ABB Plastics Industry 6-Axis Robot

Tore Lindstrom, ABB's global business manager for the plastics industry, focused on the company's 6-axis robots. He said that outside the automotive industry, 6-axis robots can also be used in medical supplies, mobile phones and laptops, plastic toys and consumables, plastic packaging materials, and PET bottles.

Tore Lindstrom said that the product life cycle of the automotive industry is generally longer. A car model can continue to produce for many years, while the production of general industry, especially consumer products, is very different. The product life cycle is generally short and unpredictable. Therefore, shortening the production cycle has become an important trend in the production of consumer products. The use of 6-axis robots can solve difficulties for manufacturers and make the production process more smooth so as to achieve the goal of optimizing the production cycle.

Tore Lindstrom added that currently the robot market is highly competitive, and ABB's 6-axis robot can occupy an important seat in the market because of various advantages, including: user-friendly interface (easy to program, operate and modify), and integration. The standard vision system for quality control and product identification, the work cell configuration can be easily changed to suit new or upgraded production, and the new production environment can be easily simulated.