Setting up an efficient shop floor with robots

Five ele­ments con­tribute to increased shop floor effi­cien­cy. As effi­cien­cy increas­es, man­u­fac­tur­ers are able to com­pete with low-cost pro­duc­ers. Cut­ting-edge automa­tion sys­tems are the solu­tion man­u­fac­tur­ers are turn­ing to.

The first ele­ment is robot milling tech­niques. Robots are pre­cise and accu­rate, which means that robot­ic milling is well suit­ed for robot­ic rapid pro­to­typ­ing appli­ca­tions. It is also use­ful for machin­ing soft­er mate­ri­als, like alu­minum. Because a robot­ic arm costs sig­nif­i­cant­ly less than a full machine tool, machin­ing with robots increas­es cost-effectiveness.

As robot­ic tech­nol­o­gy pro­gress­es, six-axis robots are becom­ing faster. They offer greater speed and pay­load capac­i­ties for appli­ca­tions like mate­r­i­al han­dling, pack­ag­ing, and test­ing. KUKA offers low-cost, shelf-mount­ed robots that open up fac­to­ry floor space while increas­ing efficiency.

The third ele­ment is the incor­po­ra­tion of vision-based sys­tems. Vision-based robots are impor­tant because of the range of new appli­ca­tions they make pos­si­ble. Users can devel­op and deploy vision and guid­ance appli­ca­tions with greater ease and speed than ever before.

The lat­est automa­tion soft­ware also con­tributes to increased shop floor effi­cien­cy. The lat­est soft­ware can track fac­to­ry sys­tems and man­u­fac­tur­ers’ equip­ment effec­tive­ness. Fanuc​’s Machine Tool Effi­cien­cy Shop Floor Intel­li­gence Soft­ware solu­tion allows man­u­fac­tur­ers to gath­er real-time avail­abil­i­ty, per­for­mance and qual­i­ty data from machine tools. This enables them to eval­u­ate shop-floor performance.

Final­ly, shop floor effi­cien­cy is increased by the lat­est con­vey­or sys­tems for assem­bly and mate­r­i­al han­dling appli­ca­tions. Con­vey­ors are used in many indus­tries: med­ical, com­mu­ni­ca­tions, elec­tron­ics, and auto­mo­tive, as well as increas­ing­ly in machine tools.

Shop floor sched­ul­ing in a robot­ic envi­ron­ment is also cru­cial to suc­cess. Man­age­ment and task sched­ul­ing are also vital for com­pa­nies that want to improve their process­es, increase effi­cien­cy, reduce pro­duc­tion time, and cap­i­tal­ize on their investment.

Robots​.com pro­vides Inte­gra­tion-Ready robot­ic sys­tems. We have worked with thou­sands of com­pa­nies to come up with the best solu­tion to auto­mate the most effi­cient shop floor. If you would like more infor­ma­tion on incor­po­rat­ing a robot con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.