Progress Group

Mesh Spacer und Insert Placer: automated to higher efficiency

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The robot called Mesh Spacer places the spacers exactly where needed. The position is determined by means of a special algorithm

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The automation ensures not only uniform concrete cover, but more efficient production as well: the savings made possible by reduced material consumption and by time gains are considerable

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With the Insert Placer, threaded inserts, for example (see picture), are automatically separated, glued, and positioned

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Threaded inserts are required for fixing in place specific supply lines on floor slabs. The types of line can be given different colors for identification. The inserts are sorted automatically

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Against the background of ever-increasing cost and time pressure in the manufacturing industry, efficiency improvements are part of the success recipe to prevail on the market. The same applies to the precasting industry. Innovative automation concepts make it possible to speed up and improve the quality of previously manual work steps. An example of this is automated installation of spacers and inserts. For this, Progress Maschinen & Automation, a company of the Progress Group, has developed two future-oriented systems.

That the degree of automation in precast plants has massively increased in...