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Case Studies

How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues with robotics

February 18, 2022 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Robotiq palletizing application

Box manufacturer Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: Robotiq

11 cobots assemble Fiat 500 electric car

February 8, 2022 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

On the Fiat 500 electric car production line, some of the assembly processes and quality controls required collaborative robots.

Filed Under: Assembly, Case Studies, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

ActiNav enables lights-out machine tending at family-owned manufacturer

November 15, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ActiNav

To address labor shortages and long cycle times, New England Union Company deployed a UR10e cobot arm and ActiNav bin picking system to run untended all night long.

Filed Under: Case Studies, News, Pick & Place Tagged With: Universal Robots

UR10e cobot cuts welding time in half at Siouxland Fabricating

August 17, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

UR cobots welding

The cobot welding system freed up workers to focus on more ergonomic, higher-value tasks such as fabricating and tacking.

Filed Under: Case Studies, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: Universal Robots

Machine tending cobot creates higher volumes for engineering shop

July 6, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

LJB can now alleviate its longer lead times by running second, third, or overnight shifts thanks to the OB7 cobot arm.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Machine Tending, News Tagged With: Productive Robotics

YuMi cobot helps food company automate labeling process

April 5, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

In addition to the integration and programming of a YuMi cobot, moveline also designed a pneumatic/mechanical device with two vacuum suction pads so that YuMi can insert the labels into the holder.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Food & Beverage, News Tagged With: ABB

How ActiNav automated a challenging bin-picking task

March 1, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ActiNav

Allied Moulded said using manual labor on bin-picking applications produces inconsistent results.

Filed Under: Case Studies, News, Pick & Place Tagged With: Universal Robots

AMRs, voice picking help e-commerce supplier double output

February 18, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Waypoint Robotics

Vector AMRs, equipped with Kingpin top modules, pick up high-capacity custom carts for workers to use in the picking process.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News, Supply Chain Tagged With: Waypoint Robotics

How 2 AMRs helped manufacturer achieve productivity gains

January 19, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

MiR AMRs TBSI

Two MiR200 autonomous mobile robots help TBSI save up to 16 hours a day in terms of human labor, equivalent to the work of two operators who have now been assigned to more valuable tasks in the warehouse.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling Tagged With: Mobile Industrial Robots

How a Canadian bakery automated its bread packaging line

January 7, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Soft Robotics

A Canadian bakery uses a UR10 cobot and six-finger Soft Robotics mGrip gripper to grab loaves of bread and carry them to a bagging machine.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, News Tagged With: soft robotics, Universal Robots

5 AMRs boost intralogistics at pharmaceutical plant in china

December 21, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Five MiR500 autonomous mobile robots are saving the pharmaceutical giant 35-plus manhours per week on materials handling tasks.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News, Supply Chain Tagged With: Mobile Industrial Robots

Robots clean up at Canadian hospitals

December 17, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Faced with an over-burdened workforce and strict quality standards, one of Canada’s largest hospital networks automated one of its most time-consuming tasks.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: 4D Technologies, omron

Four collaborative robots from Techman help automaker with visual inspections

November 30, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Four collaborative robots from Techman help automaker with visual inspections

Techman Robot said its collaborative robot and smart vision system have helped a Japanese automaker improve its quality inspection process, just as it benefited Continental with a pick-and-place operation.

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Pick & Place, Press Release, Quality Testing Tagged With: automotive, Continental, Techman Robot

MT Solar meets seasonal spike in demand with UR10e cobot, Vectis welding tool

October 15, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

MT Solar meets seasonal spike in demand with UR10e cobot, Vectis welding tool

Montana-based solar module maker MT Solar turned to collaborative welding robots to meet a seasonal surge in demand.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: MT Solar, Universal Robots, Vectis Automation

Nike improves productivity in Japanese warehouse with Geek+ mobile robots

August 31, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Nike Geek+

Nike wanted to improve efficiency in a Japanese warehouse, and its collaboration with mobile robot service provider Geek+ was so successful that it resulted in a new consulting offering.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News, Press Release, Retail / Wholesale, Supply Chain Tagged With: Geek+, Nike

Vision system, custom gripper enable cobot to pick up small parts

by Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Learn how a vision system and custom gripper enabled a UR5e cobot to pick and place multiple small parts after part type and orientation verification.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, News, Pick & Place Tagged With: Universal Robots

UR10 cobot polishes Paradigm to 50% production increase

June 15, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

UR10 cobot

Paradigm Electronics, a manufacturer of high-performance loud speakers and subwoofers, uses a UR10 cobot from Universal Robots in a polishing application.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Finishing, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

How a CNC machine shop maximizes productivity with cobots

June 4, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Productive Robotics

Already producing over two million parts per month, Swiss Productions turned to Productive Robotics’ OB7 cobot to maximize machine time.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Machine Tending, News Tagged With: Productive Robotics

ZAGO Manufacturing increases capacity with automated night shifts

May 6, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ZAGO Manufacturing faced an increase in demand, but had a limited workforce. It turned to Robotiq and Universal Robots for a robust automated solution.

Filed Under: Case Studies, End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, Machine Tending, News Tagged With: Robotiq

Infinitus triples productivity with MiR200 AMRs

May 4, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Three MiR200 autonomous mobile robots have improved intralogistics at Infinitus’ herbal supplement plant in Jiangmen, China.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News Tagged With: Mobile Industrial Robots

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