Pick & Place Automation / Robotic Material Handling
July 2018
High speed robotic pick and place for part handling production using robotic platforms including scara, six axis and collaborative robots to move parts from one place to another, picking them from one area or next and placing them on to another.
What are Pick and Place Robots Used For?
Pick and place robots are used in many ways, depending on the product being handled and the manufacturer’s need for automation. There are four main ways that pick and place robots are used:
- Assembly: pick and place robots, during assembly processes, grab an incoming part from a conveyor belt and then place this part onto another work piece, which is then typically carried away by another conveyor belt.
- Packaging: similar to assembly processes, a pick and place robot grabs a part on an incoming conveyor belt and, rather than assemble the part, the robot places it in a packaging container at a high speed.
- Bin Picking: pick and place robots equipped with advanced vision systems can grab a part out of a bin, sometimes even when parts are randomly mixed together in a bin, and place this part on a conveyor for production.
- Inspection: vision systems can monitor products moving on an incoming conveyor belt and detect defective products, and then a pick and place robot can remove the defective product before it reaches the final phases of production.
While pick and place robots are used in a number of different ways, the four types of applications listed above are some of the most common in today’s manufacturing facilities.
What are the Benefits of Pick and Place Robots?
The two main benefits of pick and place robots are speed and consistency. For pick and place robots, throughput can often reach up to 200 products per minute, while vision systems can identify 100 products per second on a moving conveyor. Additionally, placement errors can be as small as 0 mm in a properly integrated system.
The consistency at which a pick and place robot is able to complete assembly, quality control, packaging and other material handling processes improves the overall quality of production and reduces downtime due to errors. Speed contributes significantly to productivity, as pick and place robots move products through the manufacturing process much quicker than manual options.
Overall, pick and place robots can provide great return on investment (ROI) for manufacturers because of the productivity benefits they can provide. Pick and place robots help production operations around the world increase their output in a profitable way.
Pick and place robots have become a common robotic application in today’s facilities. These robots deliver proven advantages for manufacturers, and relieve workers of monotonous, repetitive work.
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