Buying a cost effective robot

The bot­tom line: using robots for man­u­fac­tur­ing appli­ca­tions is cost-effec­tive. Robots offer inno­vat­ing and cost-effec­tive solu­tions com­pared to man­u­al process­es or hard automation.

KUKA under­stands that to stay com­pet­i­tive with­in the indus­try, cus­tomers need to auto­mate to reduce costs and improve qual­i­ty. Their pri­or­i­ty is robots, and they main­tain that robot­ics is the most flex­i­ble and cost-effec­tive solu­tion for automa­tion. Robots can be used in sim­ple mate­r­i­al han­dling appli­ca­tions to com­plex assem­bly systems.

Fanuc has a team of engi­neers ded­i­cat­ed to devel­op­ing inte­gral robot­ic vision prod­ucts. These vision prod­ucts pro­vide a lev­el of cost-effec­tive­ness, per­for­mance, and reli­a­bil­i­ty that a third-par­ty solu­tion can­not match. iRVi­sion is installed in Fanuc robots and acts as their eyes. The LR Mate 200iC robot can error proof with the help of vision guid­ance. The R‑200iB is an expert at bin pick­ing, while the M‑430iA can pick and place. The M‑410iB spe­cial­izes in pal­letiz­ing oper­a­tions. The ARC Mate 0iA is the ide­al solu­tion for cost-effec­tive weld­ing of small parts. All of these cost-effec­tive robots save the user both mon­ey and time while increas­ing qual­i­ty in their operations.

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with Fanuc, Lin­coln Elec­tric intro­duced a cost-effi­cient robot­ic weld­ing solu­tion. The ARC Mate 0iA robot is used in con­junc­tion with Lincoln’s Pow­er Wave R350 pow­er source. This sim­pli­fied robot enables high-speed, qual­i­ty welds while pro­mot­ing cost efficiency.

Motoman offers more than 40 ful­ly inte­grat­ed, pre-engi­neered World work cell solu­tions that include robots, process equip­ment, and safe­ty equip­ment. World work cell solu­tions are cost-effec­tive and can meet most man­u­fac­tur­ing require­ments. They are easy to set up and oper­ate while low­er­ing costs.

ABB Robot­ics is anoth­er lead­ing indus­tri­al robot man­u­fac­tur­er, with over 200,000 robots installed world­wide. ABB Robot­ics focus­es on cre­at­ing high qual­i­ty robots to increase pro­duc­tion, safe­ty, and reli­a­bil­i­ty. With their diverse col­lec­tion of robots, you are sure to find one to fit your spe­cif­ic appli­ca­tion requirements. 

The role of robot­ics in the man­u­fac­tur­ing of aero­space prod­ucts is steadi­ly increas­ing. The largest use of robots in the aero­space indus­try is for drilling holes into com­po­nents. Robots can drill thou­sands of holes into the fuse­lage quick­ly and con­sis­tent­ly, which would be impos­si­ble for a human to do. Tool­ing costs are reduced when robots are used for drilling, since expen­sive tool­ing like jigs and fix­tures do not need to be pur­chased when a robot com­pletes the tasks. Fur­ther, robots can drill a hole in a sin­gle pass, while man­u­al drilling could take up to four oper­a­tions, sav­ing both time and mon­ey. Since the demand for air­craft is ris­ing sig­nif­i­cant­ly, the most cost-effec­tive way the aero­space indus­try can increase pro­duc­tion is through robot­ics.

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