Traditional assembly requires a lot of manual work, which is not only time-consuming, labor-intensive, costly, and error-prone. The cobot can be inserted into different types of parts, combined with visual positioning, the robotic arm can grasp the plug-in of any shape, and multiple robotic arms work together. In addition, the UR+ platform integrates tool-side products with UR robotic arms through customized hardware components, software plug-ins, or a combination of the two, so as to provide users with a complete solution.
See examples of applications for parts insertion for Universal Robots.
Magneti Marelli, Slovakia
• UR5 and UR10 cobots pierce connectors and lead-in parts into the circuit board
• These cobots work around the clock, speeding up the assembly line by 25%
• The quality problem was completely solved, and the operators in four shifts were freed up to work on other tasks
• These cobots are equipped with UR+-certified OnRobot grippers that are plug-and-play on Universal Robots
• Cobots are able to easily handle many parts of different sizes and can be quickly replaced
• ROI: less than 12 months
EVCO Plastics, United States
• UR5 Assemble the gearbox of the lawn mower
• A Cognex camera above the feeder provides visual guidance to the UR5 cobot
• The cobot determines the timing of the penetration of the part based on the response information of the Robotiq stress/torque sensor
EVCO Plastics leveraged URCaps on Cognex cameras and Asyril Asycube bar feeders
• UR+ products are programmed directly through the UR cobot's teach pendant
• The entire operation is run by Universal Robots controllers, no PLC is required
New Zealand TCI
Previously, workers needed to work 24/7 to assemble EasiYo, and the emergence of UR3 and UR5 greatly reduced the labor force of workers. By adding rubber mats to the EasiYo yogurt machine and UR5 to large plastic crates, Universal Robots can save TCI New Zealand 75% of the annual labor costs of assembling products.
United States Creating Revolutions
•UR3 is responsible for completing the entire assembly process of the electronic pager
• The robotic arm of the cobot checks whether all the parts are arranged in order
• The optical laser sensor has a turntable in the center to ensure that the parts are arranged neatly
• Robot-assisted assembly has gained customer trust and increased sales
Zippertubing Company, United States
The UR5 cobot handles 2 snap machines in vision-guided application
• The vision system tells the cobot whether the part should be placed in the "good" or "scrap" heap
• Cobots are the "brains" that send signals and receive responses
• When someone enters the job cell, the safety scanner tells the robot to reduce the speed
• Compared to humans, cobots reduce the number of parts required by a factor of 3
• Zero returns
• The second UR5 uses an integrated rotary table for part feeding
United Kingdom B-Loony
Six UR3 cobots are responsible for sewing and assembling flag and bunting materials
•Before the use of collaborative robots: 250,000 food flags
•After the use of collaborative robots: 15,000,000 food flags
Universal Robots secures production line in United Kingdom for B-Loony
• The return on investment period is only 9 months
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