Case stories

USIMINAS, Brazil’s steel leader, transformed its outdated coil marking system with a collaborative robot, cutting costs and improving productivity while safely marking over 100,000 coils.

The Mercedes-Benz factory in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, began implementing Industry 4.0 strategies in 2012 and recently advanced to collaborative robotics. Using a UR10e (now UR12e), the factory automated glue application on stringers, reducing rework and ensuring effective prevention of part oxidation.

Natura, Brazil’s largest cosmetics multinational, has integrated a Universal Robots UR12e collaborative robot into its EKOS production line. Previously, the packaging process was carried out manually by two employees, which caused numerous ergonomic challenges.

Midgard Inc. has deployed dexterous 6-axis cobots from Universal Robots to handle both the tending of injection molding machines and secondary operations in the same cycle. The optimized, automated production process saw a quick return, reduced scrap rate to nearly zero, and improved worker ergonomics.

Leading manufacturers of sensor-rich solutions Sensata Technologies moved away from traditional industrial robots for their autoloading processes in favor of the UR3e back in 2020 — paving the way for their Malaysian plant’s transformation through collaborative automation.

JL Corp Integrates Water Pump Impeller Balancing Solution at KSB

E-Cobot integrates a solution for palletizing legume bags at CAVAC

MG Maintenance integrates a cardboard cap forming solution at Poujoulat

Enova Robotics integrates a jeans spraying solution at Sartex

GAPE integrates a cobotized welding solution at Tramétal

TD Conception integrates a metal part chamfering solution at STIVAL

With a UR5e cobot, the integrator Isycod improves the working conditions of technicians and automates two distinct applications