Six-Axis Robot Integration for Injection Molding Plate Handling — MetalPlast

Side-Entry Access, EUROMAP Sync, and Reliable Vacuum Pickup

Side-Entry Vacuum EOAT and EUROMAP 12 Synchronization

Triton delivered a two-zone vacuum end-of-arm tool, the EUROMAP 12 interface cable, complete robot programming and on-site commissioning. The result: hands-off pickup-and-stack cycles, driven by the press's own mold-open signal.

• Two-Zone Vacuum EOAT: Custom end-of-arm tool with two independently controlled vacuum zones — each with its own ejector, valves, and confirmation sensing, so plates with holes are held securely throughout extraction.
• EUROMAP 12 Interface: Standardized industrial cable links the robot to the injection press for mold-open and part-out handshake — no custom electronics or proprietary middleware in the signal path.
• Side-Entry Trajectories: Robot motion paths were programmed to enter and exit the mold area through the narrow lateral opening with minimum dwell — preserving press takt time.
• Pickup Confirmation Logic: Vacuum is verified at both zones before the robot retracts from the mold area — if confirmation fails, the cycle holds and the operator is alerted, with no risk of dropped parts inside the tool.
• Two-Plate Stacking Sequence: Each cycle places two plates onto an indexing conveyor that advances one position downstream — stable, hands-off material flow toward the next process step.
• On-Site Commissioning: Triton's engineering team commissioned the cell at MetalPlast, ran a live production batch, tuned vacuum and motion parameters, and trained the press operators.

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