How to determine whether non-standard automation equipment is required

Now many enterprises artificial panic, high labor costs, the idea of replacing people with machines is more and more, what kind of post is suitable for replacing people with machines? Even there is no ready-made standard equipment on the market, the need to customize non-standard automation equipment to replace people, how to define, must need to customize non-standard automation equipment to replace people's decision is particularly important.

Procurement of non-standard automation equipment is all the production of the factory in the establishment of the factory must be involved in the problem, then understand the purchase of non-standard automation equipment matters needing attention can save a lot of unnecessary trouble for the manufacturer, can also save a huge amount of subsequent spending for the factory.

The first need to pay attention to the purchase of non-standard automation equipment is their own situation

First, whether it is necessary to put automation equipment in the process

It is generally considered to import automatic equipment instead of manual operation under the following circumstances:

1. Poor working environment, such as spraying and welding;

2. Manual operation makes product quality unstable or fails to meet customer requirements;

3. The product is large or heavy, and manual operation is difficult.

4. Long production cycle and service life of products.

For automation solely for the purpose of saving manpower, individual recommendations need to be carefully evaluated.

Two, whether the process is suitable for putting automation equipment

1. Stability of components: whether the quality of products flowing from upstream is stable. If the parts are unstable, the quality of the products processed by the equipment may not be as good as the manual, or it may cause frequent downtime of the equipment.

2. Complexity of operation: the complexity of operation determines the cost and feasibility of automation equipment technology. Even for industrial robots, complex assembly operations are difficult to achieve.

3. Packaging method of parts: if you want to realize automatic feeding, you need to change the original packaging method so that the feeding mechanism can grasp the parts, and the cost increase caused by changing the packaging method should be calculated into the automation cost.

4. Separability of components: If you want to achieve manual feeding, you need to evaluate the separability of components. Especially for some small parts, such as screws.

Iii. How can automation design meet the requirements of Lean mode

1. Use small, single-tasking devices instead of large, multi-tasking devices; The more complex the equipment, the higher the cost, the worse the reliability, and the less flexible to respond to changes in demand;

2. Do not blindly pursue high-speed equipment. The efficiency of equipment should be based on the principle of meeting demand and ensuring product quality.

3. Try to avoid batch processing equipment. Although batch processing equipment has certain advantages in efficiency, it will hinder the flow and make the production cycle too long.

The second thing to pay attention to is the problem of after-sales service. Once a problem occurs in such a costly machine, it is a great cost to repair it. Therefore, we need to choose a good after-sales service automation equipment manufacturers. They can not only provide the buyer with door-to-door delivery and installation services, when the machine in the use of any problem, the manufacturer will immediately come to the door for repair, so as to minimize the impact of machine failure on the production activities of the buyer.

The third thing to pay attention to is the price of non-standard automation equipment. Price is a very sensitive topic, and I believe that all buyers want to spend less money to get better equipment. However, as we all know, price and product quality are linked. Therefore, we can not blindly go to small cheap, buy those cheap machines. Although these machines are cheaper to buy, but in the use of the process is obviously not those slightly more expensive good, these machines in the later maintenance and repair of the money is also a lot of. However, this is not to encourage people to buy expensive machines. What we want to choose is a moderately priced machine, and we want to choose some manufacturers with a particularly good reputation.