We are delighted to share with you our latest Universal Robot cobot welding system installation for Terex Corporation Ballymoney, in partnership with Allister Moore Welding Supplies (https://moorewelding.com), ESAB & Key Plant Automation.

The two installed solutions compromised of a Universal Robots A/S UR10 e-series welding system integrated to control the ESAB Aristo Mig 4004i Pulse welding machine together with a DINSE robotic torch package.

Following the successful installation and a very happy customer we will be installing a further two Universal Robot cobot welding systems at Terex Coalville!

If you would like to know more about our cobot welding system please give the Olympus Team a call on 01484 514513 or email [email protected].

Did you see our appearance in The Sunday Times yesterday?

Fantastic article on how British companies are using cobots to fill the labour gap and increase productivity across many different industries. Special thank you to Make UK for putting us in contact with The Times.

? Click here to read the article!

Full details on the Olympus Cobot Welding System - https://bit.ly/3IR1Ahv

If you would like to know more about how Olympus can help your company with automation please give us a call 01484 514513 or email [email protected].

The Directors and team at Olympus Technologies would like to thank you all for your custom in 2021, in what has been another challenging year for business. We started the year with Covid restrictions preventing many customers from producing at full capacity, and we finish the year with supply chain issues, which in turn make it harder for us to have full product availability for our customers. However, our team have worked hard to keep these issues to a minimum, and will continue to do so into 2022, whatever is thrown at us. Wishing all our customers a prosperous end to the year and a great Christmas, whatever it holds for you.

Wishing all our customers a prosperous end to the year and a great Christmas, whatever it holds for you!

Please see below our office & trade counter opening hours over the festive period:  

Following installation of their Kuka Welding Cell, Streetspace Group, leading manufacturers of urban street scene products, has begun calibration of their OCTOPUZ offline programming software in readiness for production. The OCTOPUZ software will vastly reduce programming time by allowing robot programme generation from product CAD models.

To find out more about how OCTOPUZ enables higher productivity and better utilisation of your welding robots please give us a call on 01484 514513 or email [email protected].

November has been a busy month for our engineers with the 2nd phase of installation at The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research well underway. With the 2 x Kuka KR50 Industrial Robots and Linear Tracks installed, our engineers have now begun the next tasks of implementing the control system using a Siemens PLC, and integrating the vision systems. Look out for further updates!

We are delighted to announce that the Olympus Team has grown! Please welcome Robotic Project Engineer James McEwan and Accounts Assistant Natassja Woollhouse.

Thank you to everyone who visited our stand last week at the PPMA Show 2021!

Our team had a fantastic week showcasing the Olympus UR Palletising System alongside our partners OnRobot and their collaborative end of arm tooling systems.

If you would like to know more about the Olympus UR Palletising System or for a demo please give us a call on 01484 514513 or email [email protected].

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Fully Collaborative Universal Robot Pick & Pack Solution

Based in Central Scotland, E&O Laboratories is the UK’s largest privately owned manufacturer of ready-to-use culture media. It operates two manufacturing facilities and employs over 100 staff. The company was looking for ways to increase output, whilst maintaining its existing headcount.

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The Challenge

E&O Laboratories wanted to continue its growth and sustain its market share. The company required a means of freeing up staff from having to carry out repetitive palletising tasks. It, therefore, sought a collaborative end-of-line solution that could slot seamlessly into its existing production process. The automated solution needed to be capable of managing three packing lines and increasing productivity and throughput. One of the barriers encountered by the company in the past was the need for the robotic solution to handle delicate and easily breakable items. They struggled to find a solution that could handle delicate sleeve-wrapped bio-culture packs, without damaging them. Ultimately, E&O Laboratories needed the automated solution to streamline and automate repetitive tasks, without taking up space on the production floor, the need for extensive safety fencing or complex operation training for staff.

The Solution

Using a UR5e cobot and a standard vacuum gripper, Olympus Technologies designed a custom automated solution that could handle sleeve-wrapped bio-culture packs without damaging them. Due to the way the product is presented by E&O’s existing machinery, the cobot is programmed to turn over each batch of products, compress them and transfer them to a work-in-progress basket. Ready for when an employee next requires them.
Due to the cobot’s in-built safety features, the solution also obtained UKCA marking with no safety fencing required. This means employees can work in close proximity to the cobots, minimising the footprint of the new equipment.

UR cobots require minimal training and are adaptable enough to be reprogrammed and redeployed elsewhere in the production line, should the production needs change.

The Benefits

The UR5e cobot has delivered key benefits to E&O laboratories, including a more streamlined production process, increased adaptability and flexibility and a significant throughput increase. Furthermore, the solution occupies minimal space on the production floor and can be easily reprogrammed and redeployed. The new solution allows 3 packs a pick and 1 pick every 12 seconds, overall resulting in 15 packs a minute. All of this allowed E&O to become more flexible, adaptable and increased their competitiveness.

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If you would like more details give us a call on 01484 514513 or complete our online contact form.

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We are really proud to share with you our first Universal Robot Integrator Case Study in collaboration with E&O Laboratories Ltd.

Using a UR5e cobot and a Piab vacuum gripper, find out how our engineers were able to design a custom automated solution that could handle the delicate and easily breakable sleeve-wrapped bio-culture packs without damaging them.

Find out more on Universal Robots Integrator Case Study Page here.

If you would like to discuss how the Olympus Team can design an automated solution to benefit your business, please give us a call on 01484 514513 or email [email protected].

With installation complete and a very happy customer, we are excited to share our latest project with you!

We were approached by Clinchplain - http://clinchplain.co.uk/ to design an automated solution that would drill holes in furniture foam in order to increase production and improve quality.

Our engineers were able to create a two-station cell with bespoke turntable using the Universal Robots A/S and Siemens PLC which has since obtained CE marking.

If you would like to discuss how the Olympus Team can design an automated solution to benefit your business, please give us a call on 01484 514513 or email [email protected].