Setting up an efficient shop floor with robots

If you are considering integrating with industrial robots on your production line, it will help to plan your workspace properly for the greatest efficiency. Shop floor efficiency will be increased based on the five elements that are listed. This thoughtful layout will help you stay competitive in the manufacturing world.

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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. Fanucs 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 8777626881.

Dec 19, 2013