Getting your automated CNC setup takes time and effort. Especially when you’re busy trying to get parts out the door. Let us take care of everything for you. Our team rapidly designs, integrates & supports your machine tending setup. Making your automation goals a reality.
Enhanced machine tending
Bring efficiency, speed, and precision to an entire new level
Make the most of your (up)time
Every manufacturer is looking for the same: more output in the shortest time. Yet the current global staffing challenges can significantly hinder it.
That’s most likely why more businesses are exploring alternative solutions to automate the repetitive, heavy-duty machine tending tasks involving CNC, injection molding, press brakes, and stamping brakes.
Collaborative robots (cobots) are automation tools that can perform machine tending tasks and work alongside operators, helping fill persistent labor shortages while offering high-quality, consistent outputs 24/7.
By having operators focus on higher-value tasks that mitigate monotony and the risk of injury, your business can reduce staff turnover while enhancing employee satisfaction.
There are many advantages of using cobots in machine tending
The cobot helped free human labor from simple repetitive tasks, allowing flexible labor re-allocations. As a result, we can control production cost and increase product quality. Thanks to cobots our product failure rate has decreased from 0.03% to 0.01% and production efficiency has increased by 31%.
Y. S. PARK Production Manager, Hyundae Induction Hardening Heat Treatment
Machine Tending Advantages
Increased Efficiency Cobots can operate without interruptions, allowing businesses to boost efficiency by increasing machine utilization and significantly lowering production downtime
Fast Payback With increased production volumes and lower operational costs, businesses deploying cobots can lower operational costs and see a ROI within 6 to 9 months
Consistent Quality Cobots contribute to reduced mishandlings and inconsistent loading, which results in more quality parts and drives down the rate of scrap and rework needed
Update Your Facility Because of their many communication protocols and compact design, our cobots are the best option when retrofitting a robot to a legacy CNC machine
Turnkey solution for your machine tending needs
From project idea to loading the first lathe, Universal Robots provides you with expert advice and the resources to get your cobot cell running quickly and efficiently.
Within UR's ecosystem of trusted partners, you can find products and services to help you build your machine tending solution. From solution partners and OEMs prepared to create a tailored machine tending solution for your business to the largest showroom of cobot end-effectors, there's an optimal path to answer your machine tending needs.
FlexxTend
Lathe Automation System
The Lathe Automation System is a complete pre-programmed and pre-integrated automation solution that allows new parts to be introduced to the automation system without a third-party integrator.
ECOpresstending
Schmidt-Pressen-Automatisierung. Die ECOpresstending Roboterzelle von ECOSPHERE® Automation GmbH ermöglicht eine perfekte Automatisierungslösung im Bereich Stanzen, Pressen und Umformen für kleine und mittlere Stückzahlen.
Mill Automation System
The Mill Automation System is a complete pre-programmed and pre-integrated automation solution optimized for high-mix manufacturing. Automate multiple operations and virtually any part geometry with this flexible solution.
NONEAD nCobot
nCobot is an Autonomous Mobile Manipulation Robot (short for AMMR) designed for intralogistics automation for your flexible and intelligent production goal. It speeds up the intralogistics and liberate people from onerous and dangerous work
Let us help you
Let's help you find a solution that fits the resources available and technical skills within your company, and that can efficiently handle the boxes and patterns you need to stack.
Find your Collaborative Robot
Selecting the right collaborative robot for your machine tending solution is a crucial first step to its success. The UR5e, UR10e, and UR20 cobots are commonly used in machine tending applications.
Get your Machine Tending guide
Keep exploring the benefits of automation and learn how businesses from different industries have been using collaborative robots to perform their machine tending tasks.
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