Comau Robot Shows Hands: The Automotive Parts Market Continues to Demand Demand for Industrial Robots

According to statistics from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), since 2014, China has continuously become the world's largest industrial robot application market, of which over 50% of industrial robots are used in the automotive industry. In spite of the fact that many robot brands have exerted efforts in general industries such as 3C appliance manufacturing in recent years, the automotive and parts manufacturing industry will continue to be the main application field for a period of time and will continue to release the industrial automation requirements for manufacturing upgrades. 】 In the workshop where the workshop of the Comau Robot boomed, 11 sets of Compression Robots NJ PRESS 130-3.7 SH were busy working on the automotive press line, and the robots cooperated with the machine to complete the automatic press line system. , cutting, workpiece transfer and other work, all processes smooth convergence and rapid operation. On the other hand, the artificial operation line that continues to be used on the other side is another scene. Workers are constantly handling, placing, and measuring between machine tools... The labor of the day has left the workers somewhat tired. This is a domestic automobile parts manufacturing plant that is on the road to intelligent manufacturing transformation and upgrading, mainly engaged in the development and production of automotive stamping parts. According to the reporter of the China Robot Network, driven by factors such as labor costs and product processes, the company decided to renovate its existing manual production line from the previous year. The project that undertook this project is Jinan Auto Automation Co., Ltd., which specializes in system integration of "Industrial robots equipment and production lines." The company has extensive experience in stamping automation engineering process. The transformation project took over this time will last one and a half years from the time of contact, to the development of a plan based on customer requirements, to installation and commissioning, and finally to smooth use. According to the introduction of the Comau robot in the workshop, there are two major technical difficulties in the customer's request. First, the use of the production line is very strong. Second, the distance between the original machine tool installation is large. The Comau NJ PRESS 130-3.7SH, as the main model in the press connection application, possesses several major features that are perfectly represented in the project's transformation needs: two motors are installed on the robot's shaft. The rotation speed is faster, and can accept stronger work intensity, and it is still stable operation; arm length reaches 3.7 meters, intact solves the problem that the machine bed distance is big. The person in charge of the production line stated that the change brought about by the old line transformation of the plant's workshop production is obvious. Two industry automatic lines have been used for nearly six months, the production efficiency has been greatly improved, and the product quality has also become more stable. The production line that originally required 10 people is now only Need two people. It is understood that this company is a mid-size player in the auto parts industry and can be considered as a typical representative of many auto parts companies that are seeking for manufacturing upgrades. OTU company project manager said that the current auto parts manufacturing still has a vast demand for industrial robots, except that part of the new energy auto market, from the traditional workshop "machine substitution" transformation project also occupies a larger proportion.
Comau Robot: Stamping Connection Automation Automotive stamping parts are a very important part of automobile manufacturing. Its manufacturing process level and manufacturing quality have a direct impact on the manufacturing quality and manufacturing cost of automobiles. In foreign large-scale automobile factories, automation equipment such as press auto lines, combined press lines, and large multi-station presses have been widely used, but China currently has more use than FAW, SAIC and other large-scale auto factories. The SMEs continue to continue manual operations, and there are common problems of low production efficiency, many production workers, large floor space, large kinetic energy consumption, and high manufacturing costs. Under the influence of the declining sales volume of the entire vehicle, the auto parts industry is facing the “labor pain” of transformation and upgrading in 2016. Many domestic auto parts companies have accelerated the transformation and upgrading. Experts in the industry believe that domestic auto parts companies must carry out equipment transformation, upgrading and realizing the integration of information industry and equipment industry. Robots and intelligent technology solutions can help auto companies get rid of constraints in energy, manpower, space, and funding in industrial upgrading and realize smart manufacturing. This also means that in the coming period, the demand for industrial robots in the auto parts manufacturing sector will continue.