Continuing tradition in Warren, Michigan

Michi­gan used to be the car man­u­fac­tur­ing state. The ​“Big Three” U.S. car man­u­fac­tur­ers – Gen­er­al Motors, Chrysler and Ford – had strong footholds in Michi­gan com­mu­ni­ties until the bank­rupt­cies began around a decade ago. Even with a weak­ened econ­o­my and many of the large man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies gone from the area, there is still a rich tra­di­tion of auto­mo­tive man­u­fac­tur­ing still going strong in Michi­gan. War­ren, Michi­gan has sev­er­al man­u­fac­tur­ers, includ­ing met­al part stamp­ing and roof­ing systems.

Robot­ic automa­tion can improve pro­duc­tiv­i­ty for any area of the auto­mo­tive indus­try. Inal­fa Roof Sys­tems Group in War­ren, MI, man­u­fac­tures sun shades, roof sys­tems and truck hatch­es for sev­er­al auto­mo­tive com­pa­nies. Cut­ting robots can be help­ful in this type of indus­try. Robots can cut the fiber­glass, met­al and glass pieces need­ed for the roof sys­tems more effi­cient­ly and accu­rate­ly than oth­er process­es. Robot­ic automa­tion can also improve the health of work­ers by remov­ing them from an envi­ron­ment that can be haz­ardous because of the par­ti­cles released dur­ing the cut­ting process.

Anoth­er com­pa­ny in War­ren, Wico Met­al Prod­ucts, pro­duces gen­er­al and extru­sion stamp­ing prod­ucts for auto­mo­biles. From alu­minum heat shields to wheel wells and roof rails, com­pa­nies like Wico can also use robots dur­ing pro­duc­tion. Robot­ic automa­tion can be used to trans­fer parts from one stamp­ing machine to anoth­er, load and unload parts, as well as pack­ag­ing, assem­bling and pal­letiz­ing stamped parts to improve the qual­i­ty of products.

Where can War­ren com­pa­nies go when they need robot­ic sys­tems and parts for their pro­duc­tion? Robots​.com, of course! Robots​.com is a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB robot­ics. These part­ner­ships allow Robots​.com access to hun­dreds of robot mod­els to pro­vide cus­tomers with the best parts and sys­tems for their needs.

For more infor­ma­tion on Robots​.com, or inte­grat­ing your man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­i­ties with Robots​.com sys­tems, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.