Industrial Robots Can Prevent Exposure to Chemicals and Health Problems of Workers

Man­u­fac­tur­ers need to con­sid­er not only how work­ers can be safe around the robots, but also how the robot can increase safe­ty for work­ers. Amongst the most impor­tant jus­ti­fi­ca­tions to use indus­tri­al robots may be to put them in the fields where they are shield­ing peo­ple from work­ing in dan­ger­ous envi­ron­ments that require the han­dling of haz­ardous mate­ri­als such as explo­sives, to car­cino­gens, to radioac­tive sub­stances. Robots are also com­plet­ing heavy duty tasks that are repet­i­tive and strain­ing, help­ing with ergonomics.

Indus­tries real­ize how impor­tant indus­tri­al robots are to con­duct these unsafe work duties that would expose work­ers to dan­ger­ous con­di­tions or injuries. Robots are now so impor­tant for the use of process­es that expose work­ers to tox­ic fumes such as paint­ing, coat­ing, fiber­glass cut­ting, debur­ring and grind­ing. When work­ers are too close to these appli­ca­tions, they can inhale harm­ful fumes or par­ti­cles that can affect the brain, lungs, eyes and skin. 

This ensures the safe­ty and health of work­ers and con­se­quent­ly reduces expen­di­tures on med­ical coverage.

Real Life Prob­lem #1: Man­u­al Welding 

Man­u­al weld­ing expos­es the work­ers to dam­ag­ing nois­es, tox­ic gas­es, haz­ardous fumes, dan­ger­ous met­als, extreme heat, ion­iz­ing radi­a­tion, and ultra­vi­o­let and infrared radiation.

All of the above can cause severe health prob­lems such as pul­monary ede­ma, bron­chi­tis, asth­ma, pneu­mo­nia, emphy­se­ma, heart dis­ease, hear­ing loss, repro­duc­tive risks, and stom­ach ulcers.

Even when every pre­cau­tion is tak­en, man­u­al weld­ing presents many health risks. It can cause short and long term dam­age to the res­pi­ra­to­ry and cen­tral ner­vous sys­tems, blood cells, and kid­neys. For exam­ple, weld­ing rod fumes con­tain the neu­ro­tox­in man­ganese which is linked to Parkin­son’s dis­ease, a neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­ease with no cur­rent cure.

Solu­tion: Robot­ic welders offer the per­fect solu­tion not only for their amaz­ing­ly con­sis­tent pre­ci­sion, but more impor­tant­ly main­tain­ing the health of the work­ers. Many indus­tries are switch­ing to robot­ic welders to pro­tect the health of their work­ers by doing the dirty job around ven­ti­la­tion sys­tems and shields to block out any radiation.

Weld­ing robots pro­vide a safe and effec­tive alter­na­tive to man­u­al weld­ing as they pro­tect lives, avoid acci­dents, pre­vent dis­ease, and save money.

Real Life Prob­lem #2: Robots Offer Solu­tions to Haz Mat Operations

Explo­sive-proof robots are spe­cial­ly designed to work in areas where vapors and fumes could ignite eas­i­ly if met with a spark. For instance, one man­u­fac­tur­er uses indus­tri­al robots for mate­r­i­al han­dling of car steer­ing wheel com­po­nents where there are flam­ma­ble vapors.

Robots can also be used for muni­tions dis­as­sem­bly in places where there is left­over World War II nerve gas ordi­nance. The decom­pos­ing chem­i­cals and mate­ri­als would not be good for humans to pick up so robots are the per­fect choice.

Nuclear Mate­r­i­al Robots can per­form around and han­dle nuclear mate­ri­als where every­thing is radioac­tive. They can even col­lect sam­ples for analy­sis of soils where radioac­tive con­t­a­m­i­na­tion is sus­pect­ed or han­dle bio­log­i­cal haz­ards like virus­es or oth­er pathogens.

It is easy to see why the automat­ing will not only increase the val­ue of your pro­duc­tion line, but also the health of your work­ers. Robots​.com is a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of many lead­ing robot brands and offers both new and recon­di­tioned robots, along with work cell options, at afford­able prices. 

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