Robot runs 24/7 to exceed manufacturer's deadlines

摘要

RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich manufactures plumbing fixtures and fittings for faucets. It is a highly specialized short run production facility with turnaround time as quick as 24 hours. After deploying a portable robot arm (Universal Robots, universal-robots, com), the company was able to perform three days worth of manual tube bending in four hours. CEO Geoff Escalette explains that his company needed an inexpensive automation solution that could easily be moved between CNC machines, assembly lines and tube benders. "In a flexible environment like ours, you need a flexible robot," he says, "one that can work without safety cages, is portable and can be reprogrammed quickly."