{"id":4925,"date":"2017-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:85283fb7-ec38-42a6-aa0f-212d844ffa8e"},"modified":"2022-03-03T08:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T08:34:04","slug":"20170412-02","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kawasakirobotics.com\/uk\/news\/20170412-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Suscom: &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robots processing chair-bases through injection molding \/ assy cell\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJsoOh9QGgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a3750K investment pulls chair base production back to the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suscom Industries, a leading supplier of components to the office furniture industry, stopped all manufacturing over 20 years ago electing to offshore.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today, after an investment of \u00a3750K, Suscom is producing bases for office chairs to a higher quality level, to its own improved design, more profitably and with greater control over stock and availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investment has seen injection moulding of bases return to Suscom using two 600 tonne Romi presses with product handling and assembly of castors managed by three Kawasaki robots.&nbsp;&nbsp;Autonomy from what is effectively generic designs offered by the Chinese, has allowed Suscom to develop its own high quality chair base range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kawasaki Robotics\u2019 systems integrator, Evershed Robotics was tasked with design and installation of the complete cell which was purpose designed around the new tool designs.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cell control is managed through the Kawasaki robots\u2019 integrated K-Logic PLCs with each mould tool having its own control box to select the correct programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each Romi press is served by a Kawasaki RS-20N robot which picks the completed moulding and sprue from the mould ejector pins.&nbsp;&nbsp;The new tooling design allows for the sprue to be detached by the tool but to be retained for collection along with the chair base moulding.&nbsp;&nbsp;The robot delivers the sprue to a granulator for recycling and a check to ensure that the sprue is detached from the moulding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Placing the chair base onto a cooling conveyor the same Kawasaki robot then picks up a slip ring, delivered by bowl feeder, which it assemblies into the centre of the moulding.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Romi press has its own robot and conveyor delivering mouldings to a single Kawasaki&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RS-50N robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This third robot unloads chair bases from the cooling conveyors and places them firstly into a turnover jig and then into a castor assembly cell.&nbsp;&nbsp;Castors can be one of two sizes so the programme ensures the robot is instructed to pick from the correct bowl feeder.&nbsp;&nbsp;After moving to a check point that confirms the correct size has been picked the robot then presses the castor into one of the five location points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On completion of castor assembly the robot picks up the assembled base and places it onto another conveyor where it is finally unloaded manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcel Walsh, Suscom Industries Production Manager believes that developing a new chair base, designed for automation, has given Suscom a far better product than the currently available generic designs.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cUnlike generic imports, mouldings that come straight from our new tooling require no further coatings or fillers, there are no surface imperfections, and they are overall a much stronger product.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe cell is absolutely consistent and reliable in its output, 1,000 chair bases per 12 hour shift, which we manage with just two operators.&nbsp;&nbsp;The robot system has surpassed what is expected of it both in speed and in maintaining a very clean and orderly environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system has had a significant impact on Suscom\u2019s customer service concludes Marcel, \u201dWe could see prices rising in China so creating our own in-house design made sense; 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