Topstar Scara Robots Help Appliance Manufacturers Improve Efficiency By 30%

Two thousand years ago, the Chinese began to use horsehair and stencils for the initial screen printing, which to a certain extent contributed to the development of human material civilization. Nowadays, screen printing is closely related to people’s daily life, and is also related to almost all industrial products, ranging from routers, set-top boxes, to sweeping robots, screen printing has long been an indispensable link for home appliances before they leave the factory.

Guangdong Weir Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Weir Technology”) is an important partner of Topstar in the smart home appliance industry. Founded in 1999, Well Technology has nearly 200 engineers and technicians of various types. It provides one-stop services for precision mold, injection molding, secondary processing and product assembly for smart home appliance enterprises.

The smart home appliance industry is a labor-intensive industry. The changes in the needs of young people have brought about an increase in the total market demand in the industry, which has gradually made Weir Technology feel the pressure of rising labor costs and unstable production capacity. It is particularly urgent to upgrade the automation of enterprise production lines.

Currently, the screen printing process in the home appliance industry is still completed by a large number of workers, relying mainly on experienced workers to carry, load, confirm the position and start the screen printing machine. Workers repeat a single action for a long time and will be easily fatigued. Not only affect the quality of products, resulting in increased production costs but also will greatly reduce production efficiency. At the same time, the time-consuming, polluting disadvantages of the screen printing line are also subject to criticism.

Topstar automatic screen printing production solution selected the R700-05-Z industrial robot, replacing the traditional manual completion of substrate loading and unloading, fixed-point handling, and other work, successfully helping the Weir Technology to achieve the automation of production line upgrade. While reducing labor costs, it is more effective to stabilize production quality and improve production efficiency by more than 30%.

SOLUTION ADVANTAGE

01 Effectively Reduce Labor Costs

n a set-top box screen printing line of Weir Technology, 5 sets of Topstar R700-05-Z industrial robots have become beautiful scenery. They are orderly and automatically complete a series of work tasks such as gripping, loading and unloading, workpiece handling, etc., and cooperate with the screen printing machine to deal with the printing of different colors and patterns. A SCARA industrial robot replaces a  worker, frees the operator from the single high-intensity work, and helps customers effectively reduce labor costs.

02 Significantly Improved Screen Printing Efficiency

Smart home appliance market consumers pursue high quality of life, so smart home appliances with rich functions and fashionable appearance put higher requirements on the production process equipment.

In the solution, this Topstar R700-05-Z industrial robot can ensure a stable and efficient operation for a long time, meeting the smooth and fast operation requirements of the screen printing production line for home appliances. In addition, this SCARA robot has a comprehensive repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.025mm, a rated load of 5kg, and accurate pick and place. Compared with manual operation, it not only increases the production efficiency by more than 30% but also significantly improves the product quality.

03 Significant Improvement In Ease Of Operation

Topstar automatic screen printing solutions do not change the customer site, redeploy the production line. A key start of the quick operation mode, can protect the front-line staff quickly change production, greatly improving the ease of operation of the solution. During the screen printing process, the industrial robot and screen printing machine signals are interlocked, effectively ensuring that the entire process is carried out smoothly and safely.

CUSTOMER WORD OF MOUTH

After the introduction of Topstar automatic screen printing solution, Weir Technology screen printing line automation, production efficiency increased by more than 30%, the screen printing process is more accurate and fast. Weir Technology Chairman Ning Jianqiang said, after the automation upgrade, not only production efficiency has been greatly improved, labor costs and energy consumption has also been reduced, quality control has been effectively guaranteed.

From the injection molding auxiliary machine to robot, from robot to automation workshop integration transformation, 10 years of cooperation, is the Weir Technology to Topstar products, technology, and services of affirmation and trust. Ning Jianqiang hopes that the future can continue to work together with Topstar, together to provide professional and efficient solutions for intelligent home appliance industry enterprises.