Autonomous Handvalve Stem Assembly
Automated Parker Hannifin's handvalve stem assembly line using a GoFa robotic arm, presses, grippers, feeding systems, and sensors.
As part of a collaboration between UW-Madison and Parker Hannifin, I served as a manufacturing engineer at Parker Hannifin, where I automated their hand-valve stem assembly line. My design integrated an ABB GoFa collaborative robot, a crimping press, a snap-ring press, multi-purpose grippers, automated feeding systems, and safety sensors.
The components that were being manufactured are proprietary and therefore cannot be shared with the public. Many of the work that describes specific component designs (such as: simulations, CAD models, and certain equations) and so only the work that was approved is shown here. You can find a report of the project that was shared with faculty at UW Madison here and the slides for the final presentation that was delivered to faculty at UW Madison here.
