Industrial Automation

Industrial Automation

Production Expansion & Worker Safety Improvements from Mobile Robot

A Czech company in the automotive industry is looking for ways to reduce the safety risks of workers that had to continuously transport material due to increased demand. OMRON’s Mobile Robot proved to be the right choice.

Location:

 
 

Vrchlabí, Czech Republic

 
 

Industry:

 
 

Automotive

 
 

Products:

 
 

Transmissions

 
 

Customer Challenge:

 
 

Demand increase led to higher capacity for the plants and more traffic in the production areas, leading to safety risks and fatigue for workers that had to continuously transport material from one part of the factory to another.

 
 

Application:

 
 

The LD robot completes 120 trips per day and travels a total distance of 35 km between the mechanical measuring center and the processing machines.

 
 

OMRON Equipment

 
 

OMRON LD-130CT mobile robots.

 
 

Why OMRON Was Choosen:

 
 

Customer wanted to move away from magnetic tape to an autonomous system, and in particular liked MobilePlanner.

 
 

Impact:

 
 

Škoda expanded production and improved worker safety without increasing labor cost at the plant.

Client

Škoda Auto

Category

Success Stories

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