From automotive to woodworking,
FANUC offers production-enhancing solutions for almost any application. FANUC Authorized System Integrators for Robotics (ASIs) can help you develop and implement solutions, big or small.
CNC system integrators/rebuilders will review your system requirements and provide a solution created to meet your
customized needs. You will find that automation exists in all kinds of companies and throughout almost every industry. In the automotive industry,
industrial robots have a long history of improving quality and lowering costs. A manufacturer can handle especially dangerous tasks with welding robots, and ensure a particulate-free coating process using paint robots.
On the assembly line, workers might put door insulation in place, and a collaborative robot then presses it firmly into place.
More examples of the application of automation in industries exist in the aerospace industry, where the inspection
process is critical. Tight tolerances mean inspections must meet exacting standards. Several inspection procedures can be performed by robots using laser scanners that can detect minute inconsistencies.
Many industrial robot examples can be seen in CPG factories, where FANUC delta robots have been picking and packing
for years. Recent innovation includes the use of robots to ice cakes, even piping hand-drawn decorations onto cakes in a conveyor line.
Produce processors come to FANUC to help with flexible automation that includes using articulated
robots with gentle, flexible end-of-arm tooling to pack soft fruits like apples and cucumbers into crates.
In the U.S. Department of Treasury, tracking money is crucial. Industrial robot applications include palletizing robots that weigh currency packs precisely, within a fraction of an ounce, to protect against theft. The pallets are then weighed again by material handling robots that load them into sealed shipping containers.
In the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, applications of industrial automation can be seen in delta robots
that singulate bottles as they unpack them and place them onto an assembly line. They can also remove light, flexible packets from the line and pack them into boxes. Bottle sizes or box sizes often change in this industry,
which means manufacturing applications vary significantly. Through the flexibility of FANUC robots, the robots can be reprogrammed to accommodate changes quickly and easily.
In die and mold industries, automated system examples include using deburring robots that finish
metal pieces and smooth away any irregularities. Material removal robots can help with cutting, grinding, deflashing, polishing, waterjet cutting, routering and more.
For more examples of the application of automation in industries, look to construction. Stacking heavy panels of drywall or pallets of lumber used to be slow, heavy work. Today, FANUC supplies heavy-duty palletizing robots
that make it possible to stack even very large objects into predetermined configurations.
In watchmaking, industrial robots are focused on precision. Internal watch works must be exactly cut and precisely fit together. The applications of industrial automation include combining the right robots with FANUC CNC
programming to help watch manufacturers produce exceptional quality and consistency, offering the highest levels of precision on even the smallest parts.
No matter which industry you represent or which manufacturing applications you’re working with, you’ll find intelligent automation solutions from FANUC that meet or exceed your expectations for customization,
ease of use, efficiency, reliability and safety.