Factory Robot Applications Help Build the Aerospace Industry

The auto­mo­tive indus­try is one of the biggest mar­kets for fac­to­ry robot appli­ca­tions. How­ev­er, indus­tries like the aero­space indus­try are increas­ing­ly inte­grat­ing more and more robots into their facilities.

The aero­space indus­try oper­ates on the abil­i­ty to be pre­cise, an impor­tant qual­i­ty when build­ing air­craft. This indus­try has employed fac­to­ry robots for years to assist with the fab­ri­ca­tion of jet engines and oth­er parts, but it is only recent­ly that the indus­try has made the leap to using robots in oth­er areas.

Fac­to­ry robot­ic appli­ca­tions that have been the same for decades to build cars do not trans­late well to build­ing air­craft. It is only with the new robots that have pin­point pre­ci­sion and accu­ra­cy that this indus­try has been able to jump into using robots with both feet. Now, instead of just being lim­it­ed to jet engine fab­ri­ca­tion, fac­to­ry robots are also per­form­ing appli­ca­tions like drilling, paint­ing and oth­er tasks for airframes.

One of the main appli­ca­tions for fac­to­ry robots in the aero­space indus­try is drilling. Fac­to­ry robots are a nat­ur­al fit for this task because of the pre­ci­sion that is need­ed when drilling holes for air­craft. Not to men­tion, it is a hefty job. It doesn’t make sense to have human work­ers drill thou­sands of holes for air­craft parts. It would take too much time and be too expen­sive. By using the fac­to­ry robot appli­ca­tion, the drilling takes less time and is com­plet­ed with bet­ter accuracy.

These fac­to­ry robot­ics appli­ca­tions use vision as well to not only drill holes, but also inspect the work that has been done and the con­di­tion of the air­craft. This gives robots the abil­i­ty to per­form their own qual­i­ty con­trol analy­sis with more accu­ra­cy and less error than when man­u­al­ly completed.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of fac­to­ry robots for Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA, has sev­er­al mod­els that can per­form dozens of fac­to­ry robot appli­ca­tions, includ­ing drilling and paint­ing, as well as weld­ing, mate­r­i­al han­dling and mate­r­i­al removal.

For more infor­ma­tion about how Robots​.com can help your indus­try auto­mate their appli­ca­tions with fac­to­ry robots. Con­tact us today at 877−762−6881 or reach rep­re­sen­ta­tives online.