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Welcome to Bransom Tech Services
We are a licensed electrical contractor, designing and building robotic and automation solutions for manufacturing companies.
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I thank you for your interest in Bransom Tech Services. I am a California contractor with more than 48 years of experience in electrical and automation processes. BTS is an electrical contractor with experience in industrial and manufacturing equipment and processes. In the 1970’s and 1980’s we were doing work for contractors, architects and engineering companies building shopping malls, industrial plants and material handling systems. Eventually we merged with my Father’s company, RHR Services, to begin building highly specialized machinery. Here is a list of clients.
As our machine building and automation business grew, we partnered with FANUC Robotics in 2013 and KAWASAKI Robotics in 2016. Keeping up with automation technology is important in today’s economy and we have the experience to back our projects and proposals.
BTS designs and builds automation solutions using robots
LP-120 Long product packager
LP-120 Packaging Machine with Pick ‘n Place Robot
After 6 months of work, we have developed a Long Product Pick’n Place system using a Kawasaki robot. Kawasaki produces the perfect R-Series Robot for this application, By integrating our C-100 highly customized controller, we now have a machine that can do “Direct Packaging of 60-70 downspout cases per hour“.
The LP-120 is a unique machine with the ability to adapt to a variety of production needs. This machine can handle a very wide range of products. Here we are only showing one product to give you an idea of how the machine works. The concept is a “direct to packaging” approach to manufacturing.
PM5452 EOAT MAGNETIC PICKUP TOOL
BTS Permanent Magnet EOAT for 500/700KG robots
We build a lot of different machines at BTS but this magnetic EOAT is one of the most complex jobs we have done. I collaborated with Bob Wolf on this. Bob is a physicist who specializes in magnets. Today we tested it with a few cans of fruit cocktail. The magnet uses 16 air cylinders to strip the cans off.
In this video we put 5 cans under the tool and used our forklift to raise and lower the tool to the cans. Once the cans were attached, we raised the tooling and operated the stripper cylinders to drop the cans. In the application itself, the tool will be lifting an entire layer of cans off a pallet for labeling. I will try to bring that video to you when I can.
Machines need help
Pick ‘n Place for tie sheets
Identifying dangerous areas and automating them is what we do well. Here is a simulation of a solution to one problem using a Kawasaki Robotics RS015X robot and Kawasaki K-ROSET Simulation Software.
The machines in this video gather up cans of every size and stack them on a pallet. As each layer is built up, you need a piece of fiber board between layers to keep the cans stable (they will slide off) and to keep them from scratching each other. Typically a person does this dangerous job. But with robotic automation, we can make this chore safe and reliable.
Here we are using a Kawasaki RS015X robot with an extremely long reach to not only place tie sheets on the pallet but also to pull a sample of the product per FDA rules. There are a series of red cylinders used to “spot” the robot for the 3 jobs it will perform: 1) Fiber Tie Sheet placement, 2) Sampling of product and 3) collection of data about sampling.
END of arm tooling – grippers
overview of the sgm series grippers
What is the SGM Palletizing Tool used for
The SGM is a palletizing tool designed to pick boxes or bales. It works best on Square Side products but can also handle curved product cases with a little modification
Palletizing has 4 phases of operation:
1. Infeed operation – Using an infeed conveyor system we bring product to the robot for picking
2. Palletizing pick operation – A sensor detects when a product is ready to be picked off the PICK Conveyor
3. Palletizing place operation – The robot tracks each product, assigns a location on the pallet and PUTs the product
4. Pallet Switching operation (when there are 2 pallet slips) – The robot notifies and mutes each finished pallet slip and will not enter that area until the operator acknowledges the pallet slip is ready for stacking.
A Palletizing system begins where your existing system leaves off, taking charge of boxes or bales and moving them to a location where the robot can pick them up and carry them to a pallet. This is called the infeed system and typically involves conveying the product to a location within reach of the EOAT (End of arm tooling).
At the beginning of a cycle and each time the robot switches pallets, it generates a new set of locations on each pallet. When it picks up a bale or box, it keeps track of the product and insures it is placed in the proper location on a pallet. This is called the PICK cycle
The tool adjusts to the width of the product being picked using a cylinder to operate a Zone. Most tools are 2 zone or 4 zone. An example of a 2-Zone gripper is given at the left. The cylinders have a 4 inch stroke so the combined range is as much as 8 inches. The cylinder mounts where required to give the tool the range it needs to pick the product boxes. Tool stops are used to regulate opening of the tool
Palletizing Delicious nuts
san joaquin almonds and walnuts
We do a lot of work for the Almond and Walnut processors in the San Joaquin Valley.
