New EZ-Tend Platform Perfect for Shops Looking for Simple, Easy Automated Machine Tending
Lyndex-Nikken has introduced the EZ-Tend modular CNC machine tending platform that is designed with innovative lean tending in mind for high mix, low volume production.
Today, the challenges that machine shops face include fierce competition for skilled workers amid rising labor and benefit costs, demand for high mix, low volume parts, delivering quality parts on time, and modernizing for Industry 4.0/5.0. Integrating, operating, and maintaining such systems cost-effectively with existing staff skill sets is daunting.
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The EZ-Tend is an easy-to-use industrial robotic machine tending platform with compact footprint that is an automation solution within Lyndex-Nikken's EZ-Automation product line. The EZ-Tend is an off-the-shelf automation platform ideal for first time or entry-level industrial robotic users as well as experienced professionals wanting ease of use and setup of an industrial robot for machine tending.
Leveraging lean manufacturing processes, the EZ-Tend elevates lean manufacturing to new heights by employing industrial robots to perform lean machine tending of CNC machines. Unlike traditional automation solutions, EZ-Tend focuses on simplicity and efficiency without the need to address robot programming or paths.
The core of EZ-Tend's simplicity lies in its use of a proven lean manufacturing technique: pallet changing. This approach enables the user to standardize on one of 3 pallet sizes: 6x6, 6x9, and 9x20. This flexibility is achieved through preconfigured drop-down options in the HMI easily understood for fast setup, this eliminates the need for complex robot programming.
"EZ-Tend is a game-changer for machine shops looking to modernize their operations and stay competitive in a challenging market," said Tom Dang, Vice President at Lyndex-Nikken. "By providing an easy-to-use, cost-effective automation solution, we are empowering our customers to overcome workforce challenges, reduce costs, and enhance their overall productivity."
The EZ-Tend is capable of tending milling centers and turning centers. The EZ-Tend's Human Machine Interface (HMI) is designed for simplicity -- allowing a non-robot programmer to create a routine using an easy to read and understand menu with just 1 screen to set up a new program.
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