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The use of robots in lean manufacturing can save time and materials by simplifying production.  Commonly, lean manufacturing robotic work cells use robots set up in parallel to equalize the cycle times of each step thus improving the production process. 

• I use engineering knowledge and robot simulation tools to prevent one robot from being starved of parts while another robot can barely complete its tasks.   
  
• Peretz illustrated the merit of saving time through a lean approach to robotic-grounded manufacturing. The example he gives is that of a robotic drill operator.   
  
• Sharpe is Engineering Manager for the materials joining segment at FANUC Robotics America, Inc., Rochester Hills, Michigan, a robot maker.   
  
• What if material joining is thrown into the mix of robotic lean manufacturing? FANUC Robotics America's Michael Sharpe addresses this.
• If cycle times are too slow for one robot to complete the entire process, you may need another robot welding on that part. This lean arc-welding process prevents bottlenecks upstream.
• Dan Peretz has a different take on the role of lean manufacturing in a robotic material joining work cell.
• Is there a distinction between lean manufacturing and robotic-based production?
• In robotic-based production there is not a difference between a lean manufacturing work cell and one that is not.
• Most robotic work cells were designed with lean manufacturing in the background, whether the integrator realized it or not.
• The KUKA RC 30/51 C controller which is used allows user programs and interfaces to be generated in conformity with DaimlerChrysler internal standards   
  
• KUKA Roboter additionally developed a fully-functional interface with the component and vehicle recognition system, and also provided robot training for the user's employees, thus further enhancing the robots' already almost 100% availability.
  

 

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