| The following are a
small sampling of past projects.
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details
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Hydraulic Projects
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Bushing Press
Project
One of Controlled Motions Dynamics’ customers needed help
with supplying the power, speed, and accuracy to effectively
push a rubber bushing into an automotive shock absorber. The
manufacturer had a machine for this process already in place;
however, the pneumatic cylinder utilized did not produce the
desired consistency because of the compressibility of the air
when pressing in the bushing. The customer had imagined a
solution that would be “all electric,” yet CMDI technicians came
up with the best solution for the customer.
Video of this project |
Hydraulic Pump
Control
A customer needed a large multiple pump hydraulic
system that was capable of running two separate production
floors. Running on the power unit from each floor were hydraulic
conveyors, hydraulic dumpers, and other associated hydraulic
equipment. Throughout the day, the hydraulic power demand varied
depending on the equipment running. The customer hoped to save
on energy by only running the necessary hydraulic pumps rather
than running the full system flow non-stop. Controlled Motion
Dynamics was contacted to design an energy saving solution.
Video of this project |
Stress Test
Fixture
Controlled Motion Dynamics worked
with a local irrigation equipment manufacturer to develop a
one-time-use center pivot stress test fixture to evaluate the
structural integrity of the center pivot framework. |
Parking Brake
Tester
A heavy equipment manufacturer
needed to test their hydraulic parking brakes. This would allow
them to find and correct faulty brakes before being installed on
a machine. |
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Pneumatic Projects
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CNC Unloader
A customer designing a machine to automatically
unload a CNC machine approached CMDI for
help with the linear motion and programming required to complete
this machine design. |
Bin Shuffler
Tower
A manufacturing customer who specializes in
specific parts assembly was experiencing quality control issues.
In particular, managing the parts available to the assembly had
become a problem for this manufacturer. To solve quality
concerns the customer designed a parts management system using
80/20 products. The system operated as such:
• Four bin selection towers each held eight bins
• Only the parts bins needed for the part being assembled were
available
• Each tower had three air cylinders, a cable pulley system, and
a Tol-O-Matic brake to raise or lower the needed bins into
position
• Once in position the assembly technician could pull the needed
parts from the parts’ bin storage
The customer had already completed basic assembly on the bin
towers but needed completion of final assembly in addition to a
software package to control the towers.
Video of this project |
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Electrical Projects
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Heat Sensing Weld
Tester
A customer needed a way to confirm if a part
actually had been welded before the part continued to the next
stage of assembly. This welding check would be critical because
sending a non-welded part further down the assembly line would
result in the final customer receiving a faulty part. The
company wanted to ensure that the product it created and sold
would be of excellent quality. Controlled Motion Dynamics was
contacted to design a solution. |
Small Actuator
A customer needed a mini-actuator which would
move a small light filter into its place in front of a
projector. The actuator had to meet the very specific
requirements of having a 12-inch stroke, a traverse speed of 3/4
ips, and an ability of interfacing through a RS232 connection to
the existing controller. The customer also wanted this actuator
to be inserted
into its currently running system without making system changes. |
Waste Water
Centrifuge
A customer needed an effective
low cost solution for providing control in a wastewater
application centrifuge. |
Two Axis Chamfer
Machine
A pellet mill manufacturer needed a new machine to replace an obsolete piece of
equipment. |
Tube Mill Controls
An irrigation equipment
manufacturer had a tube mill with an obsolete control system. |
Brake Press
Guarding
A customer needed to guard several brake presses.
The need was especially pressing for this customer because of a
recent accident. The customer utilized presses from multiple
manufacturers and therefore needed solutions for each press.
Since safety was a factor, Controlled Motion Dynamics needed an
unquestionable solution. |
Conveyor Control
Panel
A customer needed a conveyor control panel for a
new conveyor system. Previously to solve this issue, the
customer had utilized one of its own employees, but that
employee had retired. Additionally, the documentation on the
existing panel could not be located. |
Gear Shaper
A customer that manufactures
large equipment transmissions needed to update one of their
machines. The machine takes a circular gear blank and cuts teeth
to turn it into a finished gear. The gear blank and the cutter
are rotated in order to maintain the correct tooth angle.
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Wax Centrifuge
A large wax manufacturer had a
new idea. The company manufactures wax used for molding
processes and receives a large amount of the used wax in return.
Instead of disposing of this wax they wanted to separate the
solids and reuse the wax. |
Filter Head Sorter
CMD was asked to modify a filter
head sorting machine that never did work correctly. The machine
needed to take a batch load of filter heads and flip them to the
correct orientation and also verify they all had threads on
them. There were several different sizes of filter heads that
needed to be accommodated. CMD teamed up with Tri-V Tool and Die
for support with the mechanical issues and CMD handled all the
controls issues. CMD was also able to greatly simplify the
customer's setup time by replacing DVT cameras with Balluff
sensors.
Please watch the video for complete details on this CMD project.
Video of
this project
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Three Axis Servo
Control
A major candy manufacturer
contacted Controlled Motion Dynamics about an important motion
control problem.
The customer had an Aasted Mikroverk type FCT depositor that had
failed. The machine used three three-axis servo drives to
control three depositors. The three-axis servo drive for the
center depositor had failed. The part was obsolete, so no
replacement could be found. The candy manufacturer needed a
solution that would stay as close as possible to the original
operation. The customer asked that all existing menus be
retained. The goal was to create a change that would be as
seamless as possible to the operators.
Project details - Additional
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Specialty Projects
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Robot Cage
Project
CMD partnered with a well-known
international robotics manufacturer on a project for the
customer’s newly established research and development facility.
The robotics manufacturer needed a sizeable robotics work cell
to be designed and installed. The work cell needed to be strong,
useful, cost effective, and also safe as protection was needed
to keep hazardous sharp metal projectiles from exiting the
enclosure while the robotics equipment performed various
experimental tasks. |
Speaker Project
The manufacturer of high-end speakers contacted Controlled
Motion Dynamics with an exceptional challenge. The manufacturer
sought to update the workbench used to assemble the speaker
units. The existing
workbench used a screw and hand wheel assembly to adjust tension
as
part of the assembly process and also used two wooden 2 x 4
pieces to
adjust the height of the center section. The operator would
count the
number of turns by the hand wheel to reach the desired tension
and then
turn the 2 x 4 pieces on edge to adjust to the proper height.
The speaker manufacturer needed a more precise, replicable way
to perform these assembly operations. |
Security Cage Project
A Midwestern pharmaceuticals company approached Controlled
Motions Dynamics to help create a more secure drug storage area.
The company sought to keep addictive prescription drugs in a
safe area. |
Lung (Breathing)
Simulator
The radiological department of a
local hospital needed to be able to track tumors on the lungs of
patients while the patients were breathing.
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