Feature: Displays


Figure 1: Hanover Displays produces a wide variety of sizes and shapes of circuit boards for its display panels


One of the challenges that Absolute Robotics faced was that


Hanover Displays produces a wide variety of sizes and shapes of circuit boards for its display panels; see Figure 1. Te cobots had to handle these different types of boards, so Absolute Robotics built flexible tooling that self-adjusts, to successfully handle all of them; see Figure 2. Tey can also handle any number of LEDs, from hundreds to tens of thousands. “We realised the benefits of the cobots quite quickly – aſter implementing the first system,” said Hanover’s Mills.


Figure 2: The cobots have special tooling that allows them to turn on and off the manual testing equipment


“What we’d planned and hoped for was these cobots could run


unmanned. Te return on investment for the whole system was just two years. Te tests involve very repetitive processes, and, for me, the biggest benefit is being able to redeploy and upskill our staff,” he added. “We’ve also benefited from an additional 1,100 hours per year


of unmanned running. At Hanover, we always want to invest in our future. It’s about looking at technology, how it’s moved forward and how we can apply it to our business.”


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