At present, China’s manufacturing industry is facing three major challenges: on the one hand, the market is changing rapidly, consumers’ demand for products is becoming clearer and clearer, creating more market segments, and enterprises need to flexibly adjust the production line to cope with it; On the other hand, the energy shortage and supply chain risks caused by extreme weather, political conflicts and other factors cannot be underestimated, which puts forward higher requirements for production resilience, and also makes “improving energy efficiency and reducing costs” an industry consensus; In addition, with the rapid growth of the global elderly population, the trend of labor shortage has become a foregone conclusion, and the traditional labor-intensive manufacturing industry urgently needs to find alternative solutions to solve the “labor shortage”. For this reason, the entire industry is urgently looking for efficient, flexible, easy-to-use, low-cost solutions. Under the background of accelerating the pace of global industrial automation and making great progress in the development of intelligent manufacturing, new technologies that strive to solve the pain points of manufacturing are emerging in an endless flow, and collaborative robots are one of them.

Cobot-Colaborative robots are robotic automation systems designed to work safely with people in a collaborative workspace. Schneider Electric launches the Lexium Cobot as part of the Automation Solutions motion control portfolio, which includes robots: Lexium P&T Delta Robot, Lexium PAS&PAD – Portal shaft, conveyor system: Lexium MC12- Flexible conveying systems, motion controllers, drives, motors and more. During their participation in the production process, Lexium Cobot collaborates with people to undertake highly flexible, high-intensity and repeatable work with the help of dynamic torque and speed monitoring. While enhancing enterprise agility and production efficiency, it empowers workers and enhances their ability to cope with production problems.

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An assembly scenario, for example, requires a large amount of repetitive work such as material handling, packaging, loading and unloading, and emphasizes efficiency and accuracy throughout the process. Therefore, extremely high requirements are placed on the robots used in this scenario in terms of positioning accuracy and load capacity. In the actual production process, different volumes and weights of materials are more likely to be customized for robot delivery specifications. In addition, whether the robot can be smoothly coordinated with other robots, machines and equipment, and whether the installation, operation and maintenance costs are appropriate are also factors that must be considered.

In such scenarios, traditional industrial robot systems, due to poor compatibility, must be designed into the process from the beginning, and there is no direct access to the process that has been put into production. They are also far less flexible than humans in adapting to changing realities, resulting in high operational costs. In the coordination process, although traditional industrial robots can replace manual work and accurately complete boring, repetitive and difficult operations for a long time, their speed and strength lack of flexibility make them unsuitable for working with people. Hasty collaboration will not only affect efficiency, but also bring security risks, so they can only be installed in the “cage” with safety barriers. Isolated from the workers.

Compared with traditional robots, Lexium Cobot, as an efficient and advanced robot system, has many advantages.

Higher performance: The Lexium Cobot breaks the limitations of traditional robots in terms of flexibility, and the six robot arms can be assembled on six rotating axes to achieve ±360° movement, and can be installed and placed at will, enabling accurate implementation of difficult technical tasks; With a payload range of 3-18 kg, it is easily capable of a wide variety of precise operations, avoiding errors caused by human operation, reducing energy consumption and unnecessary management losses.
More economical: Compared with similar products, Lexium Cobot reduces weight by 10% and volume by 20%, saving space and reducing transportation and installation costs; Simple and fast deployment processes that can be easily integrated into existing production lines without complex process design; The simple and convenient programming application reduces the learning cost of the collaborators and can be quickly delivered to participate in production; Breaking the single operation mode of traditional robots, it can integrate and participate in multiple projects, and the return on investment is higher.
Safer: Products through the SGS-PLd functional safety certification and ISO 13849-1 Mechanical safety – control system safety certification; With collision detection protection function, accidental contact will stop working, no need to install safety barriers; The fuselage is treated with smooth edges and preset force limits, and strives to ensure personnel safety in all aspects.With excellent connectivity, flexibility, scalability, product security and network security, Lexium Cobot can meet the intelligent manufacturing needs of various industries. For the FMCG field, the production line needs to be adjusted at any time according to market changes. The Lexium Cobot can quickly adapt to process changes, significantly reducing the time required for equipment replacement, setup and commissioning, and can perform a variety of applications and tasks in the production process, helping FMCG companies cut costs and improve efficiency.

In the automotive industry, Lexium Cobot is capable of intensive, repetitive and boring tasks, improving efficiency, productivity and product quality in the automotive industry while reducing errors, production downtime and material waste. In addition, collaborative robots can perform tasks that are dangerous or injury-prone to humans, reducing the risk of workplace accidents.

Applied in the field of electronics manufacturing, the Lexium Cobot enables precise assembly of electronic parts, and its high agility improves operating speed and process efficiency. Increase return on investment by reducing downtime and defective products.