{"id":1665,"date":"2021-11-06T09:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:48:25","slug":"importance-industrial-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/importance-industrial-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"igus Discusses Importance of Industrial Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Industrial robots are being used more and more in so many industries, no more so than the manufacturing industry.\u00a0In this blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">igus<\/a> explains what industrial robots are and discusses why they are important.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What is an industrial robot?<\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Federation of Robotics<\/a> (IFR), the term \u2018industrial robot\u2019 is standardised as \u201can automatically controlled, reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator, programmable in three or more axes\u201d. These can be further identified as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartesian<\/li>\n<li>SCARA<\/li>\n<li>Articulated<\/li>\n<li>Delta\n<p><div id=\"attachment_43481\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43481\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/igus-LCA-teaser-deltaroboter.jpg\" alt=\"igus Delta robot\" width=\"201\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">igus Delta robot<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How can industrial robots help?<\/h3>\n<p>Within the manufacturing world, there are various areas where robots\u00a0are included in the manufacturing process. Areas such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warehouse<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural<\/li>\n<li>Cleanrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The integration of\u00a0robots in these areas in the manufacturing industry allows rapid growth where perhaps such growth wasn\u2019t possible before.<\/p>\n<h3>1.\u00a0Warehousing\u00a0with industrial manufacturing robots<\/h3>\n<p>Warehousing will continue to grow. In comparison, however, this will not grow as fast as other industries. This is down to a high level of industrial manufacturing\u00a0robots\u00a0collaboration already widespread throughout warehousing. Areas such as palletising in warehouses tend to be using industrial robots to enable larger products to be added onto pallets. With these robots, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/industries-robots-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triflex\u00ae energy chain<\/a> not only protects the power cables to the robot but also reduces downtime. Its modular design allows cables to be inserted quickly and easily, preventing expensive stoppages.<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IGUS_3DSTILL_robotics_automotive_factory_3-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"igus-robotics-automation-factory\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>2.\u00a0Manufacturing\u00a0with industrial manufacturing robots<\/h3>\n<p>Robots are well established in the manufacturing industry where reliability is of paramount importance, as well as an understanding of the required maintenance and lifetime. Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance help these industrial robots become even more intelligent. Using \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/predictive-maintenance-smart-plastics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart plastics<\/a>\u2019, the integrated sensors and components provide information and suggest required steps, such as maintenance or shutting down the system in order to prevent damage that is expensive to repair. Industrial robots are expensive bits of equipment, and breakages and downtime are expenses that can be avoided with products like the igus\u00ae\u00a0smart plastics.<\/p>\n<h3>3.\u00a0Cleanroom robots<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<p>The pandemic has triggered a boom for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/industries-cleanroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanitary robot solutions<\/a> in hospitals, industrial facilities and test laboratories. As we start to come out of the pandemic, industries that invested in automated sanitation solutions will continue to do so, and predictions are that these will continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>Cleanroom robotics minimise contamination whereas the risk of contamination with humans is greater. Automating processes in cleanrooms with products such as the igus\u00ae\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/cleanroom-energy-chains-e-skin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e-skin\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0energy chain, stainless steel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/lead-screw-units-lead-screw-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lead screws<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/drylin-linear-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stainless linear systems<\/a>, allows robotics to continue to work in these harsh, pristine environments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ECS_LAB_Cleanroom_e-skin_IA_1-768x436-1.jpg\" alt=\"igus Cleanroom Robots\" width=\"450\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Industrial manufacturing robots are important as they are helping collaboratively to increase growth in areas that may be struggling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you need help with bearings, energy chains, lead screws, or cables for your robot, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.igus.co.uk<\/a>, or use the contact details listed below to get in touch with the team. <\/strong>For more informative articles like this one, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">igus blog archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/igus-logo-300x155-1.jpg\" alt=\"igus logo\" width=\"147\" height=\"76\" style=\"max-width:150px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">igus UK<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"tel:01604677240\">01604 677240<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sales@igus.co.uk\"><em>Email<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial robots are being used more and more in so many industries, no more so than the manufacturing industry.\u00a0In this blog, igus explains what industrial robots are and discusses why they are important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101012,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plastikcity-blogs","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}