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With rising global demand for robots, Grip GmbH needed more machining centre capacity to enhance productivity and reduce costs. They chose FANUC's advanced ROBODRILL 𝛼-D21M𝑖B5ADV machining centres, known for speed, precision, reliability, and flexibility, even for single component lots. These machines, featuring a FANUC robot and an innovative tool and workpiece handling system, enable unmanned production of small series and individual parts. This solution boosted Grip GmbH's machining capacity nearly six-fold.

Machine tending (loading and unloading) is one of the most popular applications for an industrial robot thanks to the elimination of labour costs and higher production throughput. However, in a busy industrial plant, how is it possible to ensure the safety of employees in close proximity to such a fast and powerful installation? The use of FANUC Dual Check Safety technology at world-leading medical technology company Smith+Nephew, demonstrates the optimal solution.

Nexteer Automotive is taking advantage of nine high-performance industrial robots from FANUC to automate the manufacturing of steering gear components required for BMW. Installed by process automation specialist AKE Robotics, the plant is seeing new levels of process productivity and reliability.

In the manufacturing industry, painting and coating are among the most inconsistent processes to complete manually. Application speed, paint thickness and distance to the surface are extremely difficult for operators to perform without unintentional deviation. The answer is to adopt robots, in particular FANUC P-series paint robots, which have been developed especially for this challenging production process.

A robotic cell was created to machine large ring-shaped bearings. A FANUC R-2000𝑖C/210L robot, with a 210-kg capacity and 3D Vision Sensor, loads and unloads rings into a vertical CNC lathe. Mikron Plus used FANUC's CNC Servo Learning Oscillation to break long chips into smaller pieces. This solution increased productivity, reduced costs, and ensured high accuracy and quality while minimising labour dependency.

A key player in the pharmaceutical industry, significantly improved its production capabilities with FANUC's automated solutions. By integrating FANUC robots, DEMO optimised the filling, packaging, and labeling processes, resulting in enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and overall productivity in their operations.

Long chips from machining operations disrupt machine function. ETASIS, a Turkish tool producer, sought a solution. FANUC’s CNC offers the Servo Learning Oscillation Function, which oscillates the tool along the cutting direction, maintaining quality and reducing cleanup. This solution is essential for robotic machine tending and eliminates the need for chip-breaking equipment. ETASIS is highly satisfied with the results.

When a factory installs its first FANUC robot, such are the benefits available that other robots typically soon follow. Among those providing testimony to this fact is leading ceramic manufacturer Apulum. Following the installation of its first FANUC robot in 2014, several more have since taken up their place in the company’s finishing process. Apulum is now looking to enhance its packaging operations with FANUC robots.

Quality checks and packaging can be physically demanding. However, the integration of collaborative robots can significantly enhance the ergonomics of such activities.

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.

Erkul Cosmetics in Turkey benefits from a myriad of quality and efficiency benefits provided by various high-performance FANUC automation products. This fast-growing cosmetics enterprise is looking to set a benchmark for manufacturing in its sector, supported by the competitive gains that FANUC solutions provide.

With its new FANUC machines in-site, EUROEDIL has increased its cutting rate and throughput to meet rising volume demands from customers. Moreover, the accuracy and precision of the company’s die-cutting tools have improved noticeably.

Specifying and acquiring an industrial robot is often a company’s first step on its journey to an automated future based on higher productivity and repeatability. However, partnering with a robot vendor that is able to offer the highest levels of customer support is paramount in order to achieve complete project success, from commissioning and training to machine service and maintenance.

Any builder of custom machinery will say that choosing the right control system is paramount to project success. And when the machine in question has multiple axes that require simultaneous control at high speeds with ultra-precise accuracy, FANUC has the optimal CNC solutions available. Unique Method, a Hungary-based builder of custom laser cutting machinery, is among a growing number that have discovered this fact for themselves.

The right machine control and robot automation processes can drive major increases in efficiency and connectivity for Industry 4.0 as Giuliani, a specialist in transfer machines for processing locks and keys can testify. The company has been cooperating with FANUC for more than 20 years.

Famar, an Italian builder of vertical lathes, has integrated a bin picking system enabled by a FANUC collaborative robot (cobot) into its recently developed Ciao 6 machine. The system facilitates the recognition, picking and handling of parts from tote bins to and from the machine’s conveyor, making the application flexible and adaptable to different components.

As any manufacturing business grows, so does the need to impart better production monitoring and control. In the digital age, increasing numbers are turning to PC-based IoT software tools. But which one to select? As Lettner Metallbearbeitung reveals, there are many arguments in favour of MT-LINK𝑖 from FANUC.

The plastics industry is under pressure to enhance its sustainability. Here, FANUC ROBOSHOT all-electric injection moulding machines are proving an increasingly popular and proactive way for plastic product OEMs and contract moulding shops to reduce their energy consumption, drive down bills and minimise carbon footprint.

While machining can benefit greatly from the adoption of a machine-tending robot, the addition of 3D cameras introduces an extra level of intelligence that leads to autonomous production and particular benefits for manufacturers.

When ZPM wanted to increase its machine and robot utilisation, support the company’s vertically integrated manufacturing strategy and map its output more precisely, it turned to FANUC’s MT-LINK𝑖. With this advanced software, manufacturers like ZPM can supervise and manage data from one to 2,000 machines, robots and PLC systems.

Haidlmair, a top injection mould specialist, invested in two more FANUC ROBOCUT wire EDM machines, continuing a decades-long partnership and legacy of precision.

High-volume plastics parts; thin walls; zero defects; short automotive lead times; demanding energy efficiency requirements. A growing number of manufacturers are combatting these common challenges by investing in ROBOSHOT high-performance, all-electric injection moulding machines from FANUC. Among their number is SIMON Plastics.