Competition in the manufacturing industry is extremely keen. Global competition must be met with increased flexibility, higher quality and better productivity. In the long term there’s only one viable solution – palletisation and automation.
Automation keeps production going whatever the time of day or day of the week. The result is shorter lead times, higher productivity and quicker payback of capital invested in machines.
An automatic production cell is an effective means of competition for long runs, short runs and even for one-off manufacturing.
With automated operation, production can continue running round the clock, seven days a week.
The possibilities are endless.
You can opt for simple automated changing of pallets in the same machine. Or different machines in a production chain. You can choose to automate part of the production line, or all of it. Whatever the degree of automation, 3R automation systems are always extremely user-friendly.
System 3R’s automation concept gives you:
• Increased utilisation of existing machine capacity
• Increased productivity
• Lower production costs
• Lower unit cost
• Shorter depreciation time
Anyone can get a fantastic modern machine with every conceivable feature. But this doesn’t mean you’re automatically competing with other workshops that have similar equipment.
With modern machines, making complicated parts with close tolerances seldom presents any problems. The real challenge lies in raising the profitability of the business at the same time. And you do this by making more efficient use of your machines – simply by working smarter.
Experience always shows that measures to reduce the idle times of your machines are significantly more worthwhile than chasing seconds in the actual machining process. It’s a matter of taking a broader view and focusing on the whole – total throughput time instead of process time in the particular machine.
The solution is a stable and exact reference system. This lets you preset away from the machine and then set up the machine with minimum idle time. Quickly and precisely!
An automatic production cell can generate revenue round the clock, seven days a week. Why be satisfied with 40 productive machine-hours a week when the same machine can achieve over 100 additional hours a week? Or more! Use every hour of the day and night for production.
Conservative thinking is a major obstacle to increased productivity. It’s a matter of daring to break with accustomed patterns of thinking. Having the courage to question your own methods. From there, it’s just a short step to action.
System 3R’s automation programs give increased productivity and make you more competitive. And not least – they bring faster payback on the investments you made.
Be master of your own future – not a victim of circumstances.
is a pallet changer – with minimal floor space requirements – intended for automatic changing of pallets in a chuck on the work table of the machine.The design with a sliding door over one whole side gives maximum access to the magazine, making it easier to load and take out the pallets.
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is a compact unit for pallet changing – both on the machine table and in the machine spindle – on machine tools.
The magazines are made up of a number of modules, making it possible to adapt the magazines to the specific needs of every user. Generous door make it easy to load and remove the magazines.
With its enhanced magazine capacity, WorkPartner 2+ is especially well suited to serving more than one machine.
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is a flexible modular automation system consisting of a changer unit which changes large and small pallets between the magazines and up to four machines in the same production cell.The changer unit, which is completely self-contained, can be combined with several types of magazine, as well as a number of options for “tailor-made” automation solutions, whether machines of the same make or machines with different machining technologies are involved. Several designs of magazine are available. The basic variants are modular racks or rotating magazines, where the shelves are matched to the pallet systems in System 3R’s wide range of products.
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is an automation concept that gives extreme flexibility. With the changer unit mounted on rails, it can serve a larger number of machines, while creating more space for magazines and peripheral equipment.
One clear advantage is the “open architecture” of the system. The customer chooses the machine (or machines) suited to the particular requirements of the business, and a WorkMaster is added.
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System 3R has started
collaboration with other players in the field of automation, meaning that we can now offer automation solutions with industrial robots, both stationary and rail-borne.
The automation solutions may be appropriate for changing parts that are not palletised, and when WorkMaster’s capacity is insufficient in terms of transfer weight, stroke or number of moving axes.
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A process chain comprises a large amount of information which is spread all over the workshop. It’s WorkShopManager’s job to keep track of all this information, and to coordinate the various operations.
• Administers order, drawing and component data in accordance with the individual workshop’s requirements.
• Transfers complete, ready-to-run machining programs to the machine.
WorkShopManager is a family of software which can be combined in different configurations to suit the needs of every user. Always with the focus on productivity and flexibility.
WorkShopManager manages, supervises and makes sure that nothing goes wrong – that’s all there is to it.
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The engineering industry is a complex operation in which practically every company is unique in terms of production, machines, capacity etc. To meet all these differing requirements, System 3R has developed a wide range of pallet systems which are well suited to automated production.
Here are some examples:
Note: System 3R’s automation equipment can also handle other pallet and tool systems, HSK cones for example.
Milling machine x1
EDM machine x1
Millning machine x3
Loading station x1
Rack magazine x4
Milling machine x4
Rack magazine x10
Loading stastion x1
Washing stastion x1
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