Wireless solution for cobot installation
What’s the best way to cut expensive downtime and maintenance for repairs on machine comms cables? Get rid of the cables! Go wireless, with help and advice from SMC.
In one application, SMC’s customer was using hundreds of metres of cabling to control cobots on a 40 metre production line, resulting in complex looms. These were time-consuming to build, added weight to the robot armature, created additional costs for maintenance and unplanned downtime due to cable failures through wear and tear.
By adopting SMC wireless systems the customer successfully eliminated the cable looms – cutting costs and improving cobot build time. SMC also converted all other manifolds on the line to wireless, further improving the benefits.
The customer is enjoying significantly lower costs for build time, labour and materials, improved commissioning time as well as reduced maintenance and downtime.
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