Ultrasonic Welding Equipment - Secondary Tooling

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Ultrasonic welding of plastic parts that are clamped together. Elements include a power supply, transducer, booster, horn(s) and nest to support the components to be welded. Suppliers (Dukane, Branson & Sonics & Materials) of ultrasonic equipment incorporated into a fixtures or automated equipment (Indexing tables or slide assembly).

Conforming Matrix Ultrasonic Welding Fixtures are designed to incorporate the following elements. (1) The power supply which converts line power to high frequency and high voltage needed by the transducer. (2) a transducer containing piezoelectric crystals, which changes the incoming high frequency electrical signal to mechanical vibrations, (3) a booster that transmits the vibration energy and increases its amplitude, (4) horn(s) that delivers the vibration energy to the material being welded and (5) a nest used to support the components to be welded.

We can integrate your preferred supplier (Dukane, Branson, Sonics & Materials, etc.) of ultrasonic equipment, into a stand alone machine or automated line of assembly equipment.

Component materials include: polycarbonate (PC), polyphenylene oxide, polystyrene, ABS, polyetherimide, acrylic, polysulfone, polyester, nylon, acetal, polyethylene, polyphenylene sulfide and polypropylene.

Commodities that can be ultrasonic welded:

Door Panels, welding of map pockets, bolsters and shoddy pad
Instrument Panels, welding of clusters, bezels and console inserts
Interior Body Trim, welding of auxiliary boxes, inserts and decorative trim
Package Trays, welding of speaker grilles, shoddy pad and seatbelt trim
Bezels & Faces, press welding of inserts into thermoplastic housings
Transmission & fuel system welding of D-rings, gaskets and fittings

Specific features of ultrasonic welding equipment:

Sensing (non contact or contact) to verify correct component/commodity placement
Pneumatic thrusters positioned for ultrasonic horn placement, fully adjustable in three planes
Shuttle placement of nested components/commodities, horizontal, vertical or on an incline
Multiple booster/horn points on a single machine, zoned to maximize generator usage
Horn tips designed to your specific requirements
PLC controls (AB, Modicon, GE, etc.) and HMI to meet your process requirements
Automatic clamping and engineered sound enclosures
Integration of rotary index tables or shuttle slide assemblies

Industries that use ultrasonic welding include appliance, automotive, electronics, home furnishings, medical and packaging.

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