JLG Cab Rotator Project Home Sponsor Information PPPS Associates The Learning Factory Gradall Pics Rotator Pics and Operation
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JLG Cab Rotator Project Home Sponsor Information PPPS Associates The Learning Factory Gradall Pics Rotator Pics and Operation |
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Project Title: JLG Cab Rotator Date: Fall 2002 Project Team: PPPS Associates Project Sponsor: JLG Industries Executive Summary:
JLG Industries requires a simpler way to finish assembly
work on cabs for their 544D and their 532D10-45 material handler models. The cab
for the material handlers is currently carried on a rolling cart which is
inefficient because it lacks proper access for assembly (pictured below). JLG would like to have a mechanical
device that enables rotation of the unfinished cab assembly on the current
assembly line. Deliverables: Half-Scale
Prototype, Bill of Materials for Full-Scale Rotator, Assembly Diagrams for
Full-Scale Rotator. Pictures |
Valves and hydraulic lines must be installed on the underside of the cab,
and JLG assemblers currently use creepers to install these valves and lines. This problem would be remedied through
a change in position of the cab. JLG would like to incorporate a design which
first raises the cab to clear the cart and then rotates it 90 degrees in the
forward or reverse direction (pictured below). This process will allow the underside of the cab
to be easily accessed which will make assembling the cab easier, safer and more
time efficient. P.P.P.S. Associates has designed
a cab rotation device that provides rapid access on the assembly line while
maintaining efficient handling of the cab before and after this section of the
assembly line.