High speed vinyl welding and cleaning line operation
OwnerPatrick Terence GRELLERinventor
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Abstract
A manufacturing system for manufacturing rectangular frames of plastic material includes a horizontal frame welder configured to weld lengths of a plastic material together to form a rectangular frame. A corner cleaning station is configured to remove excess flash created in the welding process at the horizontal frame welder. A gantry is configured to automatically remove the rectangular frame from the horizontal frame welder after it is welded, move the rectangular frame to the corner cleaning station, and automatically place the rectangular frame in the corner cleaning station.
Claims9
A manufacturing system for manufacturing rectangular frames of plastic material, comprising:
- a horizontal frame welder configured to weld lengths of a plastic material together to form a rectangular frame;
- a corner cleaning station configured to remove excess flash created in a welding process at the horizontal frame welder;
- a gantry configured to:
- automatically remove the rectangular frame from the horizontal frame welder after it is welded;
- move the rectangular frame to the corner cleaning station;
- and
- automatically place the rectangular frame in the corner cleaning station.
A method of fabricating a corner of a plastic rectangular frame, said method comprising:
- providing a horizontal frame welder for welding rectangular frames of plastic material;
- loading a plurality of associated frame members into the horizontal frame welder;
- welding the plurality of associated frame members to create the rectangular frames;
- providing a gantry for moving the rectangular frames;
- using the gantry to automatically remove the rectangular frames from the horizontal frame welder;
- moving the rectangular frames overhead;
- providing a corner cleaning station to remove excess flash from the rectangular frames;
- and
- using the gantry to automatically place the rectangular frames into the corner cleaning station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.