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Welding Robots
The high cost, minimal flexibility and programming complexities of robotic welding cells have historically prevented smaller job shops and manufacturers from considering automated welding as a viable part of the production process. However, with a shrinking skilled workforce, more companies are assigning their welding experts to oversee multiple robotic welding cells. According to the American Welding Society, 40% of manufacturing companies have been forced to decline new contracts due t
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Nov 15th 2017
Universal Robots Case Study: Johnson & Johnson’s Assembly Line
Johnson & Johnson’s Greek facility required
its employees to do very repetitive, boring work. To relieve employees of these
tasks, the company installed Universal Robots collaborative robot technology to increase morale and allow
employees to pursue more interesting work at the company.The robot would have to perform multiple complicated tasks
including picking up different types of bottles, transferring them to a
packaging machine and sorting them by product type. Johnson & Johnson
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Mar 31st 2017