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PLASTICS MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE IN THE COVID-19 ERA:
USING COBOTS TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING, PRODUCTIVITY,
& QUALITY ON THE SHOP FLOOR

How can automation accelerate your recovery and light weight and easy to transport these Cobots are. They
protect you from future pandemic disruptions? The can be charged on a regular charging point and are very
COVID-19 crisis exposes vulnerabilities in long supply compact in size. Though small in size they are still
chains which make companies vulnerable to logistic capable of doing the work of multiple human hands,
disruptions. In times of uncertainty, being able to once programed they can work for the full night without
implement quick changes in production, thus, is key. any supervision, which can reduce the labour cost of the
Collaborative robots, or cobots, are one of the fastest company.
automation solutions on the market to deploy and adjust Mr. Pradeep David further mentioned that they provide
to new operating principles such as Social Distancing on free training workshops open to all on how to use the
the factory floor. In the plastics industry, especially,
Cobots.
small batches and a high degree of flexibility play a
major role in production, where manufacturing SPEAKERS:
processes vary widely depending on the material. Cobots Pradeep David - General Manager, South Asia at Universal
provide the best way of increasing productivity even in Robots.
small batches, while also relieving staff from repetitive Mr. Karan Deep Singh - Sr. Technical Support Engineer for
and physically arduous activities. From injection Universal Robots, South Asia.
molding to pick and place to much more, cobots provide TOPICS DISCUSSED:
attractive opportunities for automation in the plastics
industry for a wide range of applications and production Ÿ Introduction to Collaborative Robots
facilities. Ÿ Collaborative Robots vs. Industrial Robots
st
The 1 of our series- Low Cost Automation, this webinar Ÿ Cobots in the Plastics Industry: Injection Molding
with Universal Robots was a tremendous success. The
Ÿ Live Cobot Demo
webinar was attended by a very selective group of
attendees who showed genuine interest in the product Ÿ Role of Cobots in the COVID-19 Era
and its workings. In a situation where skilled and Ÿ Plug & Produce with UR+
unskilled labours are hard to come by and how Ÿ Universal Robots Academy and Training
Collaborative Robots also known as Cobots come to the
THE WAY FORWARD:
rescue of manufacturing units in these trying times.
Comparisons between Collaborative Robots & Industrial A lot of interest was shown by the people present to
Robots was pointed out and expended upon in detail. know more about the Cobot, the costing & the workings.
The differences between the two are marked and The email id of Universal Robots was shared for further
obvious. The attendees were shown videos as to how correspondence.

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