Critical Uses for Dispensing Robots

Dis­pens­ing automa­tion is crit­i­cal for time effi­cien­cy and prod­uct pre­ci­sion. Robots can dis­pense a wide vari­ety of mate­ri­als, sav­ing their users time, mon­ey, and the tedi­um of a monot­o­nous, poten­tial­ly haz­ardous, process.

Dis­pens­ing robots are cru­cial for many assem­bly and man­u­fac­tur­ing process­es. Flu­id dis­pens­ing, from inline to batch­ing, can be achieved using a robot. Robots can dis­pense sealants, adhe­sives, coat­ings, gas­kets, inks, and sol­der paste, to name a few. The motion con­trol in an auto­mat­ed sys­tem allows easy pro­gram­ming of dots, stripes, arcs, or pat­terns on dif­fer­ent planes. Dis­pens­ing is not lim­it­ed to flu­id, how­ev­er. For exam­ple, large vats of con­crete may need to be moved from one loca­tion to anoth­er, or dis­pensed. Some com­pa­nies need wire or tape to be dis­pensed. Even some­thing as minute as DNA genet­ic mate­r­i­al can be dis­pensed using an auto­mat­ed sys­tem. Regard­less of the mate­r­i­al, robot­ic dis­pens­ing increas­es accu­ra­cy and decreas­es time spent dispensing. 

One of the lead­ing uses of dis­pens­ing sys­tems is for med­ica­tions. A dis­pens­ing device does not only fill pre­scrip­tions, but also dis­pens­es the med­ica­tions in the prop­er amount. Robot­ic dis­pens­ing reduces human error like acci­den­tal­ly grab­bing the wrong med­i­cine, or pro­vid­ing the med­i­cine in the incor­rect amount. Not only is human error reduced, but also, the human fac­tor is increased. Instead of stand­ing in the back fill­ing pre­scrip­tions, the phar­ma­cist can be in the front, talk­ing with the cus­tomer about his med­ical needs. The robots can han­dle the prod­uct while the phar­ma­cist han­dles the peo­ple, increas­ing cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion. Also, robot­ic dis­pens­ing improves effi­cien­cy in a busy phar­ma­cy by speed­ing the process of fill­ing and retriev­ing med­i­cine, and cuts costs simultaneously. 

No mat­ter what the robot dis­pens­ing automa­tion sys­tem is used for, it will ben­e­fit the user. Robots​.com pro­vides Inte­gra­tion-Ready Motoman, Fanuc, Motoman, and KUKA robots. We car­ry a large vari­ety of dis­pens­ing robots. If you would like to learn more or pur­chase a dis­pens­ing robot, con­tact us at 877−762−6881.