Robot maintenance for industrial robots, robotic cells and automated production lines where uptime, reliability, safety and long-term performance matter. Technical articles, maintenance insights and practical guidance from URT.
A spare industrial robot can look like expensive equipment doing nothing until a critical production robot fails. The real decision, however, is not whether an unused robot appears wasteful. It is whether the financial and operational exposure created by an extended robot outage is greater than the cost and complexity of maintaining a compatible replacement. … Read more
An industrial robot can be mechanically healthy and still become difficult to return to production if its industrial robot backups are incomplete. Before maintenance, controller work, relocation, or cell modification, the real question is not simply whether someone copied the robot programs. It is whether the plant has preserved enough information to reconstruct the operating … Read more
A robot can move smoothly during a test and still create problems once it returns to a die-casting cell. Buyers evaluating used die-casting robots need to look beyond basic motion. Mechanical wear, heat exposure, controller condition, tooling, and integration requirements all affect whether reuse makes sense. Die casting can expose equipment to heat, contamination, lubricants, … Read more
A clean exterior and a successful power-up do not tell you how a used industrial robot behaved during production. The robot alarm history can provide another layer of evidence by showing which faults were recorded, whether similar alarms occurred repeatedly, and which areas deserve closer inspection before a buying decision is made. Alarm history is … Read more
In many workshops, the same dilemma repeats itself: should you buy a new robot or modernize the one already installed? With advances in controllers, sensors, software, and mechatronics, older robots can be brought back to life effectively. The key is knowing when refurbishment makes sense— and when it’s time to replace. Why consider modernization? A … Read more
From the fear of depending on the integrator to true autonomy on the shop floor: “What if only they know how to make it work?” When an automation project is nearing its end, a silent concern often appears: “After the integrators leave, who keeps the knowledge?” It’s not a technical question. It’s a human question, … Read more
Modular robot design is revolutionizing industrial automation by offering unprecedented flexibility and efficiency. This approach allows factories to quickly adapt to shifting market demands, streamline their processes, and reduce operational costs. What’s driving the change? The ability to easily reconfigure modular robots enables them to take on different tasks, making it easier for production lines … Read more