Work log — Labeller project, timing belt tension week Engineer: D. Marchetti (machine commissioning) Project: LBL-2300 hot-melt labeller, servo-fed label feed Log period: Day 01 to Day 05 Document ref: WL-2026-0911-TB01 Day 01 — morning…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: six-station machining cell with one robot load station Review subject: automatic load and unload mechanism, gripper sizing, cycle timing, fault recovery Date: 18 August, 10:30 to 12:20,…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: automation island with nine machines, one PLC cabinet Review subject: cable tray routing, separation, bend radius and future spare capacity Date: 4 August, 09:00 to 10:40, meeting…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: heavy gantry machining centre, 6,400 kg total mass Review subject: center of gravity position, foot print, leveling feet and floor loading Date: 22 July, 10:00 to 11:50,…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: CNC machining cell with a long-travel gantry, X-axis 3.2 m Review subject: guide rail lubrication regime and wiper / scraper selection Date: 7 July, 13:30 to 15:20,…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: rotary turntable station for paint pre-treatment, 1.8 m platen Review subject: slewing bearing size, race type and mounting bolt pattern Date: 18 June, 09:30 to 11:00, meeting…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: rotary indexing unit for a coating cell, C-axis Review subject: reducer family choice and backlash specification Date: 2 June, 14:00 to 15:40, meeting room 3 Document ref:…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: pallet conveyor for an assembly cell, belt pick-up upgrade Review subject: timing belt drive selection, design power and safety factor Date: 19 May, 09:00 to 10:30, workshop…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: gantry-style inspection machine, X-axis rail conversion Review subject: guide rail mounting datum, reference edge and bolting sequence Date: 6 May, 13:30 to 15:10, workshop office Document ref:…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: three-axis pick-and-place cell, Z-axis rebuild Review subject: ball screw preload class for the vertical drive Date: 22 April, 10:00 to 11:40, meeting room 1 Document ref: DMR-2026-0422-ZAX01…
PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW — MINUTES OF MEETING Project: Rotary assembly station, 5-station index table Review subject: Geneva mechanism and index drive selection Date: 14 March, 09:30 to 11:00, meeting room 2 Document ref: DMR-2026-0314-RT04 Attendees…
If there is one sentence that sums up how I feel about machine time, it is this: the part is never the bottleneck, the setup is. A machine that makes a perfect cut in thirty…
Ask ten designers what holds up a non-standard machine and nine will say strength, because strength is what the stress calc checks and what the FEA report prints. The one who says stiffness is the…
Every used machine I have ever opened up had the same story: it worked in CAD, and it fought in the flesh. The bearing fits, the sprocket clears the guard by two millimeters on screen,…
Ask a steel fabricator how long a welded frame will last and you get a shrug. Ask a fatigue specialist the same question and you get an S-N curve, a weld class, a mean stress…
