When considering making the switch to robotic automation you may have concerns regarding the reliability and return on investment for your capital. Today, we’re going to cover the benefits of robotics and automation systems.

Firstly, they are cost-effective. For any business one of the main concerns is improving profits and maintaining a profitable bottom line. Secondly, automation improves safety when they are programmed accurately. Lastly, robots allow you to make accurate estimates when dealing with key stakeholders.

Cost-Effectiveness of Robotic Palletisation

Implementing robotic automation improves cost-effectiveness in three main ways, lack of human involvement, measured return on investment, and minimised damages.

Having no human interaction decreases the chance of human error. Errors can happen for a variety of reasons not limited to chance, fatigue, and plain old daydreaming. Humans can be easily distracted when they work too long, lose focus on their health, or have outside issues.

Robotic automation mitigates these issues by improving efficiencies, not needing breaks, and high accuracy when programmed correctly.

With human error comes damages to products or even themselves. Robotic palletisers are able to be programmed with exact specifications for picking up certain products, this comes in handy when dealing with fragile objects, minimising costs for breakages.

Improved Safety

Unfortunately, human beings are flesh and bone as opposed to highly durable metals. When humans take part in repetitive activities like lifting, bending, or using their hands they are subject to injury and strain.

This is exacerbated by heavy objects which are usually present when dealing with pallets of products. By using palletizers, you save your workers pain and potential injury while saving yourself from potential Workplace Health & Safety claims.

Robot palletisers can easily synergise with each other due to their mechanical nature, they can be programmed to run in sync with each other and can know exactly what other components are doing at any one time.

It is the opposite for the human mind which can easily wonder and are in no way connected to each other, thus creating inefficiencies in your manufacturing process.

Accurate Estimates for Stakeholders

Although it is possible to make accurate long-term estimates when using human workers, in the short term they can be exposed to high variation. Robotic automation is not just faster and more reliable than their human counterparts but their output is much more accurate.

This is a huge plus in regards to liaising with key stakeholders and for your own operations as well. Accurate estimates allow you to uphold your reputation with customers and clients by being able to fulfill your promises and deadlines.

On the other hand, having accurate estimates for your company allows you to streamline operations and use resources effectively.

Here at Automation Solutions, we are one of the leading robotics companies in Melbourne with local, national, and international project capability. If you’ve purchased a Fanuc robot from manufacturers or are looking for a second hand one, we have you covered.

We also specialise in PLC and Fanuc robot programming and have experience with bag palletizers, cathode stripping, machine welding, and more.

Give us a call on 0402 498 454 or contact us online and we’ll be glad to answer any questions you have!