DLyte 100 Automated Cell This surface-finishing technology from DLyte, a brand of GPainnova, can be used to polish either injection molding components or plastic parts, including small, delicate parts. Applicable parts could include medical devices, automotive parts, tubes, valves and tanks. The first technology to fully automate the company’s DryLyte surface-treatment process, the DLyte 100 Automated Cell includes a robotic arm and parts-loading collaborative robot (cobot). The equipment performs automated edge-preparation, smoothing, polishing, droplet removal and decoating of cutting tools. Two versions are available: The Standard version can handle a variety of steels and aluminum, cobalt-chrome, titanium, copper and nickel; and the Carbide version can handle hard metals, a variety of steels and aluminum, cobalt-chrome, titanium, copper and nickel. The system has capacity for 72 parts.
What’s new? The cell, which was presented for the first time at Formnext 2024.
Benefits The fast, efficient, high-volume polishing of parts with superior surface quality, ensuring functional and aesthetic production, with no need for human intervention. The DLyte 100 Automated Cell handles every step of the finishing process, from loading and unloading to quality inspection and cleaning. Cycles can take between 2 and 15 minutes.
GPainnova America, Sunrise, Fla., 954-530-8277, www.dlyte.com, www.gpainnova.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