Here is a video of the process it takes to get those nuts into a box and to your table. We have installed a Kawasaki ZD-130 Robot to do the heavy lifting, making 2 pallets at a time using a 2-Zone gripper.
Here is a video of the process it takes to get those nuts into a box and to your table. We have installed a Kawasaki ZD-130 Robot to do the heavy lifting, making 2 pallets at a time using a 2-Zone gripper.
We really enjoy working in this industry because it is the fruit of our Farmers and they are the hardest working people I know.
Palletizing with no fence
kawasaki robotics promo video
There is a lot of chatter about collaborative robots in my industry. But here at BTS, we have been doing “safe to work with” automation for many years. The problem with robotics is the space required to deploy them. How do you put a robot in a space that is already surrounded by people and equipment?
Many machines have a need for specialized automation for performing ancillary functions such as placing sheets for
pallets, stacking bags and boxes or assisting someone by flipping parts and placing them into position. Imagine if you had to place electronics on a board. Years ago the parts were huge and a human could do it. Today they are so small, you would have to work with tweezers and a microscope to build a cell phone.
RF Bin Dumper controller
remote control for machines
I began working as an electrician during my senior year in high school. After working at a gas station during high school, my girlfriend’s Father offered me a job working for him if I would study hard for my electrician license.
Not long after I started working there, my boss passed away in a tragic car accident and I began operating the business until all of the jobs were complete. I was 19 years old at the time. To finish college became tough after this.
That was the start of BTS and my business career. 13 years later I finished college and now 48 years later, all jobs matter. We are here to help. I have been doing this since 1972, and have experience with every aspect of electrical services. While working as an electrician I started developing products for my customers. Like this RF Bin Dumper
RBC-1700 COLLABORATIVE ROBOt
RBC-1700 Rack Builder Pick ‘n Place Robot with conveyors
After 2 years of work, we have developed a Pick’n Place system using a Kawasaki collaborative robot. Kawasaki produces the perfect COBOT for this application, the duAro Dual Scara Collaborative Robot. By integrating our C-100 highly customized controller, we now have a machine that can do “Direct Packaging of 4000 Bottles per hour“.
The RBC-1700 is a unique machine with the ability to adapt to a variety of production needs. This machine can handle a very wide range of products. Here we are only showing one product to give you an idea of how the machine works. The concept is a “direct to packaging” approach to manufacturing.
Safety scanner and cubic-s
When the rest of the industry catches up to the rest of us, amazing things can happen.
We have been deploying these safety scanners for years on our robots. We had to write software in the Autostart.PC file to make them work right but now Kawasaki has created a small safety controller that simplifies all the work we formerly had to do.
The Cubic-S controller attaches to the robot directly and the software adds menus in the teach pendant that are more powerful than our old method of setting up listening posts in the software for safety devices. If you are an automation guy, you probably know what I am talking about. It is ..complicated to describe.
This video is pretty much all there is for the consumer to understand when purchasing this device for a robot. If used correctly, you do not have to install fencing and workflow is not interrupted by procedural “button pushes” and the time-consuming “lockout/tagout”. The devices are approved as you can see in this video and others I have posted on my website.
Mtr-1000 machine tending ROBOT
MTR-1000 Machine Tending Robot for CNC Lathe
We can build and customize a robot tender for any CNC Lathe. Kawasaki R-Series robots are the best choice for the Okuma Lathe shown below. But we can build and customize a machine tending robot for any machine shop application. Kawasaki R-Series Robots are specially designed to do the types of tasks required of a robot doing machine tending. Kawasaki robots can handle end of arm loads up to 80kg (175lbs).
We can operate in the limited space of any CNC lathe safely and efficiently. Kawasaki built-in I/O can communicate with the CNC machine giving it commands such as “Open Doors”, “Close Chuck”, “Change Tool” plus many other commands required for a robot to successfully integrate with any CNC machine. We can use Relay Logic, EthernetIP, ProfiNET and other protocols to lower labor costs and increase your safety margin..
AFCW-7000 AUTO-fill check-weigh
Our integrated box filling machine
We manufacture and build a variety of machines here at BTS. One of our machines is the AFCW. This machine can be integrated into an existing production line to perform automated, direct to package processing. In this case we are filling boxes and drums of powder coat paint. The system can control a variety of valve-types but here we open and close a butterfly valve, cover the container and fill with product.
If your current system is manually filling containers, please call us for an evaluation of our AFCW and how it can integrate into any existing filling system. In this video we are filling with powder but the system can handle many types of valves and filling mechanisms. Our scales range from 500lb to over 20,000 lbs. Our conveyors can move objects up to 5000lbs easily with zero pressure on containers.
Call 855-ROBOT-99 for information