RoboJob-USA

What Makes a RoboJob Robot Such a Game Changer? You may hear people talking about robots and their impact on changing your business. That is all true, but what makes a RoboJob #robot the game changer it has become? The robot is designed to optimize high mix/low volume order patterns. For many, that in and of itself is a game changer. But there is much, much more. 1?? Simple programming. Talk about simple; your Grandfather could do it. Using the Windows-based, icon-driven, drag-and-drop program, you can program a job in about five minutes. 2?? Load the optimized parts table in about ten minutes. The software shows you the optimized layout for parts so you can run the greatest number of pieces per run. Depending on the piece count, it would take you ten minutes to load the parts table and be ready to run. Job changeover time is short and the work is easy. 3?? The ability to run when you need to. Whether you need to run a job over lunch or overnight, the RoboJob robot enables you to run when you need to. We had a customer run their first job for 13 hours straight. We had another customer run their first job in under 2 hours. All run without machine operator costs. In the end, customers say the newfound control over production and costs is a game changer. Nothing they've done has given them the same level of control over production and costs. If you had to pick things in your machine shop to control, chances are good production and costs would be on the list. To explore how a purpose-built, #cnc machine-tending robot can change your machining operation, visit the RoboJob-USA website. ___________________________________________________________ Hit RoboJob-USA + Follow + ?? to turn on notifications. ?? ___________________________________________________________ #automation #machineshop #manufacturing #metalworking??

Why Do Machine Shops Utilize Machine Tending Robots? Spoiler Alert: For the same reasons machine shops utilize CNC machines! The CNC first CNC was patented more than 60 years ago. But the CNC has only been widely accepted for the last 40 years. Computer controlled programming ensures ensures tighter precision for machined parts. Robots are calibrated for highly accurate and repetitive insertion. CNC machines are certainly more efficient and more cost effective to run compared to a human operating an analog mill or lathe. A world-class machinist can create magic with an old Bridgeport but that took time. Robots are significantly more efficient than humans over the long run. CNC machines greatly reduce scrap and are much leaner than human operations. Highly accurate parts insertion combined with automated work holding tightening reduces scrap and broken cutting tools. Sometimes the biggest cost of scrap is not lost material, but the late delivery or partial shipments that can be a result. With the robot in place, missed deliveries are a thing of the past. CNC machines are generally safer than manual operations because the tools are in an enclosed area. Machine operators can be injured on the job. With a robot, that goes away. Despite the investment, CNC machines show rapid and robust ROI. The right robot shows rapid and robust ROI. If you want all the advantages of a robot along with simplicity and ease of use, you want a RoboJob-USA robot. Hit RoboJob-USA + Follow + ?? to turn on notifications. ?? #cnc #machining #manufacturing #machineshop #metalworking

Gain Control Over Production and Costs With This Robot Running a #machineshop is never easy. Some compare it to juggling running chainsaws while blindfolded. Why? So much can go wrong, and the consequences can be difficult to remediate. To get things right, you must have a great sense of timing and luck. You are constantly juggling two of those running chain saws: production capabilities and costs. The ability to respond to customer requests is essential. If you can't deliver parts on time, whether they tell you or not, your customer will be looking for someone else to make parts for them. When your scheduling is well planned at running at capacity, orders that would be a blessing at other times can be a curse. Then there is your old nemesis - cost. In an overheated economy, controlling costs is critical. You may have a little more room for pricing errors in an overheated economy. When the economy is in turmoil, coming down the cost curve can make it or break it on an order, in a month, or a year. None of this is news to you - but the solution might be. ?? Adding a purpose-built, CNC machine-tending #robot gives you control over both production and costs. With more than 1,400 robots bolted in front of #cnc machines at more than 500 locations worldwide, RoboJob has the depth of experience to help your machine shop gain a competitive advantage. Before making robots, RoboJob was a machine shop looking for a way to control production and costs. Fifteen years later, that #machineshop is humming along, but with robots tending the CNC machines. To discover how we can help your machine shop gain control over production and costs while helping you manage profits in any economic weather, visit the RoboJob-USA website. #industrialautomation #cncmanufacturing #manufacturing #cnc #robots

