UK Injection Moulding With Automation

UK Injection Moulding With Automation

Automation in injection moulding is most valuable when it removes the repetitive tasks most likely to introduce human error, rather than being added purely for appearance. Andel Plastics has implemented automation collaboratively with our skilled workforce at our Birmingham facility, including a 6 axis cobot working alongside machines from 50 to 200 tonnes to create closed loop systems of manufacture. This approach maintains quality and consistent cycle times while reducing waste, rather than automating for its own sake at the expense of flexibility. Our in house toolroom continues to support tooling changes and adjustments even as automated processes handle the repetitive elements of a production run. Real time, cloud based monitoring tracks output across both automated and manually managed stages, giving full traceability regardless of how a particular process step is carried out. For UK manufacturers who want automation that genuinely improves consistency and reduces error, rather than automation as a marketing feature, this practical, collaborative approach is exactly how we have implemented it.