Silverline

Cooker Hood Manufacturer Extracts the Advantages of FANUC Robots

The co-operation between FANUC and extractor hood manufacturer Silverline, which started with a special automated bonding project in 2015, has led to a total of 17 robots working across the company’s factory in Turkey. FANUC regularly sees this kind of outcome, where taking the initial leap into robot investment leads to an almost immediate realisation that manufacturing can reach entirely new performance levels.
Success story about successful implementation of FANUC robots, and cobots at the Turkish company Silverline. Silverline is using FANUC robots for tasks such as chemical bonding, sheet metal bending, welding, palletisation, product transfer, and press feeding applications, which constitute 27% of the production capacity. Following the latest manufacturing trends, Silverline provides flexibility and efficiency in its production with the FANUC CRX collaborative robot in 2021.

Key Insights from Task to Result

Task

With global trends in kitchen and cooker design driving the need for dynamic development processes, Silverline today has around 4,000 different designs in its product portfolio. In response to growing demand for these products, the company wanted to identify a suitable automation partner. 

Solution

What began with the introduction of a FANUC six-axis industrial robot for an automated bonding project in 2015 has evolved into a total of 17 FANUC robots performing a wide range of process-critical operations. Among the latest models to arrive is a FANUC CRX-series collaborative robot (cobot). 

Result

The use of FANUC robots is helping Silverline to uphold its strategy of deploying new-generation technologies in the manufacture of its innovative extractor hoods. By automating operations such as bonding, sheet metal bending, welding, palletising, product transfer and press feeding, FANUC robots today represent 27% of production capacity at Silverline and provide a significant contribution to the company’s continuous improvement plan. 

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Silverline is using FANUC robots for working in chemical bonding, sheet metal bending, welding, palletisation, product transfer and press feeding applications, and constitutes 27% of the production capacity. Following the latest manufacturing trends, Silverline provides flexibility and efficiency in its production with the FANUC CRX collaborative robot in 2021.

It was 1994 when Turkey-based Silverline began trading, since when the company has produced millions of cooker extractor hoods. Today, ISO 9001-accredited Silverline is one of the 10 largest extractor hood manufacturers in the world, exporting to more than 70 countries from its 103,000 m2 state-of-the-art factory. With more than 4,000 product designs, the 1,850+ employee business has secured over 150 international design awards from the world’s most prestigious organisations, including the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award and the European Product Design Award.

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FANUC Robots Help Production Go Full Steam Ahead

With global trends in kitchen and cooker design constantly evolving, Silverline is adept at staying ahead of the curve through continuous innovation that draws together functionality and elegance. Accordingly, the company manufactures its cooker extraction hoods and other products using new-generation technologies.  

Explains Murat Koç, General Manager of Silverline: “Despite our success, we attach great importance to future technologies as we seek continuous improvement and sustainable production. We always strive to invest in our operations and are proud to be among the top 250 companies in Turkey that make R&D investments.” 

Silverline’s co-operation with FANUC began in 2015, with the introduction of a FANUC six-axis industrial robot to an automated bonding project. 

Success story about successful implementation of FANUC robots, and cobots at the Turkish company Silverline. Testimonial of Suat Çetin.
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Suat Çetin

Production Engineering Director

As it stands, Silverline complete 27% of its production throughput using FANUC robots, with models such as M-710𝑖C/70, R-2000𝑖C/165F, ARC Mate 120𝑖C, M-10𝑖A and M-20𝑖A delivering uninterrupted production. 

“We are very pleased to collaborate with FANUC. FANUC contributes to our constant improvement strategy in production; our technological renewal,” states Çetin.

Exemplifying this strategy is Silverline’s recently installed FANUC CRX-10𝑖A/L collaborative robot (cobot), which works alongside company operatives to enhance production efficiency without the constraints of guarding or barriers. 

Success story about successful implementation of FANUC robots, and cobots at the Turkish company Silverline.

“Technologies developed by FANUC in this area provide our manufacturing operations with flexibility and productivity. Moving forward, our partnership with FANUC regarding the improvement of our technology and production capacity will only grow stronger.”  highlights Çetin.

The industrial transformation of Silverline’s factory, alongside the continual training of its qualified workforce, will further increase the flexibility of the company’s manufacturing processes.  

Concludes Çetin: “As a reliable partner, we will continue collaborating with FANUC, a company that provides high product quality in line with our requirements, solutions-oriented professional conduct, and global service and spare parts support.”

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