Did You Really Want Robots With All the Complexities? There are plenty of robots out there that come with staffing and technical complexities. We have the utmost respect for machine shop leaders who choose the complex path. We know what that takes to succeed, and how good you have to be to pull it off. Those leaders aren't our customer base. Our customer base are the machine shop leaders who want all the benefits of having robots tend their CNC machine without having all the complexities that go with it. They don't want compete for robot engineers and technicians. That market is already highly competitive. If you think it is hard finding machine operators, try robotics engineers! Finding and keeping those very talented people is difficult and expensive. That's why we built our solution so you don't need programmers and technicians. We do all of that for you so you don't have to. Our solution has been tested and proven time and time again for more than 15 years. Our operating software is mature and doesn't require you to do any coding. You simply enter the raw and finished parts dimensions, the raw material, the piece count, and the air blowout pattern. No coding. None! No coding is one of the reasons our robots work so well with high mix/low volume order patterns. If that is the backbone of your machine shop, you want to talk with us. The total job changeover time is 15 minutes. You probably wish your CNC job change over time was that short and easy. If you want complicated, you can have that, just not from us. Or, we can give you no code robots that are simple, fast, and easy and boosts profits while delivering rapid ROI. Your choice. We're here when you need us. Hit RoboJob-USA + Follow + ?? to turn on notifications. ?? #cnc #manufacturing #cncmachining #machinetools #machining

It's Finally Friday so it is Time for Friday Features! Many of your features are unique in what they bring to your operation. This feature is a feature because we don't have it. Software Fees? What? While having a conversation with a potential customer, she mentioned that they've looked at every offering in the CNC Automation world. She went on to say there are many similarities in the offerings. But three things make RoboJob-USA stand out: 1. Raw and finished parts management is the best in the industry. 2. The ease of use for the entire system. 3. The software is just so easy. Then she said, "What about the annual software fees?" When she said that, I spilled my coffee all over my shirt and almost splashed her. We don't have annual software fees. Never have. This is a mature product that has been around for 16 years. You aren't getting product tweaks, and bug fixes every few weeks. When we install your robot, you get the latest version of our proprietary Windows-based, icon-driven, drag-and-drop software that makes operating the robot simple, fast, and easy. Entering the raw and finished piece dimensions and the piece count can take as long as 4 or 5 minutes. The software even shows you the optimal way to load the parts table. Then you load the parts table in 10 minutes and start making chips!! (Money, too!) Some nights my TV remote is more complicated than entering a job in the robot. Software fees? It must be a competitor because that is not us. We don't do that. We don't make you write code. We don't have software fees. To explore what makes RoboJob-USA different from the rest of the market and discover how we can give your machine shop control over production and costs, visit the RoboJob-USA website.

No Machine Shop Leader Wakes Up and Says, "I Think I'll Buy a Robot Today!" Why not? Nobody wants robots - but everyone wants what robots do for them. Robots give you control over production so you can deliver parts on time. That means stopping calls from customers wondering when they will get their parts. They'll be calling you to thank you for keeping your delivery promise so they can keep theirs. You can even run twilight or lights-out manufacturing with your robot. Robots help you come down the cost curve by allowing you to run more jobs with much less labor. Some machine shop leaders see their robots as a hedge against wage inflation and the rapidly increasing cost of benefits. Robots help you quote faster and more accurately because you clearly understand your costs. Increased profits are always in fashion, whether the economy is overheated or in turmoil. What do the robots think about all this? They were happy to be so helpful, and they never said a word! #cncmachining #cncmanufacturing #cncautomation #cncmachinetool

Simplicity Matters - Especially in CNC Machine Tending Robots! We've spent the last 15 years hiding #robot complexity behind a curtain of simplicity. There are thousands of complicated engineering decisions that have created a software package that is so simple and easy to use. With our Windows-based, icon-driven, drag-and-drop operational system, you don't write code. You don't use a pendant. You simply enter the raw and finished parts dimensions, the material, and the piece count into the console. Those are the same things that a human machine operator needs to know to run the job. As we walk through the process with potential new customers, we constantly hear how much they love the simplicity that is the hallmark of our system. It is clear that they want the benefits of a #cnc machine tending robot without the complexities that can come with it. Lately, we've been hearing an even louder voice echoing the importance of simplicity. This louder voice is coming from #machineshop leaders who bought a different robot to tend their CNC machines and they are extremely frustrated with the complexity of that robot. Somehow, those machine shop leaders, who live in different states and don't know each other, all used the same expletive to explain just how complicated their robot of past choice can be. The complexity has taken the sheen off of the #productivity increase because their job change over time is longer than they would like. And they are spending more time trouble shooting and less time making chips. One thing is certain, they won't be buying another one of those robots for their next automation project. Make no mistake, robots can be complicated. But with the RoboJob software, you'll never see the complexities, but you will see the benefits. To discover more about how simple we've made CNC machine tending robots, visit the RoboJob-USA website. #machineshoplife #manufacturing #cncmachine #cncmachining

