Primary capability

Move heavy valve bodies through multi-sided machining

Website

https://acieta.com/solutions/material-removal

About Valve Body Machining Cell

Acieta's Valve Body Machining Cell uses a track-mounted FANUC S-900iW to tend four machining centres for Clow Valve. Dual grippers let the robot remove a finished component and load a new casting during the same visit, reducing the time a machine waits between parts. Inbound vision checks each casting's orientation before it enters the machining sequence.

The 60-foot track gives the robot access to the full cell, including three horizontal and one vertical machining centre. A central controller coordinates robot movement, machine activity and cycle timing. This arrangement connects palletised raw castings to multi-sided machining and finished-part handling, replacing repeated crane-assisted transfers and separate setups.

Market context

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Summary

Type: Machine-tending cell

Core: High-payload handling

Function: Load valve bodies

Audience: Machine shops

Specifications

applications

Multi-sided machining of cast valve bodies

configuration

One robot on a 60-foot track tending four machining centers

payload_capacity_kg

880 lb robot payload (399.16 kg)

Operations

Deployment environment

indoor_factory

Primary user

Heavy-component machining operations

Workflow

Move heavy valve bodies through multi-sided machining

Interaction model

operator_supervised_automation

Mobility class

stationary_industrial_system

Product detail

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