Success Story: The solution had to be easy to use and simple to program for engineers with no prior robotics experience.

Epson Robots Features FPE Automation Implementation in a Case Study

FPE Automation customer Plastic Designs, Inc. needed a fast and cost-effective automation solution to help improve product quality and reduce waste. The solution had to be easy to use and simple to program for engineers with no prior robotics experience.

The combination of the Epson T6-B All-in-One SCARA robot and RC+® Express intuitive robot teaching environment provided an easy-to-integrate automation solution that improved product quality and reduced scrap while increasing production capacity by 20 percent.

Source: Epson

FPE Automation and Paxton, Illinois-based Plastic Designs, Inc. (PDI) received global acclaim recently when both companies were featured as part of a February 2023 Epson case study. A robotic pick and place operation is challenging enough for most. What made this implementation particularly newsworthy was the customer specification that this would be "easy to use and simple to program for engineers with no prior robotics experience". That which some are unable to achieve, Epson and FPE Automation are making look easy. 

 Read the full case study in the Epson Newsroom