Assembly: the technology

Assembly is a key process step in industrial manufacturing and production. The reasons for this are increasingly diverse product ranges, more complex systems and production lines, shorter product life cycles and shorter innovation cycles. To be competitive in the era of Industrie 4.0, you need to be quick and above all flexible. An assembly process includes various work steps such as:

• Handling of tools and workpieces
• Quality assurance
• Handling between individual assembly steps
• Individual tasks within the production process

What does automated assembly with KUKA mean?

KUKA considers the individual requirements of each customer to determine the need and potential for automation. In addition to conventional assembly, we offer other automation technologies for the industrial assembly shop of the future. Our robotics and collaborative robots enable a wide range of solutions to ensure effective and safe collaboration between robots and humans.

What advantages are made possible through industrial assembly with KUKA?

Improved quality

• Error minimization – no fatigue when performing monotonous tasks
• Reliable task fulfillment through to completion
• Time savings – no breaks necessary
• No risk of confusing parts
• Compliance with all BOM items

Flexibility

• Virtual commissioning with KUKA.Sim
• Work possible in hazardous environments, such as in heat or with sharp components
• Ergonomic work: robot positions object for worker, performs all overhead work
• HRC (human-robot collaboration) with cobots: no safety fencing needed

Cost-effectiveness

• Cost savings
• Performance of simple tasks
• Performance of repetitive tasks
• High competitiveness
• Higher productivity

Know-how and experience

• Powerful and effective assembly cell
• Intelligent automation solutions
• Peripheral components, such as modular gripper systems
• Optimal conveying systems
• Sensitive assembly with collaborative robots

Suitable assembly robots and cobots for automation of challenging assembly tasks

Whether small robots or heavy-duty robots, conventional industrial robots or cobots: we offer you a wide range of robots with various designs, kinematic systems, interfaces and optimal payload/reach combinations. Find the right robot for your application. We would be happy to advise you in this.