Robotic Nozzle Cleaning Station reduces integration efforts.
Press Release Summary:
With digital Ethernet communications, TOUGH GUN™ TT3E Reamer fosters integration into digital controls infrastructure. Design eliminates need for analog switch, which also reduces cabling requirements and reduces potential failure points. Also included, remote monitoring capabilities let companies oversee and troubleshoot I/O of each reamer function and its allowable parameters in real-time and without removing unit from weld cell. Automatic and manual modes afford distinct control options.
Original Press Release:
New Robotic Nozzle Cleaning Station Reduces Integration Costs, Helps Increase Productivity
WINDSOR, Ontario. — Tregaskiss has introduced its new TOUGH GUN™ TT3E Reamer, a robotic nozzle cleaning station enhanced by digital Ethernet communications to better integrate into companies’ digital controls infrastructure. The TOUGH GUN TT3E Reamer can reduce integration costs by up to $1200 compared to analog reamer models by eliminating the need for an analog switch and reducing cabling requirements within the robotic weld cell. Plus, fewer components reduce potential failure points.     The new reamer also offers remote monitoring capabilities, allowing companies to oversee and troubleshoot the I/O of each reamer function and its allowable parameters through the programmable logic controllers (PLC), all in real time and without the need to remove the unit from the weld cell. This feature, along with error diagnostic and recording capabilities minimize troubleshooting downtime and support greater productivity.
Featuring discrete control, the TOUGH GUN TT3E Reamer offers the flexibility to monitor and adjust all motions, along with insert recovery or fault control, further increasing productivity. In automatic mode, the reamer provides control over double-stroke, start-up dwell time and top-of-stroke dwell time. In the manual mode, there is control over the sequence and duration of each function by firing individual I/O.
The TOUGH GUN TT3E Reamer offers users the flexibility to operate the system as a switch to link robots with a single Ethernet port to an Ethernet welder or other peripherals. It also features a single wiring harness for all wire connections and improved wire labeling, minimizing the risk of wiring errors during routine maintenance and with it, unnecessary downtime.
This new reamer offers the same high levels of durability, serviceability and repeatability as Tregaskiss’ popular TOUGH GUN TT3 Reamer. A 3/4 horsepower lubricated air motor with gear reducer offers the high torque necessary for spatter removal, while operating at lower speeds to protect the spindle and cutter blade from excessive wear. Adding to this durability, the spindle has a rotating rod accuracy of 0.001 to 0.004 inch at its extended position, providing optimized, repeatable spatter removal.
Additionally, external setup switches allow independent operation of the sprayer, clamp and spindle during manual setup, and the cutter blade lifts into position but does not spin when activated by the spindle setup switch. Momentary manual override switches further increase safety.
About Tregaskiss
For more information on welding products from Tregaskiss, call 1-855-MIGWELD (1-855-644-9353) or fax 1-877-737-2111 (in Canada and USA); write Tregaskiss, 2570 North Talbot Road, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N0R 1L0; email info@tregaskiss.com or visit Tregaskiss.com. Outside North America, call +1-519-737-3000 or fax +1-519-737-1530.
Tregaskiss is an industry leader in the development and manufacture of robotic MIG welding guns, peripherals and consumables, and offers its products worldwide. Its product lines include TOUGH GUN™ Robotic MIG Guns and Peripherals, TOUGH LOCK™ Consumables, QUICK LOAD™ Liners, the QUICK LOAD Liner AutoLength™ System and TOUGH GARD™ Anti-Spatter Products. Tregaskiss is a division of ITW Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), Glenview, Ill., USA. ITW is a diversified multinational manufacturer of highly engineered components, assemblies and systems.
