The Erowa pallet store sees an
Erowa robot transfer parts from
here to the machine
Automated workholding
For over three decades, Norjon Precision Engineering has built and upheld its enviable reputation
for superior service and unrivalled quality of specialist, bespoke and tailored precision engineered
components for the food, marine, aerospace and power industries, to name just a few. A number of Erowa
robotic automation systems and associated workholding systems are helping the company maintain and
secure this hard-won reputation
At its impressive facilities in Gosport,
Hampshire, Norjon Precision
Engineering operates its extensive
list of machine tools around-the-clock to
meet the demands of its blue-chip
customers. With an array of 3- to 5-axis
machining centres from Hermle (Kingsbury,
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Okuma (NCMT) and Mazak, the shop oor is
also populated with three Erowa Robot
Compact 80 automation systems supplied
by exclusive UK and Eire agent REM
Systems ( www.is.gd/exegoc ).
Two of the automation systems are tted
to Hermle 5-axis CNC machining centres.
Managing director Kevin Fox explains why
the company chose to make the investment.
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“Simply put,” he says, “we needed the
hours to meet the customer delivery
demands for the projects we support.
I identi ed that we could avail ourselves
of another 60 hours per week, if we run
over the weekend around-the-clock. Just
a few weeks after installation, the Erowa
systems consistently achieved the 60
hour target set.”
Floorspace was a further
consideration for Norjon. “We are at
capacity, in terms of machine tool
installations, and the Robot Compact
80, with its small footprint, offered a pallet
size that suits the components being
machined. The Erowa system offers a
32-pallet capacity and the components we
are loading it with typically run for a two-hour
cycle. So, running it all weekend allows us to
come in Monday morning with 30 parts
nished,” he adds.
The third system came with a turnkey
package from NCMT, when the machine tool
supplier speci ed a Makino DA300 5-axis
machining centre equipped with the Erowa
Robot Compact 80. This system was
installed to produce highly detailed
aluminium components with typical
machining cycle times of around four hours.
Within a storage rack that is just 1 m
long, the maximum capacity of the Robot
Compact 80 is 32 pallet locations. However,
for this application the rack has been
con gured with 16 smaller pallets and eight
larger ones to accommodate the variety of
components being worked.
This turnkey package is described as
An Erowa robot in action
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