It can keep up with the ever-increasing quality demands on machined workpieces through the use of automation. At the same time, you maintain flexibility in the ever-shortening gaps between technical advances.
Productivity gains will allow you to effectively combat the ongoing price slump, without sacrificing quality. Even the tightest deadlines can be met with ease thanks to the consistently excellent precision of KUKA robots.
The most frequent applications involve robots and machine tools.
Workpiece handling: before and after machining, robots remove workpieces from machine tools.
Product palletising: robots can be used to fill uniform containers with a variety of products in batches of as little as one.
Machine linking: Several work steps can be linked by robots. Either to load numerous machines at the same time or to feed different machines with different workpieces.
Workpiece machining: the efficiency of the machine tool can be increased by using robots to perform simple processing tasks that are normally done by humans. In addition, by automating machining operations such as planing and deburring, human operators can concentrate on more difficult jobs.
Changing tools on the machine directly or with the help of an internal tool changer is something that robots are capable of doing. Only the reach of the robot can restrict the number of tools available. To enable a single robot to service several machine tools, linear units can be used to extend the robot’s reach as required.
A robot created by KUKA can perform operations such as drilling, planing and deburring. As a result, the spindle running time per workpiece is reduced from 48 to 40 minutes. In addition, the robot is capable of roughing, leaving the machine to do the smoothing itself.
Every second counts in terms of production. You can use your machine tools to the full day and night thanks to KUKA robots. In KUKA‘s own production, a robot increases the operating time of a machining centre from 16 to 24 hours a day without additional manpower. This results in a 50% improvement in productivity.
The KUKA robot can be viewed on machine tools in the same system as a PC thanks to PLC mxAutomation. The exact same operating, programming and setup techniques are used as the user is used to. Through its communication with the Sinumerik Run MyRobot software package from Siemens®, KUKA. The KUKA robot can be visualised on machine tools in the same convenient system thanks to PLC mxAutomation.
As a result, you can provide fast delivery times. Even when producing extremely complicated components, your production process will be cost-effective and efficient.
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