Get more value from your automation investment.
There are many reasons to invest in automating your abrasive processes: gains in productivity, improved consistency, enhanced quality and safety, and a solution to labor shortages. And to provide maximized ROI (Return On Investment) from your investment, the best path comes from automating correctly from the start. That’s where 3M products and engineering expertise come in.
The limitations of manual operation. Manual operators are constrained by the amount of force they can apply and the angles they can hold a tool. Automation removes many of these constraints, working consistently and repeatedly at targeted angles and an optimized level of force and speed. A robot however, is still constrained by the abrasives it’s running.
The vital importance of the right abrasives and process parameters in automation. To realize the full ROI on your automation investment, you want to optimize your abrasive products and parameters for these four key elements: Ŕ Uptime: Determined by abrasive life and full utilization of abrasive, change-over frequency is a key factor here. Ŕ Throughput: Determined by abrasive performance, faster processing leads to more part throughput. Ŕ Consistency: Determined by performance through the life of the abrasive product, resulting in increased finished good quality and less change over. Ŕ Efficiency: 3M Robotic Application Engineers can help design a process that utilizes the full width of the abrasive. Reducing abrasive waste and cost. At 3M, we have a deep understanding of the factors that affect an automated abrasive process. Our 100+ years of abrasive experience and 35+ years of abrasive automation experience is accessible through our Technical Experts, our 17 Global Proof of Concept automation labs, and deployed into how we engineer our products. Products engineered with automation in mind. 3M ™ Cubitron ™ 3 Performance Abrasives elevate product life, cut rate, and wear consistency. This enhances processes that are already automated or increases the appeal of automating current manual ones. Start your journey with 3M. We know abrasive automation. We start with your part requirements in mind and offer consultation on the entire cell system; including recommendations on hardware and software, connections to partners in our 3M System Integrator Network, and running proof of concept projects in our labs; to help you meet the needs of your process.
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