How realistic would it be to design a cell to remove automotive tires off of rims for scrap metal processing. I was thinking a thinking a large conveyor you could push rims into that feeds a automatic tire machine. Maybe purpose building a tire machine would be better then using a 6 axis robot to run a standard tire machine. Any ideas has this been done before? maybe cutting them off is a better option but that destroys good tires and would be tricky to have a saw blade last that long. Maybe a band saw?
Using a robot to remove tires off of rims
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tomcat955 -
September 28, 2023 at 2:36 AM -
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HawkME
September 28, 2023 at 2:46 AM Approved the thread. -
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Given how tires and wheels come in many different sizes, using a 6-axis robot to try to remove the tires strikes me as being very complex. Even for one size, it would be complex, and require a lot of complicated motion and high force levels.
My choice, offhand, would be to have a dedicated tire-removing machine, possibly loaded/unloaded by a robot. The robot end effector would need to be capable of handling all the different sizes, and you would still need a way to ensure the robot can find the tire/wheel assembly on the... conveyor belt, I assume?
Then there's the problem of what happens if the wheels aren't lying flat on the conveyor belt....