08,03,2026 1 views
The continuous popularization of lightweight car bodies has led to a significant increase in the usage of aluminum alloy car body components. Traditional CNC machining is difficult to balance accuracy, production capacity, and cost. Robot laser cutting has become the mainstream upgrade solution, balancing processing quality, production pace, and reducing comprehensive costs, which is a core issue that component companies urgently need to overcome.
A leading domestic automotive lightweight parts manufacturer mainly deals in lightweight body components such as aluminum alloy crash beams and threshold beams. The original production line used multiple traditional CNC equipment to complete the profile cutting process. Faced with the rapid iteration requirements of vehicle models, there is room for optimization in terms of land occupation, long changeover time, processing costs, and production pace.
Therefore, after comprehensive comparison and selection of multiple solutions, the manufacturer finally teamed up with Shanghai Fanuc to carry out deep automation and flexible transformation, focusing on the high-precision and high flexibility processing needs of aluminum alloy anti-collision beams, and implemented the RoboLaser robot laser cutting overall solution. A single workstation can replace 3-4 traditional CNC machining equipment, with a positioning hole cutting accuracy of ± 0.05mm, significantly improving the overall production capacity density and quality of the workshop. With the advantages of low cost and high stability, it can achieve comprehensive cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
Flexible dual station, cutting efficiency increased by up to 400%
The entire RoboLaser system is equipped with high-precision Fanuc robots, professional laser cutting tools, and dual station three-axis positioners. It is compatible with various models of aluminum alloy anti-collision beams and threshold beams to complete efficient and high-precision laser cutting operations. Compared with the traditional CNC machining mode, the dual station design completely eliminates the waste of waiting for loading and unloading, and the cutting efficiency of a single piece can be increased by up to 400%.
Intelligent process software, zero downtime debugging to shorten the changeover cycle
The workstation is equipped with intelligent process software, which can quickly and automatically generate cutting trajectories and standardized process parameters, support online visual debugging, achieve zero downtime on-site debugging, effectively shorten the production preparation cycle for new product changeover, and greatly improve the efficiency of on-site programming and debugging.
Low energy consumption and minimal maintenance, saving up to 50% in processing costs
RoboLaser adopts a hardware design that requires minimal maintenance and low energy consumption, systematically reducing the overall operating costs of the equipment. Under the same output capacity conditions, the cost of single piece machining is reduced by 30% -50% compared to the original CNC machining scheme, and the cost of consumables and maintenance is reduced by about 85%. The economic advantage of long-term mass production operation is prominent.
High stability hardware configuration, device OEE reaches over 95%
Relying on the high reliability characteristics of the Fanuc robot body, coupled with precision laser cutting heads, the entire workstation can achieve long-term uninterrupted and stable operation. The equipment's comprehensive efficiency OEE can reach over 95%, greatly reducing the risk of sudden shutdown and ensuring stable and orderly production in large quantities.
Smart LINK， Realize full site production transparency
The workstation can be equipped with the Smart LINK information management system, which can collect and trace real-time key data such as equipment operation status, maintenance plan, production pace, processing quality, etc., achieving transparent control of the entire production site, reducing manual statistics and on-site inspection workload, reducing the burden of vehicle management, and synchronously improving production decision-making efficiency.
Efficiency, economy, stability, and flexibility are the four core advantages of RoboLaser, providing a one-stop solution to the multiple pain points of efficiency, cost, and flexibility in the mass production of lightweight vehicle body components, and promoting the transformation of production lines towards intelligence and lean production.
As a leading provider of factory automation solutions, Shanghai Fanuc has always been based on its full chain digital intelligence capabilities, empowering the industry to upgrade with high quality. In the field of automotive parts manufacturing, Shanghai Fanuc relies on its profound industry accumulation, rich practical experience, and core technological advantages to provide integrated intelligent manufacturing solutions for the entire value chain from demand research, scheme planning, design and manufacturing to engineering delivery, based on the real needs of customers. It effectively injects strong momentum into the automation and digital transformation of automotive parts manufacturing enterprises and helps them achieve efficiency leaps.
