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Increase Capacity with Automated Night Shifts

Problem

ZAGO Manufacturing faced an increase in customer demand for high-tech sealing fasteners and switch seals. With limited workers available in the New Jersey area, ZAGO’s management looked for a cost-effective and robust automated solution.

Solution

A Universal Robots UR10e cobot arm equipped with Robotiq software proved to be the perfect fit for their needs. Since ZAGO manufactures precision parts for the aerospace industry, they appreciate how Robotiq’s Force Copilot ensures that the UR10e places each part precisely into the chuck.

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Products they use

Insights

Force Copilot

Applications

Machine Tending

"Now the operator is inspecting parts coming out of the machine and programming the robot instead of operating the machine."

Jackie Luciano vice president, ZAGO Manufacturing

“Force Copilot ensures that the part is gonna be inserted into the machine at exactly the right point for every part.”

Jackie Luciano vice president, ZAGO Manufacturing

“When the robot came to our company, it improved the quality and quantity of the job that we’re doing. ”

Jonathan Cruz robot programmer and former machine operator, ZAGO Manufacturing

“ZAGO is probably an hour away from our office, so to be able to see what they’re doing with remote access and provide support is definitely worth having the Insights license.”

Jim Quinn application engineer, Allendale Machinery

By the numbers

18

hours

time for which ZAGO’s cobot operates each day