Advantages of Automating with Industrial Robots

Indus­try 4.0, or what some may call the ​“fourth indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tion”, is the next tech­ni­cal rev­o­lu­tion. It pro­ceeds the pre­vi­ous three indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tions of steam/​water pow­er, elec­tric­i­ty, and elec­tron­ics. Indus­try 4.0 takes on the third indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tion and expands on its automa­tion and ​“smart” pos­si­bil­i­ties. Exam­ples of this can be found all around us, as com­pa­nies start to incor­po­rate smart man­u­fac­tur­ing into their pro­duc­tion. As a result, robots are expo­nen­tial­ly being incor­po­rat­ed into fac­to­ries; Bring­ing with them incred­i­ble pre­ci­sion, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, and flex­i­bil­i­ty. Addi­tion­al­ly, fac­to­ries are see­ing an increase in col­lab­o­ra­tive robots that can work hand-in-hand with peo­ple to increase flex­i­bil­i­ty and effi­cien­cy. An Indus­tri­al Inter­net of Things is on the rise. 

The inter­na­tion­al mar­ket val­ue for robot­ic sys­tems esti­mat­ed at around 21.83 bil­lion US dol­lars in 2019 and is pro­ject­ed to reach 66.48 bil­lion by 2027. Now is the time to join indus­try 4.0 and reap the advantages. 

Decreased Pro­duc­tion Costs: A quick return on invest­ment (ROI) out­weighs the ini­tial set­up costs. Through­put speeds increase with indus­tri­al robots and direct­ly impact pro­duc­tion. By 2025, the Unit­ed States is pre­dict­ed to save over 22% in labor costs from imple­ment­ing indus­tri­al robotics. 

Increased Pro­duc­tion: A lean man­u­fac­tur­ing line is cru­cial for increas­ing effi­cien­cy. An auto­mat­ed robot can work at a con­stant speed with­out paus­ing for breaks, sleep, or vaca­tions. A busi­ness can turn its oper­a­tions from 8 to 12 hour days to ²⁴⁄₇.

Improved Qual­i­ty Reli­a­bil­i­ty: All robots sold by Robots​.com must pass a strict repeata­bil­i­ty & pay­load test, guar­an­tee­ing appli­ca­tions are per­formed with pre­ci­sion and repeata­bil­i­ty. It ensures the prod­uct is man­u­fac­tured the same every time. 

Bet­ter Floor Space Uti­liza­tion: By decreas­ing the foot­print of a work area by automat­ing parts of your pro­duc­tion line, you can uti­lize the floor space for oth­er oper­a­tions and make the process flow more efficient. 

Improved Qual­i­ty: Robot accu­ra­cy reduces the num­ber of qual­i­ty defects, decreas­ing costs of waste and rework. A per­son work­ing monot­o­nous tasks may expe­ri­ence ​“work­ers fatigue” and cre­ate rejects from prod­ucts man­u­fac­tured incor­rect­ly. A robot elim­i­nates this prob­lem, cre­at­ing less prod­uct waste.

Attract More Cus­tomers: Automa­tion helps pro­vide the high­est through­put with the least amount of spend­ing. With the reduc­tion in sched­ule and cost, your com­pa­ny will attract more clients. When inte­grat­ing an indus­tri­al robot into pro­duc­tion, you can increase the vari­ety of prod­ucts offered. This was the case with our client Crys­tal Coast Com­pos­ites, who can now offer clients an expand­ed list of products. 

Increased Safe­ty: Robots increase work­place safe­ty & ergonom­ics by shift­ing work­ers out of dan­ger­ous or repet­i­tive tasks. There are a vari­ety of safe­ty options on the mar­ket today that will keep work­ers safe when inter­act­ing with robots. 

Mul­ti­ple Appli­ca­tions: Automa­tion in the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try is the process of inte­grat­ing indus­tri­al machin­ery to auto­mat­i­cal­ly per­form a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions such as weld­ing, mate­r­i­al han­dling, pack­ing, pal­letiz­ing, dis­pens­ing, cut­ting, etc. With automa­tion, it is pos­si­ble for one robot to per­form mul­ti­ple applications. 

With any big finan­cial deci­sion, it is impor­tant to be aware of some of the dif­fi­cul­ties you may encounter. The Sales & Appli­ca­tions Engi­neers at Robots​.com are here to help over­come these challenges. 

Under­stand­ing the Ini­tial Invest­ment: The ini­tial invest­ment of inte­grat­ing robot­ics into your busi­ness can be sig­nif­i­cant, espe­cial­ly when busi­ness own­ers are lim­it­ing their pur­chas­es to new robot­ic equip­ment only. The cost of robot­ic automa­tion should be cal­cu­lat­ed in light of a business’s greater finan­cial bud­get. Reg­u­lar main­te­nance and asso­ciate train­ing-needs can have a finan­cial toll as well. 

Iden­ti­fy­ing Your Needs: Incor­po­rat­ing indus­tri­al robots does not guar­an­tee results. Devis­ing a spe­cif­ic pro­duc­tion plan from the begin­ning to the end is cru­cial. If a com­pa­ny has a bot­tle­neck far­ther down the line, incor­po­rat­ing automa­tion may not help achieve the goals need­ed. Here is a sim­ple ROI cal­cu­la­tor to help you decide if automat­ing would be of ben­e­fit to your company. 

Under­stand­ing the Impor­tance of Train­ing: Employ­ees will require train­ing for pro­gram­ming and inter­act­ing with the new robot­ic equip­ment. This nor­mal­ly takes time and finan­cial out­put. For­tu­nate­ly, at Robots​.com, we pro­vide a full war­ran­ty, and com­pli­men­ta­ry cus­tomer tech support. 

For more infor­ma­tion on robot­ic inte­gra­tion, con­tact the experts at Robots​.com online or at 877−762−6881.