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GUYSON INSTALLS ROBOT FOR CUSTOMER AUTOMATION TRIALS
Robot proves ‘lights out’ stacked pallet production processes for high volume manufacturers
Guyson has recently installed a Motorman HP6 robot and NX100 controller into its Skipton demonstration and manufacturing centre showroom to provide free process evaluation and demonstration facilities for potential automated blast or wash cell customers.
Recently increased demand for fully automated process cells has encouraged Guyson to put in this test installation to prove the company’s system integration capabilities and to demonstrate to potential customers the benefits of robotic handling and component manipulation used in conjunction with Guyson finishing equipment. The equipment will also deliver accurate process times and finishing costs, so the customer can make informed choices on equipment purchases.
With this fully working robotic cell Guyson are able to simulate a number of real time automated production scenarios, including performing machined component pallet-to-pallet time and motion studies. The robot can be used to manipulate a single blast nozzle around a heavy complex work piece or to pick a small, light component from a pallet and orientate it in front of fixed stationary blast nozzles. The same robot can move work pieces through a full automated cell for pre- and post-washing or ancillary finishing such as laser marking, and prove ‘lights out’ stacked pallet production processes. This will see robotics used to somewhere near its full potential, not just as a dumb pick and place unit to simply load and unload components, but rather as a sophisticated and integral part of the finishing equipment manufacturer’s cellular production process.
This article was first published in March 2008. Now read about more recent developments in robotic blasting at Guyson...
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