Metal processing
AROBIS combines rugged metal machining with precise, reliable automation.
[ metalworking ]
Automation for heavy parts and demanding processes
AROBIS automates handling, machining, welding, and inspection processes in metalworking—built to withstand heavy components, harsh environments, and high quality requirements.
Metallic workpieces bring weight, sharp edges, fluctuating surfaces, and often high process forces. AROBIS develops solutions that take these conditions into account technically. Grippers, fixtures, the protective concept, and material flow are designed so the system operates reliably even with chips, dirt, and real component tolerances.
Typical applications
Robotics for heavy workpieces, harsh environments, and reproducible machining sequences.
- Loading and unloading of CNC and machining machines
- Robot-assisted welding, assembling, and positioning
- Inspecting, sorting, and automated placing
- Automatic deburring, marking, and rework
- Palletizing and orderly provision of heavy parts
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[ metalworking ]
Metalworking: requirements and solutions
Metallic workpieces bring weight, sharp edges, fluctuating surfaces, and often high process forces. AROBIS develops solutions that take these conditions into account technically. Grippers, fixtures, the protective concept, and material flow are designed so the system operates reliably even with chips, dirt, and real component tolerances.
Robust design for the component and its environment
- Handling heavy and unwieldy metal components
- Suitable grippers and fixtures for real tolerances
- Protecting sensors, mechanics, and operators
- Designed for coolant/lubricant, chips, and temperature
- Integrated measurement and quality release
Automated machining, loading, and inspection
- Loading and unloading of CNC and machining machines
- Robot-assisted welding, assembling, and positioning
- Inspecting, sorting, and automated placing
- Automatic deburring, marking, and rework
- Palletizing and orderly provision of heavy parts
Your benefits
- Less physical strain with heavy workpieces
- More consistent utilization of machining machines
- Reproducible positioning, machining, and inspection
- Robust technology for real production day-to-day work
- Planable processes even with variants and tolerances
More process stability in physically demanding tasks
AROBIS combines robust robotics with practical workpiece handling. This helps relieve employees, ensures machining machines are supplied more evenly, and enables quality processes to be built up more reproducibly.
[ FAQ ]
Frequently asked questions about automation in metalworking
Answers to typical requirements and automation options in the metalworking industry.
Yes—when robots, grippers, pick-up points, and the safety concept are designed appropriately. Weight, center of gravity, and dynamic loads are considered together.
Components, sensor technology, and grippers are selected or protected according to the environment. The workflow, cleaning, and maintenance access must also match the real level of contamination.
Often yes. Door operation, clamping devices, interfaces, component feeding, and safe machine releases are reviewed and integrated into the process.
Suitable supports, search motions, sensors, or cameras can detect and compensate for positional deviations. The permitted tolerances must be clearly defined for this.
That depends on setup time, variants, and how frequently items are repeated. Flexible grippers and modular fixtures can improve economic efficiency for changing products.
Yes. Dimensions, presence, position, surface, or machining features can be checked and documented sensor-based or camera-based depending on the requirements.
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Why AROBIS for metalworking?
AROBIS combines dependable robotics, application-specific gripping technology, and the requirements of real metal plants into a single, end-to-end process.
From analysis to stable operation
The workpiece, machine, environment, and quality target are assessed together. This creates a solution that works not only during testing, but reliably in shift operation.