Over 2,500 automation solutions in igus production

One example of cost-effective automation at igus is the removal of sprues on around 1,000 injection moulding machines. What used to be done manually is now automated by our innovative robot solutions - faster, more precise and more reliable.

A complete solution costs only 10,000 euros and usually pays off after 6 months.

Inserting drylin linear carriages into injection-moulding machines used to be a real ordeal for our employees. They had to be inserted hundreds of times a day, followed by a waiting time of 40s per cycle. Today, our low-cost linear robot iSPEL performs this task in record time.

The project costs for this robot solution, including step conveyor, camera and suction gripper, total around 22,000 euros. The return on investment is 0.7 years.

The ReBeL cobot is already being used successfully in numerous places at igus. A prime example is downstream thread cutting: Where monotonous manual labour used to be required, the cobots now handle the workpieces and drill the threads – up to 20,000 times a day.

Programming is easier than ever before thanks to the free igus Robot Control software. You don't need any programming skills! The result? Optimised work safety, increased production speed and fewer rejects. The cost of this automation solution is only 50,000 euros and the payback period is 0.7 years.