The BCROBOT is specially designed to perform
the assembly and carding of a SAFETY shoe in
full autonomy, assisted by a machine system to
which it is connected, such as the lasting machine
710SF and the fireproofed sanding machine 88N.
The automated process presents, as perfectly evident,
the possibility of carrying out continuously a
good number of operations and applying the same
precision for each step.
Let’s see in detail what it is able to do, following
the indications for a possible standard process,
provided by Elettrotecnica BC based in Vigevano.
The operator, after having carried out the prestretching
of the upper thanks to the machine
mod. 663, which also allows you to check any defects
or stains on the leather, positions and fixes
the toe cap and then entrusts the dressed last to
the machine used for the humidification phase.
At this point the model enters the automated island
and is taken over by the robotic arm BCROBOT which is able to take the sample from the
humidifier MOD. 269W, insert the shoe into the
lasting machine MOD. 710SF and then pick it up
again and carry out a carding process. Finally, the
cycle ends when the robotic arm deposits the upper
in the chiller for the cold setting through a
chilling process. At that point, a second operator
will be able to take back the pre-assembled shoe,
free it from the last, and pass it on to the injection
phase. An effective and efficient automated process
made possible thanks to the Industry 4.0 devices
present on all machines, which allow Elettrotecnica
BC to make the machines communicate
with the robotic arm in perfect synchrony.
What are the main advantages of adopting a system
configured this way? The main one consists in
being able to complete the footwear processes of
the upper on the last, toe cap insertion, shoe humidification,
shoe assembly, bottom carding and
cold setting with only two operators.
