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install the OB7 Alpha Wire EDM 5 axis machine. With their skilled staff, True Precision set up the automation work cell entirely on their own. “We did not have any prior experience with cobots, but we were able to create the necessary tooling and configure our environment to work with OB7,” stated Todd Ackert, president of True Machining. After the few days spent planning the work cell, the team turned to assembling the OB7 and had it up and running in a matter of hours.
“OB7’s intuitive user interface made the process simple. We physically moved the robot control handle to introduce a task and customized our waypoints on the tablet interface for more precision,” stated Rodriguez.
The simple teaching platform is a key benefit to working with OB7 for many
teams—it enables fast job teaching
and requires absolutely no
of Productive Robotics’ dedicated support team.
“If we had a question, we called Productive Robotics’ support team. They would help us over the phone or come out to our facility,” added Ackert.
True Precision attributes its success over the years to effectively introducing modern machinery and state-of-the-art equipment to deliver quality results. Implementing OB7 is a prime example.
“People think that robots take away jobs, but it has actually helped grow our
business, become more competitive and better utilize the talents of our team,”
stated Ackert.
OB7 allowed True Precision to bring in more work,
meet deadlines faster, and simultaneously allow their workers to focus on other highly valuable tasks. The success of OB7 was so immediate, simple, and effective, that looking forward, True Precision plans to implement OB7 on multiple other machines in their facility.
“Working with OB7 has been a highly rewarding experience,” emphasized Ackert. “And in the process, we learned to strategize more efficient, creative, and innovative methods for automating future jobs with collaborative robots.”
Round the clock operations meant production improved on the wire EDM by 200%.
programming.
The 500-part job on the wire
EDM machine was soon working 200% faster and could continue to operate round-the-clock.
“We finished a job in 3.5 days that would have taken a week to complete” said Rodriguez. “Working ‘lights out’ with OB7 allows us to go home and return the next morning with a job completed, ready to start the next. OB7 has saved us significant time and money, while increasing quality and precision.”
True Precision also recognized the valuable and reassuring role
The simple teaching platform is a key benefit to working with OB7 for many teams—it enables fast job teaching and requires absolutely no programming.
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