Automotive - Automated Spare Tire Inserter

This project was part of a truck assembly line in which they needed the spare tire to pivot in behind the pickup as it was going down the assembly line. The justification was to aid the operators in ergonomics as well as efficiency as they have to install the spare tire under the rear of the truck. The solution implemented was a pivoting turret arm that would follow the truck as it went down the line, then lowered the spare tire onto a “perch” that was attached to the truck fixture.

Assembly Pallet Unloader Specifications

Only plant utilities required for this machine are clean compressed air at 60 PSIG. No electrical components are used.
Heavy duty welded structural steel framework is rugged to counteract the dynamic loading of the moving mass.