Professional Help for Personal Care

Of the many processes of consumer products, the final step can often be the most intricate. For this Omron customer, the last step in production is to fasten the cover holding screw, closing the unit—in this case, an electric shaver. Traditionally, the full process was completed manually, with an electric screwdriver in a multi-step process. This repetitive task is an ideal application for the help of an Omron cobot.

When a leading global manufacturer of personal care equipment needed a production solution that combined cost reduction with quality improvement, they came to Omron, a trusted partner they had worked with many times. For this particular line, they needed something that would help with a very specific task, right at the end of production.

Meeting the challenge

The task at hand? Tightening the final screw into a personal grooming device- simple enough you might think. But the intricate process is something that takes great care, accuracy, and attention to detail, and involves differing form factors and models, with different placements of screws per model, which is why it’s generally finalised by hand.