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What to consider when automating production processes with robots

What to consider when automating production processes with robots

Anyone planning to move towards a smart factory needs to choose carefully when considering possible robotic solutions. Should it be an industrial robot or a collaborative robot (cobot)? The answer will depend on your specific needs. Experts from Omron, a leader in industrial automation, including sensing, control, vision and robotics solutions for industrial automation shed […]

By August 25, 2021 Read More →
Omron and Reitec join forces on cobot palletiser

Omron and Reitec join forces on cobot palletiser

Innovation automation solutions can improve flexibility and boost productivity in the palletising sector, whilst still ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for workers. To meet the needs of customers in the fast-moving consumer goods industry (FMCG), Omron distributor and industrial automation specialist, Reitec Engineering Services, has developed the new RC-1 cobot palletiser solution. Reitec […]

By July 21, 2021 Read More →
Palletising solution from Reitec meets the needs of FMCG customers

Palletising solution from Reitec meets the needs of FMCG customers

Innovation automation solutions can improve flexibility and boost productivity in the palletising sector, whilst still ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for workers. To meet the needs of customers in the fast-moving consumer goods industry (FMCG), Omron distributor and industrial automation specialist, Reitec Engineering Services, has developed the new RC-1 cobot palletiser solution. Reitec […]

By July 19, 2021 Read More →
Omron ranks Gold Class in global sustainability award

Omron ranks Gold Class in global sustainability award

Omron Corporation has been ranked, for the first time, as ‘Gold Class’ in Sustainability Award selected by S&P Global, which evaluates roughly 7,000 globally prominent companies from economic, environmental and social perspectives. It selects the top 15 % companies in each industry across 61 industries as a sustainable company to be listed in the Sustainability […]

By July 13, 2021 Read More →
Smart robotics enables flexible production of rapid coronavirus antibody tests

Smart robotics enables flexible production of rapid coronavirus antibody tests

The coronavirus crisis has caused unimaginable damage to the personal health and finances of people throughout the world, as well as damaging national economies. However, industry has been able to play a key role in developing solutions that can mitigate the crisis. For instance, the retail, manufacturing and public sectors are increasingly turning to innovative […]

By May 25, 2021 Read More →
Omron and AWL-Techniek launch a cobot welding cell

Omron and AWL-Techniek launch a cobot welding cell

Industrial automation expert Omron and high-tech machine builder AWL have joined forces to launch Qube, a flexible cobot welding cell. This cell makes it easier for companies to automate the welding of small batches; to introduce new products easily; and to allow people and machines to work together safely. The cobot welding cell resembles a […]

By May 19, 2021 Read More →
Omron joins forces with OnRobot for cobot solutions

Omron joins forces with OnRobot for cobot solutions

Omron Industrial Automation Europe has signed a new distribution agreement with OnRobot, the Danish manufacturer of tools for collaborative robot (cobot) applications. This will enable Omron to offer OnRobot’s products – which can be fully integrated with the Omron TM cobot – to its customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The agreement between […]

By March 31, 2021 Read More →
Mobile cobot resolves redeployment challenge

Mobile cobot resolves redeployment challenge

Omron has developed a fast redeployment solution for machine tending collaborative robots. Incorporating breakthrough fully-integrated landmark functionality, Omron’s Mobile Cobot Workstation addresses the issue of under-utilisation that can render automation unviable for high product mix manufacturers and SMEs. By enabling cobots to be redeployed on different tasks with minimal reconfiguration, this agile automation solution accelerates […]

By March 26, 2021 Read More →
SCARA robot series handles payloads up to 15kg

SCARA robot series handles payloads up to 15kg

Omron’s latest industrial robot, the new i4H SCARA is designed to meet the demands of mass customisation, allowing manufacturers to produce high mixes of products at low volume to offer a wider array of goods to people. The i4H SCARA follows the recent release of the i4L light duty SCARA robot. The i4H boasts unique […]

By March 8, 2021 Read More →
Fast and safe transport on the factory floor

Fast and safe transport on the factory floor

Three autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have been helping Philips Austria with the internal transport of materials for the past two years. To increase the acceptance of these new robot colleagues, the employees at the plant gave them names: Jaqueline, Chiara and Sepp. The LD mobile robots from Omron are used in combination with solutions from […]

By February 10, 2021 Read More →