The advantages of Fanuc material removal robots

Mate­r­i­al removal comes in var­i­ous appli­ca­tions, and sev­er­al com­pa­nies, includ­ing Fanuc, design and fab­ri­cate mate­r­i­al removal robots. Fanuc’s mate­r­i­al removal robots are try­ing to answer the call of man­u­fac­tur­ers who have a hard time retain­ing workers.

Mate­r­i­al removal is a dan­ger­ous and dis­agree­able process. Dur­ing mate­r­i­al removal, dust and par­ti­cles can be released in the air that can cause res­pi­ra­to­ry infec­tions for work­ers dur­ing man­u­al appli­ca­tions, and removal of paint and coat­ings can release nox­ious fumes that can mess with a worker’s brain and cen­tral ner­vous system.

Mate­r­i­al removal with Fanuc makes these con­di­tions a non-issue. When a man­u­fac­tur­er uses a Fanuc mate­r­i­al removal robot in their automa­tion process, they are remov­ing the human work­er from the haz­ardous area. Tox­ic fumes and par­ti­cles do not have the same effect on robots.

These jobs are also not ergonom­i­cal­ly-friend­ly for the body, beyond just the haz­ardous mate­ri­als. These mate­r­i­al removal process­es tend to be tedious and back-break­ing work that can cause body injuries as well, which can increase down­time for the facil­i­ty. By switch­ing to Fanuc mate­r­i­al removers, work­ers are effec­tive­ly kept out of harm’s way and are able to con­tin­ue in a less tedious area.

Of course, man­u­fac­tur­ers are also con­cerned with con­sis­ten­cy. When a work­er is oper­at­ing with an injury, or even just with aches and pains, their work can suf­fer, and then the com­pa­ny suf­fers, hav­ing to scrap poor­ly-made materials.

By inte­grat­ing Fanuc robot­ic mate­r­i­al removal sys­tems into their facil­i­ties, man­u­fac­tur­ers are able to increase con­sis­ten­cy and exer­cise more con­trol over the qual­i­ty of their prod­ucts. They are also able to increase their pro­duc­tiv­i­ty over­all, which saves labor costs and time.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for Fanuc Robot­ics, has sev­er­al mate­r­i­al removal robots avail­able in their Mar­i­on, Ohio facil­i­ty. These Fanuc mate­r­i­al removers can per­form cut­ting, rout­ing, milling, debur­ring and oth­er removal processes.

For more infor­ma­tion about automat­ing your mate­r­i­al removal process­es with Fanuc, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.