Collaborative Gripper Takes Over the Night Shift
Donk Industries is one of the largest small-series aluminum parts manufacturers in the Benelux countries. To help keep inventories low and supply customers on time with a wide variety of products, an RG6 gripper with HEX sensor from OnRobot automatically feeds one of eight CNC machines around the clock. With a shortage of skilled labor, this lets employees move to more interesting tasks while doubling output of the CNC machine with higher and more stable product quality.
Results
2X CNC outputFailure rate cut in ½Improved product delivery reliabilityAutomatically feeds CNC machine during night shiftFlexible for low-volume, high-mix partsGripper fingertips change in minutes
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Collaborative & Safe
“In contrast to conventional industrial robots, the combination of cobot and corresponding end-of-arm tooling can be used directly next to humans and works directly with them.” Jaap Zentveld, Assistant Production Manager, Donk Industries
Flexible
"With Donk Industries' specific requirements in mind, we recommended an OnRobot gripper. Because it is so flexible, we were able to adapt it individually to the application. The concept of the one-stop shop allows us to find the right solution for every application." Peter van Olm, founder of Olmia Robotics and distributor of OnRobot
Easy to Program
“We have to be flexible with our product variety and the small quantities involved and be able to convert our production lines quickly. Collaborative applications can be flexibly converted for new tasks and are easy to program.” Jaap Zentveld, Assistant Production Manager, Donk Industries.