First KUKA robot and independent integration at VanessaWood

VanessaWood is the example of a Polish company, which has built its brand based on a clearly defined vision, involvement and hard work. The company has been operating since 2012. Together with his father, it is run by Jarosław Radomski, who takes care of the technological development of the company himself. Latest modernization of the company's workshop is the purchase and installation of the KUKA robot.

The owner of VanessaWood remembers that his first encounter with industrial robots was in 2010. It was even before the company VanessaWood  was established. Jarosław Radomski worked in Belgium at that time.

Robotics were something normal already back then in Western Europe. In Poland - even though more popular - robots are still not a standard in many places. It is not the case at VanessaWood. Since October, the workshop of the company is equipped in the KUKA robot. Jarosław Radomski admits that he had been considering the purchase of the robot for a long time, wanting to transfer the  modern solutions he had the opportunity to learn during his stay in Belgium. Practical matters were also important.

- The robot does not need a cigarette break, and will not go on a sick leave because he was playing ships with me a day before -  Jaroslaw Radomski jokes. - Unfortunately, it is really difficult to find a good employee nowadays. In addition, a person can get sick, have a bad day, etc. The robot is always ready to work. Of course, you need to invest in it at the beginning, but it returns the moment you start operating it. Moreover, its actions are repeatable. First element is always the same as the last one. Human is not able to achieve such repeatability. This allows us to obtain totally different quality of products.

Jarosław Radomski integrated the robot he purchased by himself. He says that before he started this task, he took his time to learn. Training at the KUKA facility in Bydgoszcz was helpful. At the end, the owner of VanessaWood achieved is goal. Only after five days of independent integration (sic!), the KUKA robot was operated at the workshops of the company. Even though the robot can perform various tasks, it currently works with the lathe, being a part of an independent line coating the poles. Its tasks involve taking elements from the warehouse, feeding them for coating, and collecting finished pole and putting into the cardboard. Shortly speaking: the robot is the feeder and the collector.

As for now the robot fulfils this function perfectly. The efficiency of the workplace, to which it is integrated, increased by 300% (previously the workplace was operated by the employee. One shift allowed for loading one cardboard. Now we can load three cardboard of coated poles).