Material handling workcells for an efficient manufacturing experience

Mate­r­i­al han­dling is one of the widest spread appli­ca­tion process­es uti­lized in man­u­fac­tur­ing today. While many man­u­fac­tur­ers use mate­r­i­al han­dling robot sys­tems, sev­er­al are mov­ing toward mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cells, which con­sist of either one or mul­ti­ple robots, doing sev­er­al tasks at one station.

A mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cell is one of the most ver­sa­tile work­cells avail­able on the mar­ket today. While weld­ing work­cells are usu­al­ly con­fined to either spot or arc weld­ing appli­ca­tions, mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cells can per­form a dozen dif­fer­ent tasks depend­ing on the end-of-arm-tool­ing available.

In an effort to make man­u­fac­tur­ing more effi­cient, man­u­fac­tur­ers are turn­ing more to work­cells for mate­r­i­al han­dling. These work­cells can per­form sev­er­al tasks with­in one work­cell. With­in these work­cells, mate­r­i­al han­dlers can work with oth­er robots, CNC machines or even human work­ers. They can be used to trans­fer parts into dif­fer­ent machines that are posi­tioned around it at one sta­tion, or they can take parts from an assem­bly robot with­in the mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cell and place them on a turntable or oth­er posi­tion­er for a human work­er to grab and take to the next area.

When putting these work­cells togeth­er for mate­r­i­al han­dling tasks, man­u­fac­tur­ers can usu­al­ly save a lot of room in their pro­duc­tion lay­out. By hav­ing all of these func­tions grouped into one work­cell, the man­u­fac­tur­er saves floor space, while also sav­ing on hav­ing to buy oth­er equip­ment for their facil­i­ty to per­form the tasks.

All in all, work­cells for mate­r­i­al han­dling are bas­tions of accu­ra­cy, speed and effi­cient man­u­fac­tur­ing that save man­u­fac­tur­ers time and mon­ey by ramp­ing up pro­duc­tion and cut­ting equip­ment and labor costs.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for sev­er­al robot­ics com­pa­nies like Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA, pro­duces cus­tomized mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cells with these com­pa­nies’ robots. Whether you are look­ing for a Motoman robot mate­r­i­al han­dling cell to per­form pick and place, or a Fanuc cell for han­dling mate­r­i­al after weld­ing, Robots​.com can build the right cell for you. We even have some of our own fab­ri­ca­tions with the Robots​.com brand­ing, if your com­pa­ny is look­ing for a spe­cial­ized mate­r­i­al han­dling layout.

For more infor­ma­tion on build­ing a robot­ic mate­r­i­al han­dling work­cell with Robots​.com, con­tact us online or at 877−762−6881.