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Loading and Unloading Robots In Automated Manufacturing [Advantages & Attentions]
Time:2023-05-01     
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In today's emerging industrial era, loading and unloading robots can meet the requirements of fast and large-scale processing, saving labor costs, and improving production efficiency. It has become an ideal choice for more and more factories!

The loading and unloading system has high efficiency and stability, simple structure and easy maintenance, and can meet the production of different types of products. For users, it can quickly adjust product structure and expand production capacity, and can greatly reduce the labor intensity of industrial workers.


1. What is loading and unloading process in robotics?


Loading and Unloading Robot


Generation:

In recent years, with the improvement of industrial automation quality and efficiency, labor costs have increased. Many industries with harsh working environments and high labor intensity face the problem of difficult recruitment.

With the urgent demand for industrial robots in the market, the application fields of industrial robots are becoming increasingly broad. Many industries have implemented "unmanned plants" and "lightless workshops" in the manufacturing industry through industrial robots and factory automation solutions planning.

Industrial robots mainly replace manual loading and unloading of workpieces in the application of machine tool. CNC machine tool loading and unloading robots have the advantages of fast speed, high flexibility, high efficiency, high accuracy, and pollution-free. The main target for adaptation is mostly large batch repeatability, high workpiece quality, and harsh working environment conditions.


Significance:

The automatic loading and unloading robot can meet the production requirements of fast and large-scale processing rhythm. It can save labor costs and greatly improve the production efficiency of the factory.

In terms of flexible manufacturing systems, the robotic arm automatic loading and unloading device is an important aspect of robot technology application. With the high-speed and high-precision development trend of machine tools, the automatic loading and unloading system technology in machine tool processing will also have broader development prospects.


Composition:

The loading and unloading robot system mainly consists of industrial robots, silo systems, end clamping systems, control systems, safety protection systems, and CNC machine tool automation systems matched with the client.

After the machine tool is processed, the robotic gripper takes off the processed workpiece, then loads the raw material sheet onto the machine tool fixture, and finally the mechanical gripper exits. Grab a plate to be processed from the feeding bin, and the mechanical gripper enters the machine tool to rotate 180 degrees. During the loading and unloading process, the actions are consistently connected, improving the efficiency of automatic loading and unloading.


2. What advantages will automatic loading and unloading robots bring to production?


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In industrial production, loading and unloading is a very important process that seriously affects the efficiency of the entire production line, generally requiring a large amount of manpower. Since the emergence of loading and unloading robots, this problem has been successfully solved, and production output has also been further improved.

Let's understand the automated manufacturing loading and unloading technology.


- Loading and unloading technology for automated manufacturing

Automatic loading and unloading system mainly realizes complete automation of the machine tool manufacturing process, and adopts integrated processing technology, suitable for loading and unloading, workpiece flipping, workpiece sequence transfer, etc. on the production line.

It mainly adopts modular design and can be combined in various forms to form multiple online production lines. Realized automatic integration of industrial production and manufacturing.

Auto loading and unloading robot has high production efficiency and good quality. The loading and unloading manipulator is distinguished based on its application function.


So, what are the advantages of automated manufacturing loading and unloading technology?


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- High production efficiency

In order to improve production efficiency, it is necessary to control the production pace. In addition to fixed production and processing rhythms that cannot be improved, automatic loading and unloading robots have replaced manual operations, which can effectively control the rhythms. Avoiding the impact of human factors on production rhythm greatly improves production efficiency.


- Flexible process modification

We can quickly change the production process by modifying the program. Fast debugging speed. Eliminating the time required for manual training. Quickly put into production.


- Improve the factory quality of workpieces

The automatic production line of loading and unloading robots is completely completed by robots from loading, processing, and unloading. Reduced intermediate links and greatly improved part quality. Especially, the surface of the workpiece is more beautiful.


Automated loading and unloading technology brings many benefits to enterprise production. Firstly, companies no longer have to worry about the difficulty of recruiting, and robots will not have any human emotions. Thus, it will not affect production efficiency and quality due to emotional instability. It plays a driving role in industrial development. Hope that the robot industry can be promoted more widely in the future!


3. Precautions for using the loading and unloading robot


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1) Clamping force of the robotic arm

When using loading and unloading robots, it is necessary to choose the appropriate clamping force based on the different types of materials. Do not set the clamping force too high, as it may damage some processing materials.


2) The opening and closing range

Usually, the opening and closing range of the loading and unloading manipulator is moderate. If the space environment allows, we can try to increase the opening and closing range of the robotic arm as much as possible.

Especially when grasping materials with larger volumes, it is advisable to adjust the opening and closing range in advance to achieve higher accuracy.


3) The speed of the robot

When using the loading and unloading robotic arm, we should consider the stability of operation as the basic condition.

If the grasping plate is too large or the running speed is too fast, which reduces the overall stability of the equipment, it may cause vibration in the robot's arm and reduce the grasping accuracy of the robotic arm.


4) The movement of the loading and unloading robots

The working environment of the loading and unloading manipulator is relatively complex. Moreover, some smaller materials can easily enter the machine tool, which can affect its operation. Therefore, if the loading and unloading robotic arm does not move smoothly or has obvious abnormal sounds, it is necessary to immediately stop the machine for inspection to prevent further damage.


The use of automatic loading and unloading systems can replace manual operations, improving the quality of work that cannot be achieved by manual labor. At the same time, it liberates people from the monotonous work environment and provides a safer working environment.

Wuxi Shenchong provides users with product selection and design solutions for various levels of automated control systems, and can also design overall sheet metal automated production lines for users.

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