Inspection & Sorting News

Assembly Equipment - Knife Handle & Blade

2009-06-09T10:19:00.033-04:00

CDS Manufacturing designed and built this automatic assembly equipment to feed, orient and assemble knife handles and blades. This system utilizes vision inspection equipment and a rotator to orient the handles for blade insertion. A dual headed pick and place positions a pair of handles at the end of the system where the blades are inserted. Part present sensors verify that all of the components are properly positioned and a heating element assembles the blades to the handles.

CDS Manufacturing has designed and built custom automated assembly equipment, inspection machinery, and sorting systems since 1983.

Check out more assembly equipment by visiting their website at www.cdsmanufacturing.com, or contact them for more info at....

CDS Manufacturing
1133 Mount Read Blvd
Rochester, NY 14606
585-254-0050
cdsmfg@netacc.net
http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/.

STEP FEEDER

2009-03-05T10:09:00.010-05:00

CDS Manufacturing recently completed yet another step feeder system. These vibration free parts feeder systems have been selling at a record pace as an alternative to vibratory feeders.

They have posted a video of a step feeder system equipped with vision inspection equipment...

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Here's the link....

STEP FEEDER VIDEO

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The system shown in the video includes a step feeder, output conveyor, vision system, good / reject gating, and process controls for four different parts. Parts in the wrong orientation are diverted back into the step feeder. Mixed parts are gated as rejects, and good parts are fed off the end of the output conveyor.

CDS Manufacturing's Step Feeders offer low maintenance vibration free parts feeding with the ability to feed a wide variety of parts.

In a word..... Simple Reliability.

Contact CDS Manufacturing for more info on Step Feeders at....

CDS Manufacturing
1133 Mount Read Blvd
Rochester, NY 14606
585-254-0050
cdsmfg@netacc.net
http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/

O-Ring Installation / O-Ring Assembly Equipment

2009-03-05T08:25:00.014-05:00

CDS Manufacturing designs and builds o-ring installation equipment.

Check out this video at
O-RING INSTALLATION MACHINE VIDEO
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Automatic and semiautomatic o-ring installation machines are available for a variety of assembly operations. O-ring assembly systems are available with individual parts feeders, magazine fed o-rings, assembly inspection equipment, and more.

Contact with your o-ring assembly application for a free quotation.

CDS Manufacturing
1133 Mount Read Blvd
Rochester, NY 14606
585-254-0050
cdsmfg@netacc.net
http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/

CDS, Inc. Buys Assets of Lipe Automation

2008-12-17T14:29:00.015-05:00

Contract Design Service, Inc. has acquired product line
assets of Lipe Automation in Liverpool, NY.
CEO and owner Frank W. Scarson says the newly formed
company, "CDS LIPE" designs and builds a full range of
material handling equipment. The company employs 15 people
in Liverpool, New York. Contract Design Service, Inc. is also
the parent company of CDS Manufacturing in Rochester, NY.
CDS Manufacturing designs and builds automation equipment
and provides inspection, sorting, packaging, and assembly
services. Increased business volumes and planned acquisitions
are adding to the corporations future growth.

CDS LIPE
Division of Contract Design Service, Inc.
7650 Edgecomb DriveLiverpool, NY 13088

Ph: (315) 457-1052

Fax: (315) 457-1678
http://www.cds-lipe.com/
sales@cds-lipe.com

CDS Manufacturing
Division of Contract Design Service, Inc.
1133 Mount Read Blvd
Rochester, NY 14606
Ph: (585) 254-0050
Fax: (585) 254-0711
http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/
cdsmfg@netacc.net

SPHERICAL PARTS SORTING EQUIPMENT

2008-09-02T10:38:00.027-04:00

Yes. A round ball can roll up hill. Well sort of...

CDS Manufacturing designs and builds automatic equipment to sort spherical parts according to the quality of the sphere. Parts are fed from a bulk hopper to a vibratory inspection surface that separates the roundest product from parts with flats, doubles, clusters, foreign material, etc... Imperfect parts feel the effects of the vibratory surface while the roundest parts do not. Get the picture? Parts with flats, doubles, clusters, foreign materials, etc... are fed out the end of the system while the roundest parts roll off the other end. It's an amazing product that has found a home with solor energy product manufacturers and electronic component manufacturers who package their parts in round media. Their 5-up system inspects parts at an estimated rate of over 200,000 parts per hour !! Contact CDS Manufacturing for more info.....

CDS Manufacturing

1133 Mount Read Boulevard

Rochester, New York 14606

Ph: (585) 254-0050

Fax: (585) 254-0711

Email: cdsmfg@netacc.net

Web: http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/

SPHERICAL PART SORTING

2008-09-02T10:28:00.004-04:00

Ever seen a round ball travel up hill. Impossible right? Well, sort of....

CDS Manufacturing designs and builds automatic inspection equipment to sort spherical parts by the quality of the sphere. Parts are fed from a bulk hopper to a vibratory inspection surface. Parts with flats, doubles, clusters, tear drops, etc... feel the effects of the vibration while the vibratory action of the inspection surface has little effect on the roundest product. Round parts

down hill.... flats, doubles, clusters, etc.... vibrate up hill... Get the picture? Throughput on a 5 up system is estimated at over 200,000 parts per minute !! It's an amazing product and has filled a long awaited need for manufacturers of solar energy products, and electronics manufacturers who pack out their chips and the like in spherical media.

