Semiconductor industry solutions

 

      Originally, in the dust-free production workshop of the factory, staff members needed to "fully armed" to enter the workshop to transport materials and finished products back and forth to avoid damage to electronic components from contaminants. In addition, the vehicle equipment used for transportation is often an easy to be ignored. Pollution sources are likely to have an impact on electronic components. At the same time, due to the large number of production machines, the transfer of personnel is not timely enough, the cost is high, and the on-site passage is narrow, the environment is complex and the flow of personnel is large, and the types of transportation are diverse and complex.

 

        Based on these requirements, we provide solutions using MiR100+ customized material vehicle design+WiFi network deployment, and deployed 2 MiR100 autonomous mobile robots in the factory dust-free workshop to optimize the internal logistics transportation system, strengthen transportation safety, and improve work efficiency. . 

 

       Before this, factory workshop staff transported materials and finished products through multiple round trips; after deploying the MiR100 autonomous mobile robot solution, the workshop not only effectively realized automated transportation, ensuring the safety of workshop transportation, but also reduced by 80%. The cost of handling labor will bring human resources to more valuable jobs, thereby enabling factories to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

 

 

 

 

Machine tool maintenance

 

      The metal processing industry has a poor production environment, difficult employment and recruitment, limited space for production line renovation, and difficulties in deploying traditional large-scale industrial robots, resulting in high costs. Collaborative robots can not only improve production efficiency and ensure employee safety, but also help customers cope with small batch and multi batch production challenges, creating more considerable long-term benefits.

 

      Machine tool processing has multiple types of loading and unloading processes, high operational repeatability, and low efficiency and accuracy of manual operation.

 

      The workshop workspace is generally narrow, and traditional automation equipment needs to be fixed on each machine tool, which takes up a lot of space. Once fixed, the subsequent transformation of the production line is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

 

      The collaborative composite robot solution can effectively solve the pain points mentioned above. A composite robot supports the loading and unloading of 12 machine tools, greatly improving production efficiency while saving 6 manpower.

 

      The collaborative robot equipped with dual electric grippers can complete material retrieval and release in one go. Combining 2D visual positioning and correction technology can ensure accurate loading and unloading every time. When switching production varieties, simply set the parameters in the software to complete it.

 

      Robots can be deployed on machine tools to achieve full automation of metal workpiece transportation, material exchange, processing, and unloading. One machine can manage multiple machine tools and operate 24 hours a day, effectively saving labor costs.

 

 

 

 

 

Collaborative robot palletizing case

 

      At the end of the manufacturing production line, there are many palletizing scenarios. Before the emergence of intelligent manufacturing, these tasks required humans to constantly bend, reach out, and lift weights, which posed a risk of repeated heavy labor injuries for employees and could lead to health problems.

 

      With the upgrade of intelligent manufacturing, palletizing has become one of the important applications of collaborative robots - not only can it relieve employees' physical pressure and protect their health, but it can also enable them to engage in more creative roles and enhance the production capacity value of the entire production line.

 

      Unlike traditional robots that require extensive programming, operating collaborative robots for palletizing and handling does not even require any programming foundation. With embedded operation module options, various parameter settings can be quickly and directly performed.

 

       The combination of collaborative robots allows you to simply open the palletizing interface, enter the size, weight, and palletizing mode of the box, and then press start. The robot will automatically complete palletizing

 

 

 

 

High tech industry automation cases

 

Pain points:

      1）Without robots, personnel need to operate four machines to perform processes such as screwing, labeling, and testing.

 

      2）The process is complex and requires standing for a long time.

 

      3）During the manual operation process, a large number of workpieces will accumulate in front of each device, which may lead to a messy site, frequent mistakes, and missing one of the processes and directly going offline.

 

      4）When there is a shortage of employees resulting in a large volume of orders, day shift workers still need to be arranged to continue working night shifts.

 

      5）Considering that the equipment has a long service life of over ten years and often malfunctions, if there are problems with safety facilities, it can easily lead to personal injury.

 

 

Advantages of using collaborative robots for automation:

      1）Quickly replace manual labor and upgrade to an automated solution in a short period of time.

