{"id":22674,"date":"2024-10-01T16:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/production.omron-ap.com\/id\/?p=22674"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:07:58","slug":"intelligent-system-solutions-with-autonomous-mobile-robot-am-flow-and-omron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/production.omron-ap.com\/id\/intelligent-system-solutions-with-autonomous-mobile-robot-am-flow-and-omron\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent System Solutions with Autonomous Mobile Robot: AM-Flow and OMRON"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Industry 4.0 brings the promise of streamlined processes, big data insights and production lines running 24\/7 with zero downtime. Unlike historical \u2018industrial revolutions,\u2019 this one offers the luxury of time and choice for manufacturers. That\u2019s because the benefits of automation can be embraced incrementally or fully, whether it\u2019s a new state-of-the-art facility or something retrofit-installed into a more traditional production setup. Making it easier to make the move is AM-Flow, an entrepreneurial start-up currently making waves in providing its solutions to the new tide of producers coming ashore in the world of additive manufacturing.<\/div><\/div>
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Established in 2018, AM-Flow is now a leader in automating additive manufacturing (the industrial face of 3D printing). \u201cOur mission,\u201d says Stefan Rink, CEO at AM-Flow \u201cis providing the global AM Industry with cutting edge Industry 4.0 technology. Creating end-to-end digitized AM (3D Printing) production processes, and supporting to achieve the full potential of additive manufacturing \u2013 from democratization of design to sustainable manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For manufacturers who are running industrial 3D printers, the world of high-mix, high volume products presents unique challenges. Normally, when you start automating a factory process, the first step is standardizing the product portfolio. In additive manufacturing, variation is the name of the game. E.g. infinite varieties of geometries and materials are currently being printed in large volumes on daily basis. \u201cWhen you have a factory producing multiples of a wide range of parts or 3D-printed objects out of the same printer, they must be unpacked, cleaned, identified, sorted, tumbled and usually dyed before bagging and shipment,\u201d explains Carlos Zwikker, CCO at AM-Flow. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of processes, covering a lot of production space, and requiring even more manual labour.\u201d To this end, AM-Flow has clear objectives wrapped around well-defined system solutions.<\/div><\/div>
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AM-Flow has a logical approach to automation, with modular solutions available for each stage of the additive manufacturing process. Automated identification, machine vision based on the part\u2019s geometry only, sorting, picking, bagging, labelling, and transportation each are separate modules that customers can choose from. They have a refreshing way to do business too, with a smart business model that\u2019s helping customers take the first step.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cCustomers who aren\u2019t quite sure about committing to a full upfront investment are welcome to take on our solutions on a pay-per-use basis,\u201d says Carlos Zwikker. That means minimum investment upfront, with all the benefits of AM-PICK, AM-VISION, AM-SORT, AM-BAGGING, and AM-ROUTE available under a \u2018pay-as-you-grow\u2019 arrangement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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As those customers grow, their business expands, and their needs for specific production and workflow information increases, which is where the AM-EXPERT service comes into play. \u201cWe work with customers to analyse their existing workflow and seek potential for improvement,\u201d Carlos says, \u201chelping them develop their business case, looking to areas that can benefit most from automation. Our end customers are already designing around the clock globally and the 3D printers are running 24\/7.\u201d The last step to get to a smart factory is to automate the remaining manual process steps between the printers, and the distribution centre. This will substantially reduce the cost per part and drive further adoption of AM.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For businesses that expand in size, as well as those with processes already spread across the production floor, AM-ROUTE is the go-to solution for internal transportation. Thanks to support from OMRON, one task in particular no longer requires the same level of human interaction: in-house transportation, routing goods from point to point within the facility. \u201cThe job of moving supplies of (semi-) completed goods from one production process to the next, or to the distribution centre, is now automated. With help from OMRON, we offer a fully autonomous mobile robot (AMR), the AM-ROUTE,\u201d says Stefan Rink<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For Ronald Mol Regional Account Manager at OMRON in the Netherlands, the partnership is a perfect match. \u201cWe are delighted to work with AM-Flow in providing their customers with the benefits of our LD-60 Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR). This unit from the LD-series has a payload of 60 kg, natural feature navigation and easy deployment in an industrial setting \u2013 no modifications are required to the facility.\u201d The LD-60 is an autonomous robot, with self-mapping and self-navigating operation, automatically planning its route to prevent collisions, using a safety scanning laser and low front laser for obstacle sensing. Connected to the factory system using Wi-Fi, it can be programmed to shuttle between stations (at 1.8m\/s) collecting and delivering pieces, with full traceability of all pieces at every stage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThis is an intelligent vehicle at work within an intelligent system,\u201d says Ronald, \u201cworking to maximize machine uptime by reducing idle time, and eliminating human error. The whole portfolio of services and solutions offered by AM-Flow are perfectly in sync with the growing shift to automation, and OMRON\u2019s AMRs are a proud part of that offer. We will continue to support AM-Flow and their customers, indeed any business who wants to benefit from the transformative power of Industry 4.0.\u201d<\/p>

For more information about this article please contact OMRON or AM-Flow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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