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Why robot-based automation?
Robot-based automation ensures the kind of flexibility you need to meet ever shorter product life cycles, new packaging designs, product variants and batch manufacturing. Compared to dedicated hard automation, robot lines are shorter and allow far better utilization of floor space. Robot-based automation is an excellent alternative to manual operation. In addition to increase up-time and total throughput, fewer accidents and increasingly demanding workplace legislation are compelling reasons to make the shift to robots.
10 good reasons to invest in robots
1. Reduce operating costs
- Robots can help you to reduce both your direct costs and your overhead costs
- Robots eliminate the costs associated with manual workers - in terms of wages, training, health and safety, holidays and employee administration
- Energy Efficiency. With no requirement for minimum lighting or heating levels, robots offer a great opportunity to reduce your energy bills.
- Current estimates point to a potential saving of 8% for every 1°C reduction in heating levels, whilst savings of up to 20% can be achieved by turning off unnecessary lighting.
2. Improve product quality & consistency
 | - Robots can help ensure consistently high quality output of products and control of manufacturing processes
- No risk of errors caused by human factors such as tiredness, distraction or the effects of repetitive and tedious tasks
- Process control can be integrated with the robot
- Inherent accuracy and repeatability means a high quality finish for every product produced
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3. Improve quality of work for employees
- Robots can help you improve staff working conditions
- Can take over tasks in dusty, hot or hazardous environments
- Staff motivation can also be improved by retraining staff to use robots – provides chance to learn valuable programming skills and do work that is more stimulating
4. Increase production output rates
- Robots can be left running long shifts, overnight and during weekends with little supervision
- Enables true 24 hour production to increase output levels and meet client order deadlines
- No disruptions to production from breaks, sickness, lapse of concentration or human error
- Performs routine functions to fine tolerances reducing rejects & scrap rates
- New products can be introduced faster & production begin earlier
- Programming of new products can be done off-line without disrupting production
5. Increase product manufacturing flexibility
- Robots can provide flexibility to your production line
- Once the processes you require are programmed into the robot controller, you can easily switch from one process to another
- Enables you to maximise your investment by using robotics equipment to accommodate many product variants or for more than one process
- Ability to respond to fast changing customer demands & peak load requirements
- Vision guidance technologies can accommodate variations in products, processes & work place
6. Reduce material waste and increased yield
- Improved accuracy from using robots means you can have more products finished first time to the quality standard demanded by your customers
- Also reduces the amount of waste produced as a result of poor-quality or inconsistent handling or finishing
- With products being produced to consistently high quality levels - rejects & scrap are eliminated and yields increased.
7. Comply with safety rules & improve H&S
- Robots can take over unpleasant, arduous or health-threatening tasks currently undertaken by people
- Robots can decrease the likelihood of accidents caused by contact with machine tools or other potentially hazardous production machinery or processes
- Can also help to eliminate ailments associated with repetitive or intensive processes, e.g. repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and vibration white finger
8. Reduce labour turnover
- Highly skilled manual workers are becoming harder to find and more expensive to employ
- Robots can provide an ideal alternative. Once programmed, they can begin work with none of the costs associated with recruitment, induction or ongoing training
- Robots often come with hard to find process skills “built in”
- Also offer greater flexibility, both in terms of work patterns and ability to adapt to different production tasks
- Robots love the jobs that people hate to do. Their “motivation” levels are always high.
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9. Reduce capital costs
- With robots you can reduce the cost of consumables used and reduce wastage
- Less manual labour can also mean fewer costs relating to sickness, accidents and insurance
10. Space savings
- Robots can be mounted on walls floors, shelves & ceilings – resulting in space saving cell design.
- Can also be programmed to work in confined spaces so you don’t lose valuable floor space
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