Case Studies Of Industrial Robots

Motoman, UK - IFR-Partner

Insatiable demand for pizza - Robot palletizes pizza cartons around the clock

Charwood Foods, one of the UK's leading manufacturer of pizza bases with a volume of 63 million units per year, was starting a second production line and needed to palletize boxes of finished pizzas.

Dürr Systems, Germany - IFR-Partner

Like it shorter? Shortest painting lines through integrated application concept and one hundred percent full automation

A complete painting line, almost 30% shorter than usual, with fully automatic paint application, highly flexible and with a capacity of more than 50 units per hour? A dream? No, it is reality. Such a line will be put into operation this year. Facilitated by a novel automation concept in connection with a redesigned application process. More about the technology on the next pages.

ABB, UK - IFR-Partner

Speeding up Honeytop's pancake production

How ABB robots are helping Honeytop Speciality Foods Ltd improve productivity and hygienic conditions

Dürr Systems, Germany - IFR-Partner

EcoSupply P - Special Paint Supply with New, Simple Pig Modules Successfully Introduced

With new, smaller pig modules that are integrated in the color changer, two EcoSupply P systems supply four robots and two EcoMACC control stations at MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik Graz, Austria. Worldwide, the 53rd painting line with special paint colors from EcoSupply P systems has already been in operation.

Wittmann, Austria - IFR-Partner

Packaging Success for Cebeci Plastik San.

Cebeci Plastik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. was founded in 1968 as a small manufacturer and today is a leader in the packaging industry with annual volumes of 55-60 million containers per year. It currently occupies a production area of over 4,000 square meters with 12 machines ranging in tonnage from 80-220 tons and of which 6 are equipped with WITTMANN robots.

Kawasaki, Germany - IFR-Partner

Small Cells - Large Effect

Companies which align their procedures to the customer's benefit operate more efficiently and more successfully. However, in order to achieve this, the automation of the production processes is a basic prerequisite especially in today's globalized markets.

Kawasaki, Germany - IFR-Partner

"Colleague Robot" Makes Work Easier

Extreme physical stress is harmful to health - this is the result of a scientific study by the AOK (German health insurance company). Against the background of this fact, the Schomburg group has automated its workflow with the help of Kawasaki robot technology in order to increase the efficiency of their production.

Valk Welding, Netherlands - IFR-Partner

Marko installs fourth generation welding robot system

In spring of this year furniture producer Marko BV put a new, advanced welding robot system into operation at its production facility in Veendam.  The welding robot system represents the company's fourth generation of welding robots. Marko was leading the way in the robotised welding of steel office and school furniture as far back as in the nineteen-eighties. The investment in a Panasonic Tawers welding robot on a longitudinal movement and with 8 work stations has provided Marko with the last word in welding robot technology.

Dürr, Germany - IFR-Partner

State-of-the-Art Control Engineering - Simpler, Faster and more Effective

The computer technology changed our life at a fast speed. Particularly the production technology is not imaginable anymore without its use. In this connection, science speaks of the third industrial revolution. Also in painting technology, formerly a rather manual production and empirically dominated manufacturing area, the computer entered massively and made the processes more economical and more environmentally friendly.

Adept, Germany - IFR-Partner

Automating Solar Manufacturing: Taking Advantage of Lessons Learned

There's no doubt that the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is hot. According to Solarbuzz, LLC an international solar energy research and consulting company, world solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 2,826 megawatts (MW) in 2007, representing a growth of 62% over the previous year.