With the continuous innovation and upgrading of automation technology, at present, almost all CNC processing equipment can be matched with appropriate automation solutions. Whether it is the whole production line or the transformation of a single station, the introduction of automation can effectively solve the problem of labor shortage.
Nowadays, there are a wide range of automation options in the market. How to choose the best solution? The following share is expected to help you make more accurate judgments.
Customized CNC automation system
Advantages: strong pertinence and extreme optimization
Customized CNC automation system is usually developed around a single type of product, and is designed for parts or series of products with close size and shape.
Customized systems are generally designed and built by robot system integrators or professional automation teams in enterprises. They are highly targeted. They can achieve extreme optimization and high matching around the required products to maximize equipment capacity. Compared with standard CNC automation systems, they are more efficient and stable.
Insufficient: weak expansibility
The smooth use of customized automation system depends on the clear description of the specific requirements of the use scenario at the beginning of the design. Otherwise, it is easy to find deficiencies while doing, constantly adjust and add requirements, and finally form a compromise product.
In addition, when it is necessary to produce a new year's part on the customized CNC automation system, its limitations are immediately exposed: the system needs to be upgraded, and new jigs, grippers, fixtures and programming are all necessary conditions. It is even possible that the hardware structure of the automation equipment needs to be adjusted, and the transformation takes a long time and the economic cost is high.
Although a few enterprises with strong automation ability can integrate new parts into customized CNC automation equipment by themselves, most factories still need robot manufacturers or integrators to reprogram and debug robots on site before they can be used normally. Therefore, customized CNC automation is likely to become an important obstacle to the expansion of factory automation.
In summary, customized systems generally have the following characteristics:
1、Get the best operation efficiency within the scope of application，
2、Achieve longer unattended operation time。
3、Redeployment takes longer。
4、Higher equipment purchase price and longer delivery time。
5、Switching new parts takes longer。
6、Customized programming is required for each part。
7、The replacement of new parts usually requires the on-site assistance of robot manufacturers or integrators。
Standard CNC automation equipment
Wide range of applicable parts
Standard CNC automation equipment is no longer designed and developed around a single part, but through a set of standardized equipment to achieve more non-standard applications and realize the automation requirements of parts with different shapes and sizes.
Efficiently switch parts
Another key feature of standard automation equipment is that the tangent of products becomes simpler and the cost is lower. It can be completed only by employees with basic programming knowledge, without the on-site support of manufacturers.
Compared with customization, standardization system usually has the following characteristics:
1、Flexible adaptation to a wider range of part shapes and sizes.
2、Faster deployment and tangent production.
3、Lower implementation costs.
4、Less need for professional technical support.
5、Little or no customized robot programming.
6、Users can expand new parts and incorporate them into the automation system.
