Key Advantages That Robots Offer To Injection Molding – IAM Network

As in any other manufacturing process, robotics and automation are already greatly involved in injection molding and bring considerable benefits to the table. According to statistics released by the European Plastics Machinery Organization EUROMAP, the number of sold injection molding machines equipped with robots rose from 18% in 2010 to almost a third of all injection machines sold with 32% by the first quarter of 2019. There is definitely a change in attitude in this trend, with a respectable number of plastic injection molders embracing robots to get ahead of their competition. Undoubtedly, there has been a serious upwards trend towards the use of robotics and automation in plastics processing. A significant part of this is driven by the demand for more flexible solutions, as the 6-axis industrial robots in precision molding, for example, are certainly more common nowadays than several years before.