Contact CDS Manufacturing at cdsmfg@netacc.net, or 585-254-0050 for more info, or check out their Spheroid Sorter on their website at http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/.

STEP FEEDERS

2008-03-24T10:49:00.012-04:00

CDS Manufacturing's Step Feeders are perfect for automatic feeding and presentation of parts for any assembly, inspection or secondary application. These versatile feeders are used heavily in the automotive industry and known for their flexibility, efficiency, and day to day reliability.

System Features:

Quiet Operation Lower Maintenance
Metered Feeding Gentle Handling
Vibration Free Feeding Low Load Height
Feeds a Wide Variety of Parts
Handles Oily and Contaminated Parts
Simple Reliability

CDS Manufacturing can provide your Step Feeder with a wide range of options and additional equipment, including; laser inspection equipment, vision systems, eddy current inspection equipment, prcision roll sorting equipment, pick & place equipment, robotics, and more...

Check out this video:

Contact CDS Manufacturing at cdsmfg@netacc.net for more info.

Automatic Vision Inspection System

2007-12-04T14:06:00.002-05:00

Vision Inspection Machinery

2007-11-05T10:43:00.001-05:00

Many inspection and sorting operations once thought to be strictly manual tasks have been made more efficient and economical with the use of vision systems. CDS Manufacturing has built many vision inspection machines for a wide variety of parts. Vision system manufacturers have made the integration and operation of this flexible technology simpler than ever, but looking at the parts with a camera is only half of the challenge.

Recently, we received an order for an automatic inspection system to sort ceramic fuse bodies for overall length. It is amazing to think that such an operation in this day and age is still done manually. Perhaps it is because many people can sort many parts in an hour whereas an automatic system may not be able to achieve an adequate throughput rate to keep up with production...Until now. CDS Manufacturing designed and built an automatic vision inspection machine to length sort these parts at a rate of 225 parts per minute. Achieving a part per minute rate that still allowed for inspection and by a vision system was kind of tricky though. Vision system cameras need to distinguish one part from another, so part separation is necessary. On the fly part gating is required to separate good and reject parts, and consistent orientation and part stability are equally as important.

The system that we developed achieved all of this, and more. We designed the system to feed the fuse bodies in a constant orientation to a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt fed parts at a greater inches per minute rate than the orientation track. Thus, part separation was achieved for vision inspection of the length of the part. The final product has proven to be a fast and efficient method for length inspection, and the customer couldn't be happier with their investment.

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F. Scarson, III
Vice President
CDS Manufacturing

Laser Diameter Inspection System

2007-10-02T08:45:00.002-04:00

CDS Manufacturing received an order from a screw machine parts manufacturer for an automatic inspection system to inspect parts shaped like a piston for overall length and eight different diameters. Laser inspection equipment is certainly capable of sorting for these parameters but their were many challenges that needed to be addressed. Among them, a rate of 30 parts per minute, presentation of the part, and avoiding expensive equipment costs in the design of automated system.

The final product was a fully automatic inspection system that utilized a vibratory feeder, an automatic parts transfer system, and only two laser inspection units. The first unit was used for length inspection and the second unit was used for diameter inspection of each of the eight individual diameters. The vibratory feeder system fed the parts in an end to end orientation and presented each part in front of the lasers. In less than two seconds each part was measured for overall length, each of the eight diameters were presented and measured by the laser inspection equipment, and the inspected part was classified by a good and reject part gating system.

CDS Manufacturing has created several similar pieces of equipment that are currently used on our production floor to provide automatic inspection and sorting services to our customer. As time goes by, and as we receive more orders from various customers, we have modified the design to accomodate a wide range of lengths and diameters. It has proved to be a reliable method for length and diameter inspection and provides our customers with a reasonably priced alternative to expensive manual sorting.

F. Scarson, III

Vice President

CDS Manufacturing

cdsmfg@netacc.net

http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/

Precision Roll Sorter

2007-08-21T15:38:00.001-04:00

I've been working for CDS Manufacturing for nearly 25 years now and it never ceases to amaze me what can be achieved in the area of automatic inspection and sorting.

The Roll Sorter, also referred to as a Roller Sorter has been around for sometime now and is known to be an effective method to sort and inspect a wide variety of parts for many different parameters. Length inspection, diameter inspection, and sorting of mixed parts is usually not a challenge for a Roll Sorter. Customer's desiring super precision inspection and sorting to tight tolerances drove our company to develop a Roll Sorter with such a capability.

The problem with mechanical sorting on a Roll Sorter has always been controlling the quality of the rollers, their roundness, and total indicated runout. CDS Manufacturing developed a Precision Roll Sorter that is equipped with .000005" TIR rollers. Yes, I said 5 millionths total indicated runout. Attaining rollers of such quality is challenge enough but eliminating any other sources of runout has been just as difficult. We designed a roller support system that all but eliminates any additional runout making length sorting, diameter sorting, and the like faster and more efficient than ever.

I don't know yet how we'll make it even better, but I am sure we'll figure something out. We always do.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about Roll Sorters.

Frank W. Scarson, III
Vice President
CDS Manufacturing
(585) 254-0050
cdsmfg@netacc.net
http://www.cdsmanufacturing.com/