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  • Automation of trimming in plastic product manufacturing industry
    (2010) Tiihonen, Juha Heikki
     School of Engineering | Master's thesis
    Purpose of this thesis was to find and study an economical way to automate the trimming of blow molded plastic products. Blow molding technique utilizes two mold parts and after blowing plastic to final shape there is usually a seam between the two mold halves. The seam has to be trimmed and cut to finalize the product. This work is usually done by hand using knife. Besides trimming the product, an automation system has also to be able to move product from the blow molding machine to a trimming workstation and from there to a pallet. Because of the complexity of the process an industrial robot is needed to achieve both trimming and moving tasks. As a result this thesis has recommendations how to initialize and carry out industrial automation project in plastics industry.