Kawasaki ‘swap-out robots’ upgrade Norgren production

As part of a major investment by Norgren at its Lichfield manufacturing site, Kawasaki Robotics has replaced two aging robots with two Kawasaki RS06L robots.  The new robots allow faster cell tool change times and are able to work more comfortably within target cycle times.Installed over 13 years ago the original robots, both Kawasaki robots, operate between 5 to 7 days a week and three shifts a day in Norgren’s Automotive/Truck air-brake fittings section.  Loading and unloading brass fittings into a rotary transfer machine, with a six seconds cycle time, has seen the robots in virtually