Robot Applications Improve Factory Productivity

Indus­tri­al robots have been work­ing in fac­to­ries around the world since the 1960s. The first robot appli­ca­tions were as sim­ple as paint­ing, and lat­er moved on to assem­bly, weld­ing and many more mate­r­i­al han­dling, weld­ing, dis­pens­ing and removal process­es – more than any­one ever dreamed of in the 1960s, that is for sure.

One of the appli­ca­tions that robots are com­mon­ly used for is weld­ing: both arc weld­ing and spot weld­ing. Arc weld­ing and spot weld­ing are robot­ic appli­ca­tions in many cas­es because of the effi­cien­cy of using a robot­ic welder for an appli­ca­tion, as opposed to a human welder. A robot­ic welder can weld four times as fast as one human welder, and that speed trans­lates into faster pro­duc­tion for the rest of the line.

A sim­i­lar speed goes into the mate­r­i­al han­dling appli­ca­tions that robots can per­form. These appli­ca­tions range from pick­ing, pack­ag­ing, pal­letiz­ing, assem­bly, etc. A human coun­ter­part can­not match the speed and accu­ra­cy that comes with a robot­ic mate­r­i­al han­dler for any appli­ca­tion. On top of being able to move quick­er and more effec­tive­ly, these jobs seem to be tedious, dull and repet­i­tive, which can lead to injuries to mus­cles like the back, neck and arms. Once again, this is why robot­ics are pre­ferred for these applications.

Safe­ty is also a con­cern in mate­r­i­al removal and dis­pens­ing appli­ca­tions. Robot appli­ca­tions like paint­ing and debur­ring can release par­ti­cles and fumes into the air that can be haz­ardous to humans and cause res­pi­ra­to­ry and neu­ro­log­i­cal issues. By using robots for these appli­ca­tions, human work­ers are kept out of harm’s way, while also using less mate­r­i­al and mak­ing less errors, which cause less waste. This means the com­pa­ny can save mon­ey on mate­ri­als and time.

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