ATI Industrial Automation

 ATI Industrial Automation has broke ground for an operations expansion at its corporate headquarters in Apex, N.C.

The Compensator, a remote center of compliance (RCC) device that is designed to correct alignment errors with peg-in-hole automated assembly applications, is available from ATI Industrial Automation. The device features shear pads that are stiff axially and compliant laterally to allow automated assembly machines to automatically correct for lateral rotational misalignment, redacting contact force and virtually eliminating galling and jamming, the company says. The center-of-compliance device provides rapid insertion correction allowing high speed automated machines to increase productivity and minimize scrap, downtime and machine damage caused by conventional methods.

ATI Industrial Automation offers the VersaFinish, an axially compliant finishing tool designed for automated operations on aluminum, plastics, steels and other materials. The low-speed, high-torque tool features a “floating” motor and a spindle arrangement that is engineered to provide the finishing tip with the axial compliance needed to perform consistently on irregular part patterns. Mounted to a robot or CNC machine, the tool is equipped with a vane-type air motor with gear reduction.

Flexfinish, an axially compliant finishing tool ideally suited for robotic and non-robotic material finishing operations on aluminum, plastic, steel, and so on, is available from ATI Industrial Automation. The low-speed, high-torque finishing tool has a "floating" motor and spindle arrangement that provides the finishing tip's axial compliance to perform consistently on irregular part patterns. The tool, mounted to a robot or CNC machine, has a vane-type air motor with gear reduction.

The consistent performance and radial compliance of this device is making companies re-evaluate their manual deburring operations.