Applications for Robots

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

Applications for Robots

Course Description

The Applications for Robots course will cover the most common applications of industrial robots from spot welding to material handling and assembly. You'll walk away with the knowledge of why manufacturers use robots and their basic capabilities so you can implement them in your own organization.

Course Content

WHY USE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS?

THE PROS AND CONS OF USING ROBOTS

ROBOT CAPABILITIES

SPOT WELDING

ARC WELDING

MATERIAL HANDLING

MACHINE TENDING

SPRAYING

ASSEMBLY

Requirements & Materials

Important Information

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Materials

Required - Student Must Provide

  • Computer with system components
    • Windows Computer
      • Make sure your Operation System is Windows 2000, XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher, and or Windows Vista Home Edition and higher.
      • To access video content make sure you have Windows Silver Light 4 and Windows Media Player 9 and higher.
      • Ensure you have administrative access or a local System Administrator available if the above requirements are not installed.
    • Macintosh Computer
      • Make sure your Operating system is Mac OS X version 10.3.9 and higher.
      • To access web content make sure you have Safari 5 or Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and higher.
      • To access video content make sure you have Windows Silver Light 4 and Flip4Mac 2 and higher.
      • Ensure you have Administrative access or a local System Administrator available if the above requirements are not installed.
  • Headphones
  • Printer

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for managers, supervisors, operations managers, plant managers, and plant engineers with new responsibilities or new managers and those ready to move into a management role.

Manufacturing professional participating in training course

What You Will Learn

  • The reasons manufacturers use robots
  • The advantages and disadvantages of using robots
  • The basic capabilities of robots
  • Spot welding, arc welding, material handling, and machine tending robots
  • Inspection robots
Working professional creating process mapping flowchart on computer

How You Will Benefit

  • Understand the most common applications of industrial robots.
  • Distinguish between spraying robots and assembly robots.
  • Describe fabrication and processing robots.
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    Taught by Experts in the Field
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The course schedule was well-structured with a mix of lectures, class discussions, and hands-on exercises led by knowledgeable and engaging instructors.

- Abe Kani
President

TRAIN AT YOUR LOCATION

We enable employers to provide specialized, on-location training on their own timetables. Our world-renowned experts can create unique content that meets your employees' specific needs. We also have the ability to deliver courses via web conferencing or on-demand online videos. For 15 or more students, it is more cost-effective for us to come to you.

  • Save Money
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Group Training
  • Customize Content
  • On-Site Training
  • Earn a Certificate
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