Crown Products enhances output and improves the working environment

Crown Products, established for over 60 years, manufactures kitchen and bedroom furniture and employs around 90 staff. Martin Head, Crown’s manufacturing manager has transformed two repetitive and time-consuming processes by the application of robots. The first robot applies shelf-edging to a range of kitchen cabinet panels, previously an arduous process. The second undertakes a quality control function, rapidly inspecting the depth and location of drilled holes. This is performed in 30 seconds compared with several minutes previously. Both cells were installed and programmed by Mr Head – “The introduction of these robots means members of staff have been transferred to other more skilled positions elsewhere in the factory.”