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Adept Robotics Systems Designed to Handle Todays Manufacturing Challenges
While there is emphasis today on outsourcing manufacturing, most companies actuallydesire to keep manufacturing close to customers. Local manufacturing enables suppliers to streamline the supply chain, reduce inventories and keep a close eye on quality, as well as respond quickly to changes in the marketplace. Manufacturers are also under pressure to supply customized products and/or packaging. Custom products and shortened product
lifecycles have dramatically increased the product mix, making it difficult and expensive for companies to manage production needs with dedicated machinery.Adept flexible and intelligent robotics not only help companies address these challenges while reducing manufacturing costs, but use these challenges to their competitive advantage enabling manufacturers to make decisions that are good for their customers and for their businesses.
Automotive Applications Industrial Applications Consumer Goods Applications
Assembly of components and sub-assemblies
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General loading and unloading of machine tools
Assembly of product kits
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Screw driving and attachment of other fasteners
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Material handling and parts transfer
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Material handling and parts transfer
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Loading and unloading of cutting tools
Dispensing sealants and adhesives
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Inspection and testing of assemblies
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Material handling including case packing,
loading and unloading of parts trays
Packaging of product and product kits
Dispensing sealants and adhesives
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Consumer Electronics Applications
Packaging of parts
Robotic grinding of small batches
Assembly of components and sub-assemblies
Medical Device Applications
Assembly of product
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Automation of lab processes such as fluid and material handling
Inspection station load/unload
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Material handling including sorting, stacking and finishing
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Packaging of parts and kits
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Precision dispensing of material
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Food Applications
Screw driving and attachment of other fasteners
Loading and unloading of test stations
Picking product from moving conveyor belt
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Precise part placement
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Material handling including case packing, line balancing, sorting and collating
Inspection and testing of assemblies
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Material packaging
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Packaging of parts
Product capping
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Packaging product into primary and/or secondary packaging
*Vision-guidance provides added flexibility and precision to robotic systems in these applications. It provides a cost-effective alternative to tightly fixturedparts in a fraction of the time. Vision-guidance is also an enabling technology for applications like vision-guided conveyor tracking. Adept has been theindustry leader in robotic vision-guidance for over 25 years, and remains the leader today.
