Cobot Integration Boosts Repeatable, Reliable Toolroom Production
The ReadyCobot highlighted by FastHeat by Spark Industries enable tool shops and molders to overcome labor shortages, improve quality and lead time, gain scheduling flexibility and reduce costs.
Photo Credit: Fastheat by Spark Industries, ReadyCobot
Fast Heat by Spark Industries is highlighting the ReadyCobot, a collaborative robot solution enabling tool shops and molders to overcome labor shortages, improve quality and lead time, improve flexibility and ultimately reduce costs. Applications that can be performed by the ReadyCobot include assembly; bin picking; palletizing; inspection; machine tending; loading and unloading; drilling, milling, sanding or screw driving; and packaging.
Features include six-axis hand-guided or drag-and-drop programming via the wireless app, up to 39-lb payload, 52" working radius, max speed up to 3.5 m/s, repeatable to ± 0.02 mm, configurable I/O integration and force control natural human-cobot cooperation.
According to an injection molder of caps with seal inserts, they could easily complete a 20,000 product run in 24-hours — three time faster than if it were done manually while reducing scrap by 1-2%. With a constant stream of jobs, the company expected to achieve ROI in six months.
Proof-of-concept videos are created in Elkhart, Indiana, by sister company, Root Industrial and ReadyCobot, a division of long-time automation integrator Tube Form Solutions. For more information, visit ReadyCobot’s webpage.
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