DESIGNED AND BUILD FOR
HIGH VOLUME TRAILER MANUFACTURING. PROGRAMMABLE HOLE LAYOUT AND
INDEXING.
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DRILL
HEAD FRAME WAS REINFORCED TO PREVENT DRILL BIT BREAKAGE. ELECTRICAL
PANEL WAS RE-ROUTED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO DRILL HEADS FOR MAINTANENCE.
ALL SYSTEMS WERE REPROGRAMMED INCLUDING AN UPGRADE TO DRIVE SYSTEM
WHICH ALLOWED SKEWING THAT MATCHED CROSS MEMBER MISS-ALIGNMENT
INTRODUCED DURING FLOOR CONSTRUCTION.
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ALL
CONTROLS WERE RE ROUTED TO MAXIMIZE SPACE AND OPERATOR EFFICIENCY. ALL
PLC FUNCTIONS WERE RE-PROGRAMMED TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY.
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DEMOTRONIC
ENSURES ATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS. THE ORIGINAL SCREW DELIVERY SYSTEM
USED TUBING TO GUIDE THE SCREWS TO THE TRAILER FLOOR. DUE TO THE
BENDING IN THE LINE, THE SCREWS WOULD OVER TIME PIERCE THE TUBING AND
INTRODUCE DEFECTS AND DOWN TIME. DEMOTRONIC INTRODUCED A SIMPLE AND
COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THE USES STEEL TUBING FOR THE INITIAL CURVATURE.
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THE
ORIGINAL DESIGN IMPLEMENTED ONE POINT LIMIT DRILL BIT SENSORS. THIS
SYSTEM WAS INADEQUATE FOR DRILL BITS THAT BROKE BELOW THE SENSOR POINT
AND WOULDN'T INDICATE POOR DRILL BIT PERFORMANCE. DEMOTRONIC CUSTOM
DESIGNED CURRENT SENSING CIRCUITRY THAT MONITORED INDIVIDUAL MOTOR LOAD
CHARACTERISTICS WHICH GAVE FEEDBACK TO THE PLC WHEN THE DRILL BIT BEGAN
TO DULL.
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