PSA GROUP USES UR ROBOTS FOR ITS “PLANT OF THE FUTURE”
PSA Group is Europe’s second-largest car manufacturer, with brands that include Citroën, DS, Peugeot, Vauxhall, and Opel. PSA Group needed to increase its factory performance, improve worker ergonomics, and reduce production costs as part of its “Plant of the Future” initiative. The company created an assembly line with UR10 robots mounted on a moving platform. Programming for the line took only a month, with amazing results:
- 200,000 cars produced online in the first year
- Zero failures reported
- 10% improvement in geometric dimensioning & tolerance (GD&T)
- Significant cost savings
- Improved worker ergonomics
- Multiple national and international patents filed
ALL AXIS MACHINING BRINGS LEGACY EQUIPMENT UP TO SPEED
All Axis Machining is a machine shop that was struggling with a lack of available manual labor and the challenge of automating legacy equipment with no direct interface for traditional industrial robots. With no robotics experience in-house, the company was amazed to find how easily they could integrate UR robots. Today, several robots can work around the clock automating CNC machine-tending, sanding, deburring, part inspection, laser marking, and wire EDM. The company was so successful it launched a sister business helping other machine shops automate, after seeing its own immediate results:
- First automated job completed 2 ½ months early with a 60% profit increase
- ROI for the robot in 4 months
- Spindle up-time increased from 8 to 20 hours per day
- Accuracy and quality improved