What Is "Pre-Engineering" and Why Does it Matter? Pre-Engineering? What? ?? I've heard of Pre-Med, not Pre-Engineering. What is Pre-Engineering and why should I care? If someone is in "Pre-Med," they are preparing to become a doctor. When a RoboJob-USA #robot is in "Pre-Engineering," it is preparing to become your CNC machine tender. #Robots are complicated. Some would say extremely complicated. They'd be right. Over the last fifteen years, we've taken robot complexity and have hidden it behind a wall of simplicity. Every RoboJob-USA robot goes to "Pre-Engineering" school. We run simulations with parts so we know everything fits. We calibrate the #robot to within the breadth of a human hair so parts insertion is uniformly accurate and remarkably repeatable. That accuracy reduces scrap and broken cutting tools from improper parts insertion. The robot learns clock management so there are no wasted seconds. We do all the programming behind the scenes so you don't do any programming. Only after graduating from "Pre-Engineering" School is your RoboJob-USA robot delivered to your machine shop. Pre-Engineering doesn't matter to everyone. It only matters to those #machineshop leaders who want to increase #productivity while enjoying the simplicity and ease of use in operating and owning a robot. It only matters to those machine shop leaders who want a very low cost of ownership and don't want to invest a fortune in donuts for programmers and robot engineers. Don't worry, most of our robots won't ask to hang their "Pre-Engineering" diploma on the wall near their #cnc machine. To learn how amazingly simple we have made robots for your machine shop, visit the RoboJob-USA website. #industrialautomation #processautomation #cncmachining #manufacturing

Evolution or Revolution of the Machine Operator In 1798, Eli Whitney invented Interchangeable parts and that changed manufacturing for ever. Without interchangeable parts, Ford's assembly line in 1913 would not have been impossible. Can you imagine operating without either of those two innovations? If you have a High Mix/Low Volume order pattern now, what would it be like without interchangeable parts? Both innovations came from the need to be more efficient and productive. Machine operators grew from the need to be more efficient and productive. When mills and lathes were manually run by machinists, that machinist was the machine operator. In the late 1980s, when the CNC machine became widely adapted, machine shops realized it was too expensive to have the machinist program the job and then stand around to load and unload the CNC. Too expensive in terms of actual cost because the machinist's hourly wage was worth more than the work required to load and unload the CNC. It was also too expensive in terms of opportunity cost. Do you want that #machinist doing a low value job like making parts, or do you want that machinist doing high value work like programming the next job and making sure the set up was perfect? Those are two very different jobs with very different skill set requirements. Because of that difference in skills and cost, the CNC machine operator job was born. Why waste the potential of a great machinist by having them run parts? Although earnings varied by geography, a machine operator earned about 40% less than a machinist. Was the creation of the machine operator evolution or revolution? Fast forward to today and human capital is more important than ever. And, great talent is harder to find and even harder to keep. Forty years later, the question is still the same. Do you want that human doing a low value job, or do you want them doing something that adds more value to the process? You don't need a consultant from Bain or McKinsey to give you the answer. All you need is the back of an envelope and a pencil. If you added a robot to tend the #CNC machine to do the low value work, how could that machine operator be redeployed to add more value in the process stream? Creating the machine operator job back in the day was a slam dunk. Adding a robot to tend your CNC? Smile as your eyes are up around the rim and you are jamming the ball through the hoop! To start your own slam dunk, visit the RoboJob-USA website. #engineering #productivity #cncmachining #automation

Imagine Building a Production Plan and Then Having It Go As Planned! In some #machineshops, that happens every day. In others, when it happens, they mark it on the calendar. What's the difference? A purpose-built, #cnc machine-tending #robot bolted next to the CNC machine. Having that robot paired with that CNC gives you control over production. You run jobs when you want because the robot is always available. Once the CNC is set up, spend 5 minutes giving the robot operating instructions. No code...just enter the raw and finished parts dimensions along with the material and the piece count. The software shows you a diagram of how to place the pins in the patented work table surface. Then you lay in the raw parts. If you need to adjust the grippers, it is loosen one bolt, slide the gripper indicator along the scale to the numerical value the software gave you. Tighten the bolt. Total job change over time is 15 minutes. Less if you've already run the job and saved it. If you want the headaches of complex, high tech robots, we can't help you. We only do simple because that is what our customers want. For 15 years we've been hiding the complexities of robots behind a curtain of simplicity. Machine shop leaders who get our #robots want to run their shop and take care of customers. They don't want to invest massive headaches and countless hours in mastering technology. You can master our operating software in 15 minutes. To discover how we make the complex so very simple, visit the RoboJob-USA website. #industrialautomation #machining #manufacturing