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  • MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF A CASHEW MACHINE

    cashew nut cutter manufactured entirely by hand and requires a fine-tuning. It can be compared to assembling a Swiss watch where the professionalism and stillness of the fitter plays a vital role. The precision in machining all of the parts must be total and the tolerances as low as possible.


VAANIYA has a wide range of cashew cutting machines. One of our most popular models is the 08 blade  . In this section we will explain in detail its whole manufacturing process.

LAUNCH OF THE SERIES

Orders are placed for the manufacture and outsourcing of parts. There are two types of parts.
  • Custom design parts manufactured by VAANIYA and associated workshops. Our supply centers are:

    • VAANIYA  machining workshop
    • Domestic machining workshops
    • Foreign machining workshops
    • Foundryains
  •  supplied by top-class manufacturers, such as: bearings, motor-variators, electrical box, chains sprolets etc.

Cashew cutting machines are manufactured in series. The number of sets per series depends on the forecast provided by the sales department. In this way we can economize on production, since manufacturing parts for a single machine is not profitably possible

INSPECTION OF PARTS AND ASSEMBLY OF GROUPS

Once all the parts are ready, an exhaustive quality inspection is carried out. Afterwards, they are moved to the assembly plant, where the 25 sub-assemblies of parts are put together. The main body, the gear box, the column, the sprockets and the main gears are painted.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Once all sub-assemblies are finished they are fitted together inside the main frame of the the cashew machine. An important manufacturing control is performed at this stage, which consists on checking the concentricity between the  cutting head and the lifter plate. Once this test has been passed, the electrical panel is installed.

All elements and assemblies are connected by means of gears, chains and pinions. The precision in machining all of the parts must be total and the tolerances as low as possible. CNC machine tools enable us to manufacture parts of the highest quality

INSTALLATION OF THE TOOLING AND SEAMING TEST

Until this stage, the manufacturing process of all cutter is identical. It is at this point when a differentiating element is added: the tooling.

A tooling is a set of manufactured parts for cutting a rail track pecific shape or type of nuts. Parts that make up a tooling are the blade holder & aluminum bars, the c disc, seaming clamps, lids deposit, lid chain, lid loading ramp, timing screw, clincher plates, guides, etc. When chains the tooling we ask the can maker to supply technical drawings of the can body & lid plus their recommendations regarding seaming roll profiles.

Once manufactured, it is installed on the seamer and seaming tests are carried out. This is done with empty can samples sent by the customer (300 cans and bodies). We check the seaming parameters obtained (overlap, ondulations, etc.) and make adjustments until achieving perfection and final approval. Then the safety guarding & the LED lights are mounted and  finally electrical installation is finished off.

NO LOAD RUN TEST

The seamer must eventualy pass the final “no-load run” test. This consists on keeping the machine running non-stop at average speed for 2 hours.

Once it passes this test the MASTER 440 is covered with a protective plastic liner and placed on a wooden platform ready for pick up.

Time until end of the process: 30 days