Adept 550s and Cobra Tabletop Robot Speeds Braun Shaver Assembly
Brief Summary:
To speed shaver production time, Braun adopted an automated system by combining multiple Adept 550s and a Cobra Tabletop robot. The most significant part of the system is the Adept FlexFeeder 250, which removes the need of sorting pieces of the shaver due to the Adept Vision Guidance System thus increasing productivity.
- Problem:
- The Shaver Division of Braun GmbH ( Kronberg, Germany) needed to shorten product cycles and quickly reconfigure its assembly lines to accommodate new shaver models. One goal called for reducing assembly time per unit. To meet this challenge, the Wallduern plant set out to remake its shaver production process around a flexible assembly line that would deliver the needed manufacturing improvements...
- Solution:
- Braun decided to implement a new flexible automation manufacturing line. The new system incorporated six Adept 550s and one Cobra Tabletop robot equipped with the Adept FlexFeeder 250 system. The FlexFeeder immediately corrected the bowlfeeder issue by allowing the new line to feed small parts of random size, shape, bulk and orientation into a workcell....
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