Customized parts handling automation on a CNC machine, Fanuc robots, parts directly from pallets, various customer-specific processes and delicate operations perfectly implemented!
Updated on 22.02.2024
Burckhardt Compression creates leading compressor solutions for a sustainable energy future and the long-term success of its customers. With its brands Burckhardt Compression, PROGNOST, SAMR Métal Rouge and Shenyang Yuanda, the company is the only manufacturer worldwide with a comprehensive range of reciprocating compressor technologies and services. Since 1844, Burckhardt Compression has been setting new standards in the gas compression industry with its motivated, customer- and solution-orientated employees.
Operations Switzerland wants to adapt its production strategy to the future requirements of machining production. The manufacturing processes are to be aligned with the latest findings (Industry 4.0).
With a new production concept in machining with regard to processes, automation, individual part and series production as well as express work, including the integration of external work, a highly modern and economical production facility is to be established. The starting point is to achieve a 20% reduction in production costs. In addition, a 30% reduction in throughput time is also to be achieved. With this goal in mind, Ergün Yüce, Machining Team Leader, set out to find a specialist for automation.
«It was clear to us that we needed an automation expert with experience in the field of challenging machine tending, who was close by and who would continue to support us as a partner in the future.
In Roth Technik, we have found an automation partner that offers exactly that.
The availability and commitment of Roth Technik's employees is recognised throughout the industry, which is important to us. Roth Technik also impressed us with good ideas right from the concept phase, and you can tell that you are talking to practitioners because they understand the customer's challenges.»
– Ergün Yüce, Teamleiter Machining
«We realised a clever automation solution for Burkhardt that perfectly meets the customer's complex requirements. The workpieces are transported gently on pallets into the robot cell. From there, the robot picks the workpieces without damaging them using a special gripper and places them in the CNC machine. Various intermediate process steps such as face pressing and others can be optionally activated on the control system. The employee operates the system via an intuitively designed HMI, sets up new workpieces in the shortest possible time and without robot programming knowledge, and has an overview of the system at all times.
Manual loading is still possible without any problems thanks to the good accessibility of the CNC machine.»
– Markus Roth, CEO Roth Technik
The result is convincing: the new system, consisting of CNC machine and robot cell, achieves a considerable cost reduction of 23% and a throughput time reduction of 28%, as well as an autonomy of at least 24 hours. Unmanned night and weekend shifts are now possible without the need for our employees to be on call, which reduces the workload for our employees. The goal of strengthening Switzerland as a centre of industry and our competitiveness has thus been achieved.
Thanks to simple, clear operation, a new workpiece is set up on the robot within 5 minutes and ready for fully automatic production.
In addition, sources of error are minimised as the human influence has been reduced.
«For us, success means when our customers are even more successful thanks to our automation solutions. Thank you very much for this successful project.»
– Markus Roth, CEO Roth Technik.
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