Component manufacturer Len Industries (Leslie, MI) wanted to reduce labor costs and increase throughput by using a robot to unload randomly placed transmission gears from their storage bins. As part of this process, the robot also needed to remove the plastic boards that divide each gear layer. To meet Len Industries' throughput requirements, the robot would have to achieve a cycle time of 4.5 seconds per part, including the removal of the plastic divider sheets.
To address these needs, Lens Industries installed a workcell with a FANUC M-16iB robot and an integrated vision system for robot guidance.