Presently, the demand for automobiles is increasing and the automotive parts have to be produced proportionately. Automotive industries are therefore determined to meet the customer demands i.e. to attain a greater product quality and to increase the production rates. Automation solution is provided to these manufacturing industries. Automated manufacturing systems use computers and computer related technologies that are capable of operating without human intervention. This paper presents the electrical design and development of gantry automated system by implementing PLC and CNC. Electrical circuit design, PLC and NC programs are explained for the compressor housing manufacturing line. Testing and tryout is carried out for different part models.

Keywords : Gantry system, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Computer Numerical Control (CNC), EPLAN Electric.