Screw Feeding and Torquing Automation

Compass designed and built a custom system to pick and torque four different screw types into an antenna assembly for a defense contractor. An operator loads an assembly into place using a cart. The screws are bowl fed and picked by a Fanuc M10 robot. Machine vision is used to determine if the correct assembly is present. The system then torques thousands of screws. The assembly is re-positioned as needed for the robot to drive the remaining screws. Compass integrated a Desoutter driver. The one Desoutter driver allowed us to torque screws from a .05 newton meter range up to several inch pounds. The system is fully integrated into the customer's SCADA system for statistical process control. For more information on this system or any other automation, please contact us at sales@compass-automation.com or 847.426.6696