With the advancement of technology, the application field of industrial robots is also rapidly expanding. Compared to the new generation of workers, enterprises prefer to use industrial robots that are hardworking and do not require wages. Industrial robots have blossomed and are widely used in various industries. Below, let's take a look at the top ten areas where industrial robots are widely used.

1. Automobile manufacturing industry

The application of industrial robots in the automotive manufacturing industry

In China, 50% of industrial robots are used in the automotive manufacturing industry, with over 50% being welding robots; In developed countries, automotive industry robots account for over 53% of the total robot population. According to statistics, major automobile manufacturers around the world have more than 10 robots per 10000 cars produced annually. With the continuous development and improvement of robot technology, industrial robots will undoubtedly play a great role in promoting the development of the automotive manufacturing industry. And China is moving from a manufacturing powerhouse to a manufacturing powerhouse, which requires improving processing methods, improving product quality, and increasing enterprise competitiveness. All of these indicate a huge development prospect for robots.

Before the introduction of robots, in China Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd., one worker could only take care of two machine tools. After the introduction of industrial robots, one robot could automatically control 5-10 machining centers. From 2005 to 2011, the annual production of heavy-duty trucks in China increased from over 40000 to 150000, while the number of fixed employees only increased by about 10%. The increase in contracted dispatched workers was also relatively limited, and the increase in production was largely attributed to the introduction of robots.

In addition, in 2008, China National Heavy Duty Truck introduced industrial robots and built a fully automatic stamping machine when constructing new car rooms. The steel plates were fed into the stamping machine by a robotic arm, which not only stabilized product quality but also replaced manual labor, avoiding the occurrence of work-related accidents.

2. The electronic and electrical industry

The application of industrial robots in the electronic and electrical industry

Electronic ICs, SMT components, and industrial robots are widely used in these fields. At present, the most widely installed industrial robots in the world are the SCARA type four axis robots. The second one is a series joint type vertical 6-axis robot. Luo Baihui pointed out that these two types of industrial robots, which exceed half of the global installed capacity of industrial robots, are of concern to us.

In the field of mobile phone production, visual robots, such as sorting and packaging, film tearing systems, laser plastic welding, high-speed four axis palletizing robots, etc., are suitable for the application of automation systems in a series of processes such as touch screen detection, scrubbing, and film pasting.

The robots in the special zone are specially designed by domestic manufacturers according to the needs of the electronic production industry. The characteristics of miniaturization and simplification have achieved high-precision electronic assembly and production, meeting the increasing demand for precision electronic assembly and processing equipment. Automated processing greatly improves production efficiency.

According to relevant data, the yield of products can be increased from 87% to 93% through robot polishing. Therefore, whether it is a "robotic arm" or a more high-end robot, its use will significantly improve production efficiency.

3. Rubber and plastic industry

The application of industrial robots in the rubber and plastic industry

The cooperation in the plastic industry is close and to a high extent: the production, processing, and mechanical manufacturing of plastics are closely linked. Even in the future, this industry will remain an important economic sector and ensure numerous job opportunities. Because plastic is almost ubiquitous: from the automotive and electronics industries to the consumer goods and food industries. Mechanical manufacturing plays a crucial role as a process technology that connects production and processing. Raw materials are processed into innovative, refined and durable finished or semi-finished products for precision machining through injection molding machines and tools - through the use of automation solutions, the production process is economically reliable.

To enter the plastic industry, one must meet extremely strict standards. This is certainly no problem for robots. It is not only suitable for producing tools under clean room environmental standards, but can also complete high-strength operations near injection molding machines. Even in high standard production environments, it will reliably improve the economic benefits of various processes. Because robots have mastered a series of operations, picking and finishing operations.

With its versatile nature, robots operate quickly and flexibly. It is sturdy and durable, and can withstand heavy loads. This can better meet the growing requirements for quality and production efficiency, and ensure that enterprises have a decisive competitive advantage in future market competition.

4. Foundry industry

Foundry industry

Performing multi shift operations in extreme working environments - casting operations in the field place a heavy burden on workers and machines. Another reason for manufacturing powerful Kuka casting robots specifically designed for extremely heavy loads is in areas with high pollution, high temperatures, or harsh external environments.

The easy-to-use control system and specialized software package make the application of robots very flexible - whether it is directly used for injection molding machines, for connecting two processes, or for transporting extremely heavy workpieces. Due to its advantages such as excellent positioning performance, high load-bearing capacity, and the ability to safely and reliably carry out high-intensity operations.

Robots, with their modular structural design, flexible control systems, and specialized application software, can meet the high requirements of the entire automation application field in the casting industry. It is not only waterproof, but also resistant to dirt and heat.

It can even be used directly next to, inside, and above the injection molding machine to remove workpieces. In addition, it can reliably connect process units and production units. In addition, robots perform exceptionally well in precision machining operations such as deburring, grinding, or drilling, as well as quality inspection.

5. Food industry

Food industry

The application scope of robots is becoming increasingly widespread, and even in many traditional industrial fields, people are striving to replace humans with robots, which is also the case in the food industry. At present, people have developed food industry robots such as packaging and canning robots, automatic lunch robots, and beef cutting robots.

