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Polishing Up Operations with Collaborative Robots

Introducing a collaborative robot in the polishing department increased production by 50 percent at Paradigm.

Posted: February 1, 2016

Using this UR10 collaborative robot from Universal Robots in polishing applications has significantly increased production, eliminating bottlenecks while improving the work environment for the workers. 

Paradigm Electronics, Inc. (Mississauga, ON) is a Canadian manufacturer of high performance loud speakers and subwoofers. In trying to meet demand on labor-intensive products, the company has now implemented a UR10 collaborative robot from Universal Robots in a polishing applications. This is resulting in significantly increased production throughput, eliminating bottlenecks while improving the work environment for the workers. Introducing a collaborative robot in the polishing department has lead to a 50 percent production increase for Paradigm.

This is only one example of five unique selling points for UR robots in shop operations. In the video below, users from many different industries explain the ways that these five unique selling points of UR robots benefit their production. Watch what Fast Setup, Easy Programming, Collaborative & Safe, Flexible Deployment and Fastest Payback Period look like in real life:

Universal Robots USA, Inc., 11 Technology Drive, East Setauket, NY 11733, 631-610-9664
Fax: 631-610-2278, www.universal-robots.com.

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