It’s all in the design: Applications of Robotic Workcells

While you may have heard that pur­chas­ing and inte­grat­ing a robot­ic work­cell is a great way to bring automa­tion into your shop, you may be ask­ing your­self, ​“What can a robot­ic work­cell do? What types of appli­ca­tions can it perform?”

The answer is sim­ple – a robot work­cell can do almost any­thing that a sin­gle robot on a line can do. From weld­ing to mate­r­i­al han­dling to mate­r­i­al removal, robot­ic work­cells can do it all, depend­ing on their design.

Some weld­ing robot­ic work­cells may have a design that includes up to three robots so that the work­cell can weld mul­ti­ple parts or one large part simul­ta­ne­ous­ly. A mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cell may con­sist of two robots that manip­u­late items and put them in a cer­tain place, pos­si­bly even hand­ing them off to each oth­er with­out the use of any oth­er positioner.

When it comes to mate­r­i­al removal, like debur­ring, sand­ing, or oth­er appli­ca­tions, the work­cell can be fit­ted with a sta­tion­ary table or 180-degree rotat­ing turntable, depend­ing on the need. With the sta­tion­ary table, a part can be loaded on the table, the doors closed and the appli­ca­tion run. With a turntable robot­ic work­cell, the piece is loaded onto the table, and then the table will turn 180 degrees, mov­ing the part in and out of the robot’s work zone so it can per­form the application.

Once again, work­cell robot­ics can per­form any of the sev­er­al robot­ic appli­ca­tions that are out there in indus­try today. It all depends on how they are designed and programmed.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of robot­ic work­cells for com­pa­nies like Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA, has sev­er­al options when it comes to robot work­cell appli­ca­tions. Robots​.com will help cus­tomers design the per­fect work­cell for their appli­ca­tion and facility’s needs.

For more infor­ma­tion on inte­grat­ing automa­tion into your shop with a cus­tomized Robots​.com work­cell, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.