Technological advances are advancing in manufacturing, especially in sheet metal manufacturing. In such a fast-paced industry, where supply pressures are increasing to meet demand, and often within tight turnaround times, many companies are embracing automation and empowering them. Here we consider how automation can contribute to successful sheet metal manufacturing.
Push the industry forward
Automation helps businesses meet huge needs. They have the ability to produce large quantities of products that meet high-quality specifications and meet requirements within shortened lead times. Simply put, automation increases productivity because it means equipment can run for longer with less labor input. Employees can be freed from manual intensive work, while smart tools can take the lead and spend important time on projects that require human contact.
Businesses, especially their customers, can also benefit from the lower cost of implementing automation. Automated systems ensure maximum efficiency, almost no waste, minimal power, and precise, controlled movement, all of which add up to lower costs and increase profits.
Promote 24/7 service
We’re all human and we all make mistakes. Automation eliminates the risk of human error and improves accuracy and repeatability because machines are programmed to perform tasks over and over again.
At the same time, the automation system allows sheet metal manufacturing company managers to monitor all processes at all times. This will be tedious manual Labour, done by machines, and can be managed from anywhere (the senior team doesn’t even have to be on the shop floor). All of this effectively allows businesses to be available to customers around the clock, enabling them to take the lead in a saturated market.
At present, the vast majority of domestic sheet metal manufacturing factories still belong to labor-intensive, automation, information and intelligence level is low, the production management system is relatively isolated, and data is scattered and opaque. With the shortage of labor supply and the rise of various costs, the cost and efficiency of production are facing great challenges, and the trend of small-batch customization has been unable to meet the requirements.
Automatic sheet metal manufacturing plants, by contrast, emphasize the enterprise internal information management system based on the unified, integrated MES system, planning, scheduling, production, and reached the height of the people and equipment matching, can real-time monitoring and data collection for the whole production process, through data analysis and organize the production, a more reasonable distribution of idle production resources, improve the production efficiency, Achieve mass customization production at a lower cost.
Aria Manufacturing Limited stresses within the enterprise unified information management system based on an integrated MES system, planning, scheduling, production, and reached the height of the people and equipment matching, can real-time monitoring and data collection for the whole production process through data analysis and organize the production, a more reasonable distribution of idle production resources, improve the production efficiency, Achieve mass customization production at a lower cost.
According to the design and development of customer needs, it can realize automatic intelligent warehousing (sheet material automatic warehousing, automatic warehousing, laser cutting unit feeding), laser cutting (automatic loading and unloading and sorting), bending, logistics, and system control. By constructing an intelligent production system and networked distribution production facilities, the whole process of laser cutting and bending production can be digitized and intelligent.
It mainly consists of a large capacity material library, laser cutting unit, robot bending unit, AGV transportation system, software and control system.
It has the key characteristics of intelligent manufacturing: automatic production, process control, adaptive scheduling and preventive maintenance. Digitization and automation run through the entire process from quotation, off-line programming, and order scheduling to cutting, bending, welding, warehousing and logistics. Connect with the user’s production management software platform, provide strong support for production scheduling and planning, and greatly improve production efficiency and equipment utilization.
