Procurement of non-standard automation equipment precautions

Procurement of non-standard automation equipment precautions

Purchase of non-standard automation equipment is all manufacturing plants in the plant must be involved in the problem, then understand the equipment when the choose and buy some matters needing attention can save a lot of unnecessary trouble for manufacturers, also save a huge subsequent expenses for the factory.

The first thing to watch for non-standard automation equipment is its own situation

1. It is necessary to automate the operation of the process in the following situations:

1. Poor operating environment, such as spraying and welding operation;

2. Manual operation makes product quality unstable or fails to meet customer requirements;

3. The product is larger or heavier, and the manual operation is difficult.

4. Long production cycle and long life. For the purpose of saving manpower only for automation, personal advice should be evaluated carefully.

Ii. Whether the process is suitable for the release of automatic equipment

1. Stability of the components: the quality of the products upstream is not stable. If the parts are not stable, the quality of the product may not be as good as manual labor, and it may cause the equipment to be shut down frequently.

2. Complexity of operation: the complexity of operation determines the cost of automation equipment and the feasibility of automation equipment technology. Even for industrial robots, complex assembly jobs are hard to come by.

3. Parts of packing: if you want to realize automatic feeding, need to change the original packing method to let the feeding mechanism can grab parts, due to increase the cost of change packing method to calculate the cost of the automation.

4. The separability of parts: if you want to achieve artificial material, you need to evaluate the separability of the parts. Especially for small parts, such as screws, etc.

Iii. How can automation design meet the requirements of lean mode

1. Use single-tasking gadgets rather than large, multi-tasking devices; The more complex the device, the higher the cost, the worse the reliability, and the lower flexibility to respond to the change in demand.

2. Not blindly pursuing high-speed equipment, the efficiency of the equipment should be the principle of meeting the needs and ensuring the quality of the products.

3. Avoid batch processing equipment. Although the batch processing equipment has certain advantages in efficiency, it can hinder the flow and make the production cycle long. The second requirement of non-standard automation equipment is the after-sales service, which is a large sum of money for a costly machine.

Therefore, we need to choose an automatic equipment manufacturer which has good after-sales service.

They can not only provide purchaser with door-to-door delivery and installation services, when the machine is in use process, once appear any questions, vendor immediately to your door for repair, so that it can be reduced as much as possible because influence on purchasing activities of machine applause. The third thing to notice about non-standard automation equipment is the price. Price is a very sensitive topic, and it is believed that all purchasers want to buy better equipment for less money.

But, as we all know, the price and the quality of the product are linked. So you can't just go cheap and buy cheap machines. Although these machines to buy cheaper, but in the use process is obviously the purpose there is no good the price a little expensive, these machines in the later is a lot of the cost of maintenance and repair.