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Universal Robots in central role in JVC electronics factory

May 25, 2018 by Mai Tao

Universal Robots is gaining market share in south-east Asia’s most populous nation, Indonesia. 

PT JVC Electronics Indonesia says it has enhanced productivity, output quality and workers’ wellbeing with Universal Robots’ cobots, while saving over $80,000.

Universal Robots is, by unit sales, the leading collaborative robotics company. 

The company it is helping to improve productivity, output quality and workers’ safety, with yearly cost savings of over $80,000 at PT JVC Electronics Indonesia (JEIN).

PT JVC a subsidiary of the global leader in electronics and entertainment products, JVC Kenwood Group.

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PT stands for perseroan terbatas, meaning “private limited”, and is the equivalent of an incorporated entity in the US.

Universal Robots is present in over 23,000 production environments, benefiting businesses globally, across various industries.

In Southeast Asia, collaborative robots (cobots) have strong adoption in the electronics, semiconductor and, metal and machining sectors.

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Shermine Gotfredsen (pictured right), general manager, southeast Asia and Oceania, Universal Robots, says: “We are working with JEIN to accelerate the transition to smarter production and sustainable growth.

“JEIN’s automation success is reflective of how cobot integration continues to help businesses across Southeast Asia enhance their manufacturing processes and remain competitive.

“Cobot adoption is high in the electronics industry, enabling greater productivity, improving safety and relieving employees of repetitive and strenuous tasks.

“They are also applied in other sectors including automotive, pharma and chemistry, and food and agriculture.”

Unlike bulky traditional industrial robots, cobots are lightweight and mobile, more affordable, and can be modified for different applications.

The electronics industry uses cobots in a wide variety of processes including handling, assembling, inspection and testing, packing, dispensing and even populating and coating circuit boards.

Electronics is the second largest integrator of collaborative industrial robots, accounting for 18 per cent of global demand in 2015.

By 2021, the electronics industry is forecast to invest approximately $475 million in cobots.

Growth of southeast Asia’s electronics industry drives demand for collaborative robots

The electronics industry in Southeast Asia is expected to grow as demand for tech gadgets and electrical devices rise.

Electronics is the largest export sector in the region, comprising 25 per cent of total exports in goods.

Electronics production is spread across the regional bloc with hubs in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The Asean Economic Community is harmonising trade and production within the region.

This provides manufacturers lower trade restrictions and promotes the integration of regional value chains to effectively capture global demand.

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UR3 cobots at JEIN

JEIN, a manufacturer of car audio-visual and navigation devices, was heavily dependent on manual processes.

The company deployed seven units of Universal Robots’ UR3 cobots to increase productivity and achieve consistent output quality.

The small, lightweight and compact nature of the UR3 cobots complemented the company’s production facility, which was limited in space.

The cobots were installed without needing to make drastic changes to the workspace layout and supported the use of various end effectors – grippers, soldering irons, screwdrivers.

This allowed the team to customise the cobots to undertake three different tasks at the facility – screwing, soldering, and pick and place.

Safety was an important contributing factor for JEIN when purchasing the cobots.

UR cobots, designed with a patented safety system, allow employees to work in close proximity without the need for safety fencing, subject to risk assessment.

Moreover, the cobots relieved workers from handling high risk tasks such as soldering and separating cut PCB parts, which emit hazardous fumes and dust particles.

Agustinus Simanullang (pictured above, second from left), general manager, engineering division at JEIN, says: “Through the adoption of cobots, we were able to improve production efficiency and our output quality is now more consistent.

“With the move towards automation, our manpower can be redeployed to other higher-value processes, and we have been able to reduce operational costs by more than $80,000 yearly.”

The successful adoption of Universal Robots at JEIN convinced the company and group management of the ease of automation. The JVC Kenwood Group is now looking to adopt UR cobots at its operations in Japan, China, Malaysia and Thailand.

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