Manufacturers around the world are increasingly embracing machine tool automation for the significant productivity benefits it can deliver.
As skilled labour shortages, supply chain volatility, and high operating costs continue to challenge the manufacturing industry, machine tool automation is a key solution for machine shops to remain viable under these intense competitive pressures.
Additionally, machine tool automation ensures process consistency, improves quality, enhances safety, helps lower overall costs and reduces the risk of scrap.
Machine tool automation comes in various sizes, forms and configurations, and most provide the speed and flexibility to adapt to any production application including job shop work and high-mix/low-volume scenarios.
The video above is an overview of the Agile Robotic Systems machine tool automation solutions, which are designed and manufactured by John Hart Automation.
Since 1946, John Hart Pty Ltd has been a leader in supplying Australian manufacturers with the most innovative and advanced manufacturing technologies. Representing leading global brands such as Mazak and Fanuc, John Hart has been at the forefront of machine tool and automation technology for decades.
It is this depth of experience and technical knowledge that has formed the foundation for the development of a world class range of robotic machine tending solutions, which are sold under the Agile Robotic Systems brand.
Known for their advanced design, simplicity of use, build quality and reliability, Agile Robotic Systems come in a range of sizes and configurations to meet the individual needs of manufacturers based on three levels of machine tending solutions:
- The Agile Flex range, which is an out of the box machine tending solution, that is solid in construction, rapid to deploy, easy to use and very affordable.
- The Agile Modular range, which offers flexible machine tending solutions that are created by bringing together pre-engineered system modules to meet project requirements.
- The Agile Engineered range, which offers a fully bespoke solution that is designed to specifically meet the unique requirements of each project.
Unique to the Agile Robotic Systems is the in-house developed the AgileGo! cell controller software. Offering users unparalleled ease of use, this revolutionary control system allows users to efficiently change to new parts in a matter of minutes.
At the heart of this system is a revolutionary wizard based process, which prompts users in a question and answer format to input simple process information for the next part. Ideally suited to small and large batch sizes alike, Agile Robotic Systems allow customers with no robotic knowledge, to be fully self-sufficient in setting up any number of new parts over a normal week.
Find out more on the Agile Robotic Systems website.