Control Station
The control station contains the central computer and controller, the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and its terminal.  It does not contain a robot or any production devices (stand alone)

CNC Station
The CNC station contains the CNC computer and controller, the CNC machines (two milling machines and one lathe) the ERV7/9 Robots, sensors, buffers and a small linear conveyor.

QC (Quality Control) Station
The QC station contains the QC computer and controller, two CNC milling, one CNC Lathe, the ERV9 Robot, a vision system (COGNEX), sensors and buffers.  The devices are used for inspection of part quality based primarily on machine vision.
The following elements are common to both the CNC and QC stations:

- An ACL controller which coordinates the operation of the station and controls the robot and any peripheral devices.

- A PC for user interface to the station controller and device controllers or other software.

- Devices that perform an operation in the production cycle, such as CNC machines.

- Two SCORBOT-ER7/9 robots which perform material handling tasks such as loading and unloading a part into the CNC machine, loading it onto the pallets, etc.

- A peripheral device that aids the robot in the material handling tasks, such as the linear slide-base that supports the robots in the CNC stations.

In addition the stations contain other devices that perform production activity such as material removal or online inspection.

Design Stations
The design stations contain PCs loaded with several software tools: design packages, production tools and production systems simulation and control. We use MasterCAM version 8.0 packages (Lathe and Milling) for CAD/CAM, OpenCIM software to run the entire setup as a single CIM system.