 

      2）No need to modify the original equipment, the robot can adapt to the original equipment for planning and debugging.

 

      3）High flexibility, the working mode can be freely modified through robot programming, making it more convenient.

 

      4）Robots can replace one person and work continuously, ensuring a clean and orderly work environment.

 

      5）Robots communicate with existing equipment and confirm safety signals at every step, reducing the probability of safety accidents to zero.

 

 

 

 

 

Solution for non-ferrous metal smelting industry

 

The original production workshop had a harsh environment with high temperatures and a large amount of dust. The working radius was also large, and when taking materials from both sides, it was close to the limit of the robot and the following pain points were encountered:        

 

      1）Some molds require the robot to open the force control mode to stabilize the workpiece and distinguish between normal, incomplete casting, and demolding failure, without affecting the robot's next action.     

 

      2）To complete the process of robot human cooperation inspection, it is necessary to stay at multiple angles and avoid entanglement of the conduit during the process.        

 

      3）Place the workpieces in the basket in sequential order. As the workpieces are irregular, even if they are placed at a specific angle, it cannot be guaranteed that they will not tilt or collide. During the stacking process, the force mode should be continuously used to avoid damage to the workpieces.    

   

      4）During the stacking process, attention should be paid to the opening and closing of the gripper, and do not collide with other workpieces.         

 

      5）In order to avoid the influence of high temperature, the length of the gripper is relatively long. Therefore, during the stacking process, it is necessary to avoid interference with the edge of the basket, which will affect the number of stacked items.

 

By integrating UR collaborative robots and designing a "robot+worker" hybrid workstation, robots are responsible for processes with high repeatability, strict precision requirements, and complex procedures, while workers focus on complex operations such as product quality inspection and packaging.

 

Introducing the UR+control platform, real-time monitoring of robot status and production data, and improving abnormal response speed to within 5 seconds.

 

At the same time, the following core issues have been addressed, such as difficulty in recruiting workers for critical processes, cost control for hazardous positions, insufficient flexibility in production lines, long changeover times, and inability to meet customers' rapid iteration needs, And the bottleneck of manual operation efficiency: the long assembly time of a single piece and the high proportion of labor costs in production costs, effectively increasing production flexibility and achieving the overall deployment of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.    

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Industry Solutions

 

The safety production and efficiency bottlenecks in the dust production process of the electronics industry are as follows:

     

      1）Dust is harmful to human health. The solvent based coatings used in traditional paint production contain a large amount of organic solvents, which not only endanger human health but are also flammable and explosive, making them prone to safety accidents

 

      2）The production efficiency of personnel is low, and the spraying quality cannot be consistent. The traditional spray painting production method mainly relies on manual operation, resulting in low production efficiency and unstable product quality     

 

      3）Multiple spray painting processes are required on site, leading to confusion among personnel and frequent occurrences of overspray and overspray

 

      4）The paint booth is a high-risk area that is prone to hazards such as explosions, making it relatively difficult to recruit personnel   

 

      5）The on-site space is relatively small, making it impossible to arrange large painting equipment

 

The solution achieves the following functions by deploying UR explosion-proof collaborative robots:       

 

      1）Explosion proof environment adaptation:        

 

      The UR10e-F explosion-proof version robot is selected and certified by ATEX Zone 2. The body adopts a sealed explosion-proof structure, and both the motor and circuit meet the IP67 protection level. 

   

      Replace manual operations in high-risk processes such as electrolyte filling and cell stacking to eliminate the risk of spark ignition.  

   

      2）Flexible production line integration:  

 

      Combining the UR+control platform with MES system to achieve dynamic adjustment of production instructions.     

 

      By using quick change fixtures, multiple battery modules (such as ternary lithium/lithium iron phosphate) can be quickly switched, reducing the changeover time to 10 minutes.       

 

      3）Intelligent hazard monitoring:       

 

      Integrated gas sensors monitor the concentration of methane and hydrogen in the workshop in real time. Once it exceeds the standard, the robot will immediately shut down and the emergency exhaust system will be activated.