Maintaining Company Integrity with Robot Training

Train­ing is prob­a­bly one of the most impor­tant issues for work­ers when it comes to inte­grat­ing robot­ics into a facil­i­ty. While train­ing is one way to bet­ter the skills of many work­ers dur­ing the inte­gra­tion, it is also nec­es­sary to make sure that the integri­ty and safe­ty of the shop remains intact dur­ing the inte­gra­tion process.

While there used to be a strong work force for the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try, in recent decades, work­ers have moved to ser­vice or office job, which shifts peo­ple away from being qual­i­fied for man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs. The robot­ics indus­try has been key in reju­ve­nat­ing the man­u­fac­tur­ing work­force, by offer­ing to train the work­ers in robot­ics – which gives them more mar­ketable skills than they would ever gain through just a weld­ing or han­dling job. This not only boosts morale, but also improves the lives of work­ers by allow­ing them to have skills that can improve their rate of pay.

Anoth­er rea­son robot train­ing is so impor­tant in a facil­i­ty is the safe­ty aspect. Robots can be a worker’s best friend, or their worst ene­my, espe­cial­ly if that work­er has no safe­ty train­ing with that par­tic­u­lar robot. Robots have the abil­i­ty to move with enough speed and force to kill a per­son. When work­ers receive safe­ty train­ing about robots, they should learn all of the safe­ty com­po­nents around the robot, like light cur­tains, mats and fenc­ing. They should also be alert­ed to the walk­ways which have been specif­i­cal­ly marked to keep work­ers away from robots dur­ing oper­a­tion. By pro­vid­ing this train­ing, work­ers are able to avoid injuries, which could low­er morale and cause slow­downs, cost­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers mon­ey, in the long run.

Are you inter­est­ed in robot train­ing? Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for sev­er­al dif­fer­ent robot­ics com­pa­nies, includ­ing Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB, offers cus­tomers a free train­ing ses­sion with our tech­ni­cians at our facil­i­ty in Mar­i­on, Ohio. Our staff will work with you and two of your employ­ees until you are com­plete­ly com­fort­able with your system.

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