Machine Tending & Loading
Automate loading, unloading and part handling around CNC and production machines.
Questions to answer before choosing
Use these three questions to define the job before comparing products.
- What parts, machine doors and fixtures must the robot handle?
- Does the process require vision, deburring, washing or inspection between cycles?
- How quickly must operators teach a new part or recover from a fault?
When not to automate yet
Consider whether improving the current workflow would meet your needs first.
- A limited part family with consistent presentation
- Machine doors, chucks and fixtures that can be modified safely
- Operators who can teach a new part without an integrator
- Changeover time and who performs it
- Chips, coolant and raw-stock variation handling
- The recovery procedure when a part jams
- A substitute for consistent blanks and locating datums
- A general answer for irregular incoming stock
- Unattended handling of every jam
Three ways to solve the same problem
Choose the lowest layer that reliably removes the bottleneck.
Process first
Standardize the workflow, remove unnecessary steps and measure the bottleneck before buying technology.
Software automation
Use workflows, RPA or AI agents when the work is digital and the inputs and exceptions can be defined.
Physical robot
Use an arm, AMR, drone or humanoid when movement in the real world is the constraint to remove.
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