The steady uptake of robots for dishwasher manufacture
Abstract
Purpose
Aims to determine how robotics is used in white goods manufacture.
Design/methodology/approach
Interviews production specialists at BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgerate about the application of robots to dishwasher manufacture at the company's Dillingen plant in Germany, and reviews several robot applications at the facility.
Findings
Robots have an important though limited role to play in dishwasher manufacture due to most automation needs being met by dedicated machinery
Originality/value
Reveals how the white goods industry views robotics and its value to production
Keywords
Citation
Kochan, A. (2005), "The steady uptake of robots for dishwasher manufacture", Industrial Robot, Vol. 32 No. 3, pp. 220-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910510593893
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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