Robotic Pick & Place Automation Malaysia
Centricorp designs and integrates robotic pick and place automation systems in Malaysia for automatic machine loading, unloading, product transfer, sorting and material handling applications.
Industrial robots and collaborative robots can replace repetitive manual handling between machines, conveyors, pallets, trays and production processes.
Each system is designed according to the product, payload, required cycle time, pick and place positions, production process and available floor space.
Robotic Pick & Place Applications
Our robotic handling systems can be developed for applications including:
- Machine loading and unloading
- Pick and place
- Product transfer
- Conveyor loading and unloading
- Tray loading and unloading
- Pallet loading and unloading
- Bin picking
- Part sorting
- Product orientation
- Assembly line handling
- Process-to-process transfer
- Packaging applications
- Finished-product handling
The robot can handle a single product or multiple products per cycle depending on the required production rate.
Automatic Machine Loading & Unloading
Robots can be integrated with production machines to automatically load raw materials or components and remove finished products after each machine cycle.
A typical system can include:
- Industrial robot or collaborative robot
- Custom EOAT
- Raw material loading station
- Machine interface
- Finished-product unloading
- Product storage
- PLC and HMI controls
- Sensors
- Safety system
The robot and production machine are interlocked to coordinate the complete automatic loading and unloading sequence.
Production Machine Integration
Robotic loading and unloading can be applied to different manufacturing processes and equipment.
Applications can include:
- CNC machines
- Press machines
- Die casting machines
- Grinding machines
- Cutting machines
- Drilling machines
- Assembly machines
- Testing equipment
- Washing and cleaning machines
- Inspection machines
- Packaging equipment
Existing machines can also be evaluated for robotic automation.
Conveyor Pick & Place
Robots can automatically pick products from conveyors and transfer them to machines, trays, cartons or another production line.
The system can incorporate:
- Product detection sensors
- Conveyor tracking
- Vision systems
- Product orientation
- Multiple pick positions
- Multiple drop positions
- Automatic sorting
For continuously moving products, robot and vision systems can be synchronized with the conveyor where required.
Tray and Pallet Handling
Components can be automatically loaded from or returned to trays and pallets.
Applications can include:
- Raw-part trays
- Finished-part trays
- Layered trays
- Component pallets
- Customized racks
- Product magazines
- Returnable containers
Tray and pallet systems can provide organized component storage and allow longer periods of unattended production.
Robotic Gripping and EOAT
The correct end-of-arm tooling is critical for reliable robotic handling.
Depending on the product, Centricorp can integrate:
- Pneumatic grippers
- Electric grippers
- Vacuum suction cups
- Foam vacuum grippers
- Magnetic grippers
- Custom mechanical grippers
- Double grippers
- Multi-product grippers
- Automatic tool changers
The gripping method is selected according to product geometry, weight, surface condition and required cycle time.
Multiple Product Picking
Where higher throughput is required, the robot can be designed to handle multiple products during a single cycle.
For example, one EOAT may pick two, four or more products simultaneously depending on:
- Robot payload
- Product dimensions
- Product weight
- Pick arrangement
- Drop arrangement
- Required cycle time
This can significantly reduce the number of robot movements required for high-throughput applications.
Vision-Guided Pick & Place
Machine vision can be integrated when products are not presented in a fixed position.
Vision applications can include:
- Product location
- Orientation detection
- Part identification
- Random picking
- Position correction
- Correct-product verification
- Quality inspection
The vision system provides the robot with the position and orientation required for automatic picking.
Product Sorting
Robotic pick and place systems can automatically sort products according to production or inspection results.
Products can be separated by:
- Product model
- Size
- Orientation
- Production process
- Barcode
- Vision result
- OK / NG status
The robot can then place each product into the required machine, conveyor, tray, pallet or collection station.
Process-to-Process Transfer
Robots can connect multiple manufacturing processes into one automated production cell.
For example:
Loading → Machine Process → Unloading → Inspection → Secondary Process → Finished Product
Applications can combine operations such as:
- Machining
- Pressing
- Grinding
- Deburring
- Washing
- Inspection
- Assembly
- Packaging
This reduces manual handling between individual production processes.
Robot Selection
The appropriate robot is selected according to the application requirements.
Important considerations include:
- Payload
- Reach
- Cycle time
- Number of pick positions
- Number of machines
- Required floor space
- Product weight
- EOAT weight
- Operating environment
Both industrial robots and collaborative robots can be considered depending on the application and required safety concept.
Controls and Machine Interface
The robotic handling system can communicate with production equipment through PLC and machine interfaces.
Typical functions can include:
- Machine ready
- Robot ready
- Load request
- Unload request
- Cycle start
- Cycle complete
- Part present
- Machine alarm
- Production recipe
- Safety status
An HMI can provide production selection, machine status, alarms and operator controls.
Safety Integration
The safety concept is designed according to the robot, production equipment, application and completed machine risk assessment.
Safety equipment can include:
- Safety fencing
- Interlocked access doors
- Safety light curtains
- Safety laser scanners
- Emergency stop circuits
- Safety PLC
- Robot safety functions
Complete Robotic Handling Integration
Centricorp provides engineering and system integration support from initial concept through installation and commissioning.
Our scope can include:
- Application study
- Cycle-time analysis
- System layout
- Robot selection
- EOAT design
- Machine modifications
- Conveyor integration
- Vision integration
- Mechanical design
- Electrical controls
- PLC and HMI programming
- Robot programming
- Safety integration
- Fabrication and assembly
- Factory acceptance testing
- Installation and commissioning
- Operator training
- Technical support
Our Robotic Pick & Place Projects
Centricorp has experience integrating industrial robots and collaborative robots for machine loading, unloading, product transfer and material handling applications.
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Request a Robotic Pick & Place Proposal
Planning to automate a manual loading, unloading or material handling process?
Send us:
- Product drawing or photographs
- Product dimensions
- Product weight
- Pick location
- Drop location
- Required production rate
- Machine cycle time
- Number of product types
- Existing machine details
- Production layout
- Photos or videos of the current manual process
Our engineering team can review the application and propose a suitable robotic pick and place automation system.
Contact Centricorp to discuss your robotic handling application.
