Universal Robots' UR10 cobots are active in automotive production lines

The rapid improvement of automobile production technology, the increasingly complex process, the continuous upgrading of various parts and components, and the strengthening of the trend of customization, flexibility and intelligence have all made the collaborative robot industry and the automotive industry closely integrated, and showed a trend of mutual promotion and parallel development. At the same time, many robotic arm brands, including Universal Robots, have created "captive-grade" cobots for the automotive industry. Taking the UR10 collaborative robot as an example, the robot has deeply penetrated into the major production links of many automobile brands around the world, helping automobile brands improve production efficiency, reduce misoperation, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the entire automotive industry.

Take the UR10 collaborative robot as an example, the robot has many advantages such as simple coding, plug-and-play, and rapid deployment. With a load capacity of 12.5 kg, a working radius of 1300 mm, a base size of 190 mm, and a weight of 33.5 kg, it can be competent for machine care, palletizing, packaging and other work, while also fully meeting the needs of enterprises such as gluing, grinding, assembly, screw locking, automatic charging, etc.

Gluing and sanding

Universal Robots' UR10 cobots are active in automotive production lines

　Source: UR Robot official website

In the case of intensified trend of automobile customization and rapid switching of glue types, UR10 collaborative robot has been promoted to the industry's hot choice, which can replace two workers with one robot to help enterprises effectively complete the intelligent gluing of automobile roofs, and the accuracy and speed are guaranteed. As for grinding, there are many burrs in the cylinder head of the automobile engine, the efficiency of manual cleaning is low, and it is not easy to clean up, which then produces secondary burrs, which brings serious inconvenience to production. At the same time, the grinding environment is also full of dust and noise, which causes harm to the health of employees. Universal Robots' UR10 cobot can be used in a joint operation (one for deburring the catheter hole and one for deburring the rocker face and edges with a floating grinding head). The data shows that the use of UR10 robotic arm can double the production capacity, the pass rate is also more than 99.5%, and the grinding time is also effectively shortened.

Assembling with screw locking

The automotive industry is very labor-intensive, so the demand for robotic arms is even stronger. The small body and weight of the UR10 collaborative robot can fully adapt to the compact layout and narrow installation space of the assembly site, and complete the whole assembly process stably and at high speed under the condition of "real-time monitoring of the force of the regulator". With the UR10 cobot, automotive companies can quickly improve the automation and flexibility of their production lines and reduce labor costs. Screw locking work is boring, and the work is monotonous and repetitive, so it can easily lead to worker fatigue. In this case, the human-machine collaboration method can allow automobile companies to obtain the following benefits: 1. Adapt to a variety of products and bolt specifications; 2. Extremely high repeatability positioning accuracy to ensure the consistency of hundreds of thousands to millions of times of "tightening"; 3. It occupies a smaller area, which can greatly reduce the space occupation and production line transformation cost.

　Source: UR Robot official website

In recent years, Universal Robots has also grown rapidly in the field of new energy vehicles, and has provided assistance for the development of new energy vehicles in multiple production and intelligent manufacturing links such as handling, welding, assembly, processing, spraying, visual inspection, display testing and ADAS testing. In partnership with Stellantis, Universal Robots created a one-stop smart production solution that enabled Stellantis to launch its new FIAT 500 electric vehicle.

In this collaboration, Universal Robots' UR10 cobot will provide the following services:

1. Paste the waterproof liner on the door and work together by two UR10 collaborative robots;

2. Positioning the soft top (a UR10 collaborative robot starts the primer track and visual inspection to ensure that the tape is correctly extruded);

　Source: UR Robot official website

3. Check the size of the soft top frame;

4. The rear trunk lid is riveted by blind hole rivet pressing;

5. Install the engine cover;

6. Tighten the rear door hinge;

7. Install the fenders.

For the UR10 cobot, Mirafiori plant manager said, "This [UR10] gives production line workers the opportunity to experience the safety and collaboration of the cobot first-hand, without any concerns about the safety of subsequent applications."

On the whole, compared with traditional industrial robots, UR10 collaborative robots have the characteristics of high flexibility, low price, and fast return on investment. It can be said that the rapid development of collaborative robots has made automobile production steadily move towards digitalization, lightweight, and flexibility. In the future, Universal Robots will continue to hone its core technologies, improve its product and service matrix, deepen and expand its cooperation with major automotive brands, and provide better intelligent production solutions for automotive brands.

Of course, not only in the automotive industry, but also in other major manufacturing industries, collaborative robots have been widely used, becoming an important tool for enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and at the same time, they are deeply integrated into all aspects of the production chain of manufacturing enterprises, and promote enterprises to move towards a new journey of intelligence and automation.

Universal Robots' UR10 cobots are active in automotive production lines

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