Application – A ROBO Cylinder system that removes filler hoses from industrial beer barrels after the barrels have been filled with beer at a brewery.
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Air Cylinder
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ROBO Cylinder
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The stopper position must be changed every time the beer barrel size is changed. The line had to be stopped 10 minutes for this change.
Setup Change Time – 10 minutes Setup Change Frequency – 3 times/day Monthly Production Time
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Since the ROBO Cylinder allows for quick setup change using a single switch, the line no longer needs to be stopped.
Setup Change Time – 0 minutes Monthly Production Time
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Explanation – (160 hours – 150 hours) / 150 hours = 0.07 – Approximately 7% increase in production efficiency.
Application – A system consisting of two ROBO Cylinder axes, used for stacking two food products traveling on a line in a food processing factory.
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Air Cylinder
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ROBO Cylinder
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Cost of Manual Operation
Line Operation Time – 21 hours/day Labor Cost 9:00 – 18:00 = 8 hours = $58.87 1:00 – 7:00 = 6 hours = $82.79 Daily Cost – 21 hours – $218.93 Monthly Cost of Manual Operation $218.93/day x 20 days = $4378.60 |
Initial Cost of ROBO Cylinder System
Total – $7727.20 Labor cost became virtually zero. |
Explanation – Introduction of the ROBO Cylinder system eliminated the labor cost of $4378.60 a month required when the line was operated manually. Automation also improved quality, because on the manual line, errors occurred frequently, especially during 2nd and 3rd shifts.
(Note) Another reason that the factory adopted the ROBO Cylinder system is that they didn’t want to increase the amount of air equipment due to “unstable speed of the air cylinder system,” “difficulty finding space for extra compressors,” and the “need to save energy.”