From the perspective of imagining robots, cutting the front half of a cow is not a simple problem, and the details to consider are particularly complex because from the perspective of the cow's body structure, although each cow's limbs are roughly the same, there are still many differences. The robot system must choose the best cutting method for each cow to minimize beef waste. In fact, to enable the robot system to simulate the movements of a skilled slaughterer skillfully, the solution will be to integrate multiple high-tech technologies such as sensor technology, artificial intelligence, and robot manufacturing, so that the robot system can automatically adapt to various changes in product processing.

The beef cutting robot compares the limbs of the cow to be processed with the cutting information of previous cow limbs stored in the database to process each cow, so that the starting and ending points of the knife can be determined along the initial route direction determined by each cut, and then the robot drives the knife to cut into the body of the cow. The sensor system monitors the amount of force used in cutting to determine whether the knife is cutting bones, and feeds back the information to the robot control system to control the blade to only move along the contour of the bones, thereby avoiding damage to the blade.

6. Chemical industry

Chemical industry

The chemical industry is one of the main application areas of industrial robots. The main clean robots and automation equipment currently used in the chemical industry include atmospheric robots, vacuum robots, clean coating robots, clean AGVs, RGVs, and clean logistics automatic transmission systems. Many modern industrial products require precision, miniaturization, high purity, high quality, and high reliability in production. A clean environment is required in product production, and the level of cleanliness directly affects the qualification rate of products. Clean technology is constantly developing according to the increasingly strict requirements, methods, and facilities for controlling pollutants in the clean production environment during product production. Therefore, in the field of chemical industry, with the increasing demand for environmental cleanliness in more chemical production scenarios in the future, clean robots will be further utilized, thus having broad market space.

case

The automated stacking and boxing robot for synthetic rubber has been put into use at Qilu Petrochemical Rubber Plant. For a long time, the factory has adopted manual stacking method, which not only consumes a lot of manpower, but also has high labor intensity among employees. This robot packing equipment can complete the packing task of 600 pieces of synthetic rubber per hour, with a high record of filling a box in 3 minutes. It can complete the operation of various types of international standard containers, saving labor costs of 480000 yuan annually and achieving the reuse of container systems, reducing the cost of public works construction and plastic degradation of packaging bags

7. Glass industry

The application of industrial robots in the glass industry

Whether it is hollow glass, flat glass, tubular glass, or fiberglass - modern, mineral containing high-tech materials are a very important component in the electronics and communication, chemistry, medicine, and cosmetics industries. And now it is also indispensable for the construction industry and other industrial branches. Especially for glass with very high cleanliness requirements, industrial robots are the choice.

Clean glass handling system

Hand coordinated clean handling robot, with a cleanliness level of 10000 in the working environment. This robotic arm contains five degrees of freedom, X1, X2, Z1, Z2, and R, and is driven by a servo motor. It has the characteristics of high speed, fast response, and high repeated positioning accuracy.

The X1 axis and X2 axis share a pair of guide rails in the X direction, performing alternating coordinated movements, with the Z1 axis having a rotating axis R at the end. The end of the robotic arm is equipped with an end effector for picking and placing workpieces. RB35J can be used in industries such as glass manufacturing and flat panel displays (FPD) that require two robotic arms to alternate between handling and stacking.

8. Household appliance industry

Household appliance industry

The demand for economy and productivity in the field of large-scale equipment for white goods is also increasing. Reducing process costs and improving production efficiency have become top priorities, and automation solutions can optimize the production of household appliances. Whether it's mass production of washing machine drums or glazing bathtubs - using robots can more economically and effectively complete production, processing, handling, measurement, and inspection work.

It can continuously and reliably complete production tasks without the need to frequently transfer heavy components. This can ensure smooth material flow on the production line and always maintain constant high quality.

The reasons are multifaceted: due to its high productivity, repeatability, precision, reliability, and optical and tactile performance, robots can be applied to almost all aspects of the production process of household appliances.

9. Metallurgical industry

The application of industrial robots in the metallurgical industry

Whether it is light metals, colored metals, precious metals, special metals, or steel metal industries, they cannot do without foundries and steel/metal processing. And without automation and multi shift operations, it is impossible to ensure the economic benefits and competitiveness of production and reduce the heavy workload of employees.

The main work scope of industrial robots in the metallurgical industry includes drilling, milling or cutting, as well as bending and stamping processes. In addition, it can shorten the work cycle of welding, installation, and loading and unloading processes and improve productivity.

Even in the field of casting, the Kuka robot equipped with specialized casting equipment has demonstrated its extraordinary strength, with advantages such as long service life, high temperature resistance, waterproofing, and dust resistance. In addition, the Kuka robot can independently complete surface inspection and other inspection work, making an important contribution to quality management.

10. Tobacco industry

The application of industrial robots in the tobacco industry

The application of industrial robots in China's tobacco industry appeared in the mid-1990s. Yuxi Cigarette Factory used industrial robots to stack its cigarette products, using AGVs (self-propelled carts) to transport finished pallets, saving a lot of manpower, reducing cigarette box damage, and improving automation levels.

The application of industrial robots in the tobacco industry. China's tobacco industry has continuously strengthened technological transformation and promoted technological progress for many years. The production equipment of cigarette enterprises has reached the international level of the early 1990s.

However, advanced production equipment must be equipped with corresponding management methods and logistics support systems in order to truly realize the high efficiency of the equipment. For example, the distribution of cigarette raw materials and auxiliary materials requires advanced automated logistics systems to complete. Traditional manual management and manual transportation are prone to errors and are not timely, and can no longer meet the needs of production development. Accurate industrial robots are being applied in this field.