#Instant button pins free

They use Ball-lock Clamps to fix the pad to replace 11 types of plastic pads depending on the form and size of the workpiece.

#Instant button pins free

In the process of setting the workpiece that was placed in a free direction to the right position, they clamp the workpiece from either side using an air cylinder with the plastic pad and adjust it by rotating. This application requires 'changeovers' which replace various fixtures depending on the workpiece around 10 times a day since this machine produces many products with different shapes and sizes, so they decided to use IMAO's One-Touch Fasteners to reduce the workloads. Previously, this work was done by a person but because of the high labor costs and the worker's mental burden for continuing simple tasks, they designed their own automated machine for purpose of reducing costs and mechanization of the simple work. manufactures machine components such as set collars and sensor brackets and they use IMAO's Ball-Lock Clamps and Button-Locking Pins to replace fixtures of automated production machines to assemble screws to the machinery parts body (hereinafter called 'workpiece'). They will continue to improve production system by shortening the time for operation and changeover. Furthermore, the visible clamping and unclamping states by the position of the knob increased safety on their plant. As a result, the changeover of units takes only 1 minute with One-touch fasteners, Quarter Turn Fasteners. They decided to use dedicated nipper units for each product and clamp the units with Quarter Turn Fasteners to reduce machine downtime and set-up time.

They needed to change the mold more than 50 times per month for some machines. In the previous line, they used the general-purpose nipper units for all products and it took more than 15 minutes to loosen screws, change nippers and adjust positions. Setups for changing the nipper and its position come out every mold change because the position of the burr is different product by product. They cut the resin burr on back of the post-molded products by a nipper.

manufactures intercom and fire alarm for home and they use IMAO's Quarter Turn Fasteners on injection molding line for the resin products. Panasonic Eco Solutions Electrical Construction Materials Mie Co., Ltd. Toyokawa will keep using Quarter Turn Fasteners for their equipment in the future. Toyokawa highly esteems the quick & easy operation of IMAO's tool-less clamps, wide variation of line ups and their ready availability of IMAO's standard products as a manufacturer of standard machine elements. With Quarter Turn Fasteners, changeover of fixture takes only 30 seconds. In the previous testing equipment, the user fixed the parts with screws and knobs and it took more than 1 minute for changeover. That's why Toyokawa decided to use IMAO's Quarter Turn Fasteners that shorten the setup time by clamping with just a 90 degrees turn of the knob. The user required Toyokawa the swift changeovers of fixtures they do over 2 times a day. Setups for changing fixture parts come out every changeover depending on workpieces. They designed the fixture to be able to hold several workpieces at a time to fit the user's needs.

Toyokawa Engineering manufactures testing equipment for automotive parts and they use IMAO's Quarter Turn Fasteners on the fixtures in their equipment.