Decowell Bus Valve Island Enhances Smart Manufacturing,Improving，Welding Workstation Flexibility
In modern automotive manufacturing, welding processes demand higher flexibility, stability, and scalability of equipment. A leading automotive manufacturer required an efficient and reliable automation solution for its side door welding workstation, ensuring adaptability for different vehicle models while enhancing production line maintainability. Decowell’s bus valve island, with its modular design and outstanding performance, provided a robust solution for this project.
Project Overview
For this workstation, a Siemens S7-1517 PLC was used as the main controller, working alongside Decowell MTC series bus valve islands for pneumatic control. The configuration included the MTC-EPN-A-2-A10-B-10-08-S-A bus valve island and MTC-210H-A modules, ensuring precise door handling, positioning, and clamping during the welding process.
During production, a robotic arm transports the stamped door to the workstation, where Decowell’s bus valve island controls a 10-unit single solenoid valve island to drive 63mm diameter pin clamping cylinders for secure positioning. Input modules collect sensor signals from the cylinders, APT buttons, and fixture positioning indicators, transmitting data via the fieldbus to the PLC, which then executes subsequent actions.
Key Advantages of Decowell Bus Valve Island
1. Modular Design for Flexible Expansion
Decowell’s bus valve island features a compact modular design, allowing flexible configuration adjustments to accommodate different vehicle models. This enables rapid model switching and enhances the production line’s adaptability.
2. High-Efficiency and Stable Communication
Supporting PROFINET bus protocol, the valve island enables high-speed and stable communication with Siemens PLCs, ensuring real-time signal transmission and precision control for demanding welding applications.
3. Superior Anti-Interference Performance for Harsh Environments
With EMC Class A anti-interference capabilities, the valve island operates reliably in complex welding environments, preventing electromagnetic disturbances and ensuring continuous and stable production.
4. Optimized Structural Design for Durability
Featuring a bottom-insert solenoid valve design, the system enhances vibration resistance while maintaining a high protection rating, making it suitable for harsh welding conditions such as high temperatures and dust. This reduces maintenance costs and extends equipment lifespan.
Project Value
Thanks to Decowell’s high-reliability bus valve island, the welding workstation has achieved higher efficiency and stability. The production line can quickly adjust processes for different vehicle models, enhancing manufacturing flexibility while reducing maintenance complexity, further improving production stability and intelligence.
Decowell remains committed to delivering innovative automation solutions, empowering manufacturers with efficient, intelligent, and sustainable production systems. Moving forward, we will continue optimizing product performance to provide high-quality automation control solutions across various industries.