As we all know, grinding and polishing is an indispensable basic process in the manufacturing industry. The traditional manual grinding production method has problems such as high product defect rate, low efficiency, uneven surface roughness after processing, and the grinding noise and dust have great health hazards to the human.
The limitation of manual grinding not only seriously hinders the development of the grinding industry itself, but also seriously hinders the development of the entire manufacturing production line. The application of grinding robots in the production line has greatly met the upgrading needs of the industry for efficiency improvement, growth and cost reduction, and has also been increasingly recognized and favored by all walks of life.
At present, skilled workers are widely used in the production of metal products in China to polish by hand with electric and pneumatic abrasive tools. Flammable and explosive dust generated during polishing and polishing is undoubtedly a potential hazard to human body. The dust explosion accident of Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products Co., Ltd. has caused great personal and property losses. How to avoid the recurrence of such production accidents? To fundamentally solve this problem, we must transform and upgrade the production mode. Using robots can not only free workers from dangerous production environment, but also improve production efficiency and reduce production costs.
What is a polishing robot?
Grinding robot is generally composed of teaching box, control cabinet, robot body, pressure sensor, grinding head assembly and other parts, which can realize continuous track control and point control under the control of computer.
Robot grinding can be divided into two forms according to different operation modes: robot holding workpiece for grinding (workpiece type robot) and robot holding tool for grinding (tool type robot).
Workpiece type grinding robot is mainly applicable to automatic grinding of small and medium-sized parts. It can also be configured with loading and unloading robots according to needs to complete the automatic transmission of grinding front and rear workpieces. Tool type grinding robot is mainly used for grinding large workpieces, such as large castings, blades, large tooling, etc.
Main uses of polishing robot:
Generally, ceramic sanitary ware, furniture and other manufacturers use more tool robots. Workpiece robots are widely used in hardware, parts and electronic products. It can be converted according to different production conditions while keeping the ontology unchanged.
Grinding robot function:
The main work scope of polishing robot in the metal manufacturing industry includes drilling, polishing, milling or cutting, bending and stamping and other processing processes. In addition, it can also shorten the working cycle of welding, installation, loading and unloading processes and improve productivity. Compared with manual work, robots have the advantages of long service life, high temperature resistance, water resistance and dust prevention. Therefore, the use of robots can not only improve production efficiency, but also reduce labor costs and reduce the harm to human body caused by the working environment.
Main advantages of polishing robot
(1) The robot polishing system is completely controlled by the program and is not affected by the human force and emotion of the workers. The polishing quality is stable and the defective rate of finished products is significantly reduced.
(2) The industrial robot has large load, less ineffective machine operation, fast grinding speed, and improved production efficiency. It can be continuously produced 24 hours a day;
(3) Automatic production can save labor costs;
(4) Offline programming software can quickly and accurately process complex curves, reducing the requirements for workers' operation technology;
(5) Improve the environment and reduce dust pollution;
(6) Shorten the cycle of product upgrading and reduce the corresponding investment equipment;
(7) Grinding work piece type: die-casting parts of various shapes and materials;
(8) Redevelopment, users can carry out secondary programming according to different parts;
In general, the workspace of the polishing robot can be customized according to user requirements to meet the requirements of one part or more parts at a time. This kind of robot can not only improve the work efficiency and quality, avoid the operator's injury, but also complete many grinding and polishing tasks that cannot be completed manually. Especially for steel castings of various specifications and complex shapes, it has the characteristics of long-term grinding operation, high productivity, high quality and high stability. To sum up, the advantages of robot automation technology are unmatched by human. With the economic development and technological update, more and more Chinese entrepreneurs will realize that automated production is a good way to solve the current bottleneck of enterprise development.