From
automotive
to
woodworking,
FANUC offers production-enhancing solutions for
almost any application. FANUC Authorized
System
Integrators for Robotics (ASIs) can
help you develop and implement solutions, big or
small.
CNC
system integrators/rebuilders will
review your system requirements and provide a
solution created to meet your
customized needs. You will find that automation
exists in all kinds of companies and throughout
almost every industry. In the automotive
industry,
industrial robots have a long history of
improving quality and lowering costs. A
manufacturer can handle especially dangerous
tasks with welding robots, and ensure a
particulate-free coating process using
paint
robots.
On the assembly line, workers might put door
insulation in place, and a collaborative robot
then presses it firmly into place.
More examples of the application of automation in
industries exist in the
aerospace
industry, where the inspection
process is critical. Tight tolerances mean
inspections must meet exacting standards.
Several inspection procedures can be performed
by robots using laser scanners that can detect
minute inconsistencies.
Many industrial robot examples can be seen in
CPG
factories, where FANUC delta robots have
been picking and packing
for years. Recent innovation includes the use of
robots to ice cakes, even piping hand-drawn
decorations onto cakes in a conveyor line.
Produce
processors
come to FANUC to help with flexible automation
that includes using articulated
robots with gentle, flexible end-of-arm tooling
to pack soft fruits like apples and cucumbers
into crates.
In the U.S. Department of Treasury, tracking
money is crucial. Industrial robot applications
include
palletizing
robots
that weigh currency packs precisely, within a
fraction of an ounce, to protect against theft.
The pallets are then weighed again by material
handling robots that load them into sealed
shipping containers.
In the
pharmaceutical
manufacturing industry,
applications of industrial automation can be
seen in delta robots
that singulate bottles as they unpack them and
place them onto an assembly line. They can also
remove light, flexible packets from the line and
pack them into boxes. Bottle sizes or box sizes
often change in this industry,
which means manufacturing applications vary
significantly. Through the flexibility of FANUC
robots, the robots can be reprogrammed to
accommodate changes quickly and easily.
In
die
and mold industries, automated system
examples include using deburring robots that
finish
metal pieces and smooth away any irregularities.
Material removal robots can help with cutting,
grinding, deflashing, polishing, waterjet
cutting, routering and more.
For more examples of the application of
automation in industries, look to construction.
Stacking heavy panels of drywall or pallets of
lumber used to be slow, heavy work. Today, FANUC
supplies heavy-duty palletizing robots
that make it possible to stack even very large
objects into predetermined configurations.
In watchmaking, industrial robots are focused on
precision. Internal watch works must be exactly
cut and precisely fit together. The applications
of industrial automation include combining the
right robots with FANUC CNC
programming to help watch manufacturers produce
exceptional quality and consistency, offering
the highest levels of precision on even the
smallest parts.
No matter which industry you represent or which
manufacturing applications you’re working
with, you’ll find intelligent automation
solutions from FANUC that meet or exceed your
expectations for customization,
ease of use, efficiency, reliability and
safety.