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News Release from: Thorite | Subject: Desoutter Auto-Feed 200 Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2005
Pneumatic handling speeds smoke detector
output
Compressed air and fluid process systems specialist Thorite has provided assistance to Oldham-based Texecom to speed the manufacture of the company's popular range of smoke detectors.
Compressed air and fluid process systems specialist Thorite has provided assistance to Oldham-based Texecom to speed the manufacture of the company's popular range of smoke detectors Texecom was experiencing problems with the manual tap threading of a small hole in an electrical component used within the smoke detectors
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thorite was approached for a solution and recommended a package of the latest pneumatic products.
These comprised a Desoutter Auto-Feed 200 Series unit with a push/pull tapping attachment, a Euroma four-station pneumatic turntable, plus all necessary ancillaries to create a simple pneumatic circuit.
Texecom's own engineers then assembled the units and engineered one-off component holders on the turntable, assisted by Thorite representative Ian White, who also commissioned the completed machine.
The result is an innovative, semi-automatic workstation constructed from "off the shelf" products, which enables an operator to load a component with one hand while removing a finished item with the other.
Should the process require interruption a pneumatic switch permits the cycle to be broken until ready to recommence.
Smoke detector output has been increased by 20%, and overall quality has also risen due to the enhanced accuracy of the system.
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