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To improve the productivity of welding workstation
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Tractor fittings products a ABB welding robot workstation to agricultural machinery maker Shelbourne Reynolds will use the articulated protection measures of cutting production time shortened. Welding workstation has the company where the Suffolk plant, containing hundreds of weld parts welding production to shorten the time of up to 66%.
The installation of ABB arc welding workstation with a customized version of hit products, will be required for the processing of welding robot, welding equipment together into one integrated package.
As the implementation of Shelbourne's latest move Reynolds factory automation, the welding station for execution of the company more difficult and time-consuming welding tasks. In addition to protect cutting accessories, welding workstation is also used in the production of other equipment, such as the stripping combine harvester Valley device and machine head component, both involve complex welding process.
"What kind of tasks by the robot realizes the automation of the decision depends on their length of time consuming compared with the existing technology and can achieve the potential savings rate," said MichaelScarfe Shelbourne Reynolds production manager. "Therefore, we introduce a cut-off point, before the need to spend a hour or more to complete the task assigned to the robot welding workstation."
Results show that the robot can reduce welding time, welding products now need only 1/3 before time. Like the complex containing pipe welding can reach aesthetic standard higher than before.
ABB started in the optimization of the workstation performance plays an important role in. The use of ABB RobotStudio software, can simulate the workstation, programming and testing in the offline environment, can greatly reduce the time for installation and debugging on the spot, which allows the Shelbourne to begin the process of welding in the installation of three days.
Another major advantage of ABB is liberated before manufacturing products of welders, turn by ABB robot workstation to undertake the production task. Before welding process requires six member team, now only need a robot workstation personnel to supervise the production shifts to two.
"When we first introduced the concept of robot welding workstation, some team really uncomfortable, this also can understand," said Scarfe. "However, this idea is always to add it as a manual operation and not a substitute for the. The recruitment of skilled staff is very difficult, especially for welding and electroplating process is so so. We therefore relies heavily on existing staff, and - seek ways to their professional knowledge for the production of other products."
Evidence of this is the introduction of welding robot workstation no one redundant. The workers were re deployed to other production processes continue to create value, including the rapid turnover of the task and the robot workstation was unable to handle the tasks.
In order to use the robot workstation to help Shelbourne Reynolds maximum, ABB provides training for two hand company welding team, including the guiding robot operation and programming.
"Because the robot automation projects are usually more complex, with the best suppliers to be able to provide a help in each stage," said Scarfe. "In the past I have worked with many robot suppliers, but hardly get anything like Frank ABB assist this in the recent project."
ABB remote service technology also supports the installation. The technology through the GPRS technology of remote transfer robot performance data to the ABB. Then you can store information for future reference, and can directly monitor alarm device, even before the problems can be found.
When problems arise, the ABB robot SMS information automatically sent to the on-site service engineers, engineer immediately obtain detailed data and the error log to quickly find out the exact fault.
"Our long-term goal is to introduce another workstation, help us to further expand production capacity," said Scarfe. "But now we want to find all methods using the existing unit more likely. We have produced five kinds of products, and has been increasing production time, until it reaches the all-weather 24/7 make full use of so far. Arc welding stations for short batch production of quick change tooling is very ideal, make it become to match our timely production and ideal choice to reduce inventory."
- article source: Carl Jung industrial resource network
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