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Advantages of Shanghai Xi 'ao Automation Small Unit Bending Robot Workstation

Shanghai Xi 'ao Automatic Small Unit Bending Robot Workstation is a lightweight sheet metal bending automation scheme. Compared with traditional manual bending and large-scale bending robot production lines, it has outstanding advantages in cost, site, flexibility, safety, production stability and other dimensions, especially suitable for the production needs of small and medium-sized sheet metal processing plants with multiple varieties and small and medium batches.

First, it occupies a small area and has strong site adaptability. The traditional large-scale bending robot system needs to reserve a wide material storage area, robot movement space and heavy protective fence, which can occupy more than ten square meters as a whole and requires high workshop space. The small unit bending robot workstation adopts compact integrated design, which integrates industrial robot, CNC bending machine, loading and unloading tooling, safety protection and positioning bracket into one unit. The overall area is usually only a few square meters, and it can be directly placed in the original spare station of the workshop, without large-scale renovation of the workshop or dismantling of the original equipment. Some models support modular layout, can flexibly adjust the placement position, and move quickly when the workshop capacity is adjusted and the production line is reorganized, which is suitable for sheet metal enterprises with limited workshop space.

Second, the investment cost is low and the landing threshold is lower. The total investment in equipment procurement, tooling customization and on-site debugging of large-scale automatic bending production line is high, and the recovery cycle is long, so it is difficult for small and medium-sized factories to invest in one time. Small unit bending workstation adopts lightweight robot and simplified material conveying mechanism, which reduces redundant supporting equipment and significantly reduces equipment procurement cost. At the same time, the debugging period is short, the supporting fixture structure is simple, the cost of replacing fixture is low, and the overall investment of the project is controllable. For enterprises with limited budget and want to implement automation transformation step by step, a single set of small unit bending workstations can be deployed first, and then gradually expanded after verifying the effect, thus reducing the one-time investment risk.

Third, it has strong flexibility, fast production change speed, and is suitable for multi-variety and small batch orders. At present, there are more and more customized orders in the sheet metal industry, and product specifications are frequently switched. Manual bending needs to repeatedly adjust the baffle and measure the workpiece when changing production frequently, which takes a long time. The small unit bending robot workstation supports program storage, and the bending parameters and robot motion trajectories of different workpieces can be saved in advance. When changing products, just switch programs and quickly change simple fixtures or sucker fixtures, and the production can be changed in a short time. Whether it is new product proofing or small and medium-sized orders with dozens to thousands of pieces, it can respond quickly, taking into account both samples and mass production, and solve the shortcomings that traditional automatic production lines are only suitable for large quantities of single products.

Fourthly, the production stability is high and the workpiece bending consistency is good. Manual bending is greatly influenced by fatigue, operating habits and experience. After repeated operations for a long time, it is prone to angular deviation and dimensional fluctuation. It is difficult to stably control the springback of thin plates and stainless steel parts only by manual work, and the size dispersion of the same batch of products is large, so subsequent assembly often needs grinding and correction. The robot has stable repetitive positioning accuracy, and with the angle compensation function of the bending machine, it can continuously and stably complete the whole process of sheet feeding, positioning and bending. The bending angle and size error of each product are kept in a fixed range, which effectively controls the quality problems caused by sheet springback, reduces defective products, reduces the rework workload of subsequent assembly, and improves the qualified rate of finished products. At the same time, the robot can work continuously for a long time without being affected by fatigue and emotion, and is suitable for continuous production in two shifts and three shifts.

Fifth, improve the safety of work and avoid the risk of work-related injuries in the bending process. Bending machine is a high-risk equipment. When it is operated manually, it is necessary to hold the plate into the mold area, which is easy to cause hand pressing and extrusion accidents, and the burr of the plate is also easy to scratch the operator. The small unit bending workstation is equipped with multiple protective devices, such as safety grating, safety fence, area sensor, etc. The plate grabbing and feeding are all completed by robots, and the operators are only responsible for feeding raw materials, picking up finished products, program maintenance and equipment inspection, which reduces the probability of safety accidents at the bending workstation from the source and reduces the pressure of enterprise safety production management.

Sixth, reduce manpower dependence and optimize personnel structure. The post of sheet metal bending is characterized by high labor intensity, high repeatability and general working environment, and it is difficult to recruit and retain people for a long time. A small unit bending workstation can replace a bending operator, and the original personnel can be transferred to high value-added positions such as inspection, assembly and programming, reducing the dependence of enterprises on skilled bending technicians. At the same time, the threshold of equipment operation is not high, and technicians can complete programming, production change and daily maintenance after short-term training, thus alleviating the production bottleneck caused by the shortage of skilled workers.

Seventh, it is easy to integrate and expand, and the production line can be connected. The workstation can not only run independently, complete the bending process independently, but also dock with the upstream laser cutting and plate shearing blanking stations, and cooperate with a simple conveying table to realize the direct feeding of the plate into the bending unit after blanking. When the production capacity is improved in the later stage, multiple workstations can be arranged in parallel and connected to MES system to realize production data collection and work order management, and gradually transition to digital workshop. Simple equipment maintenance, convenient maintenance of modular parts, short downtime maintenance time, and guarantee the overall productivity of the production line.

On the whole, Shanghai Xi 'ao automatic small unit bending robot workstation is a preferred scheme for automatic upgrading of sheet metal industry, with its core characteristics of small size, flexibility, low cost and high flexibility, which makes up for the shortcomings of manual bending and large-scale automatic production line, and helps small and medium-sized sheet metal enterprises to stabilize product quality, ensure production safety and control production cost in customized market environment.