09,05,2026 7 views
What comes to mind when it comes to the injection molding workshop?
Workers run around in the roar, repeatedly picking up, trimming, and moving items in high temperatures, and night shifts are always short of people
The pain points of injection molding workshops in various industries are basically the same:
1. Pick up depends on people.As soon as the injection molding machine is opened, someone has to guard and retrieve it. Large tonnage workpieces are heavy and hot, slow, and it is not safe to manually climb in and out of the injection molding machine.
2. There are multiple post-processing steps.Going to the water outlet, trimming the edges, hot stamping, marking, flame treatment... each process requires personnel, and there are many more people involved in handling each piece than you think.
3. Logistics rely on push.The delivery of raw materials to the production line and the transportation of finished products to the warehouse rely entirely on manual handling and paper documents, which are inefficient, prone to errors, and difficult to trace.
The result is that the larger the workshop, the more tiring it is, and the more orders there are, the thinner the profit.
Kuka method
KUKA provides full process automation for injection molding workshops, from picking up parts to post-processing, and then to intelligent logisticsworkstationSolutionCovering industries such as general industry, automotive, home appliances, 3C, medical, etc.
Solution
Six axis robot+multi process integration+intelligent logistics:
Automatic pickup:
KUKA six axis robot with customized gripper/suction tool for picking up parts,Beat ≤ 15S
Post processing steps:
One stop completion of water outlet, trimming, hot stamping, laser marking, and flame treatment
3. Weighing and testing:
High precision weighing+SPC/CPK analysis, automatic OK/NG determination
4. Intelligent logistics:
AMR automatic docking production line,7x24 hoursRound-the-clock operations
Technical Highlights
01
Flexible production: automatic quick change of fixtures
Compatible with multiple varieties for quick switching
02
Informationization: MES interface,Real time uploading and tracing of production data
03
Security protection: security fence+grating+sensor, multiple guarantees
Case Analysis
Indonesian car company's injection molding robot material retrieval project
15 second pick-up+integrated post-processingAssist in the intelligent manufacturing of automotive accessories for overseas expansion
Project Background
A certain automotive parts factory uses 1600T-4000T large tonnage injection molding machines, which require robots to complete the picking and post-processing processes.
Solution - Six axis robot+multi process integration:
1. Pick up:Absorption/clamping form, rhythm ≤ 15S
2. Cut off port:Robot driven product movement for cutting, yield rate>95%
3. Flame treatment:10 seconds to process flash, with a flash length of less than 1mm after processing
4. Laser coding:The minimum character size is 10 × 10mm, with a positional accuracy of ± 1mm, and it has the function of local automatic generation (fixed content+date+serial number+shift, etc.)
5. Weighing and testing:0.5g accuracy, SPC/CPK statistical analysis, automatic OK/NG determination
6. Automatic cutting:Elevator+safety grating, manually removed before automatically ascending
Technical Highlights
Automatic quick change:
Automatic quick change compatible with manualLarge tonnage downward compatibility
Quality control:
Weighing data curve chart+limit alarm+MES interface
Security protection:
Security fence+grating+sensor, multiple guarantees
In the future, KUKA industrial automation will continuously optimize injection molding and post-processing technologies, improve production efficiency, product quality, and market competitiveness, and meet constantly changing market demands and technological development trends.
