Summary Summary Previously at this assembly line station, an identification code was stamped onto a glass panel by hand. This process will be replaced by a laser etching assembly. The process starts when a glass panel arrives at the station.
Tapered siding ensures that the panel is guided to the center of the assembly line rollers.
After the laser etches the code, the vacuum moves from the laser to slightly underneath the panel and is switched on. The air blast is activated and the glass particles left from the etching process fall into the vacuum and are filtered out. After the vacuum moves out of the way, the panel is brought back down to the rollers, which start moving the panel again. As that panel moves out, the next panel in the assembly line moves in. The laser interacts with the PLC environment to etch at the right time.