If a piece of equipment will pay for itself within 3 years we go for it. With this it was a learning experience for us too, now we are able to offer cobots as a new product based of our own testing and implementation, we have one of these welding too😊
@Stevieboy7
5 ай бұрын
The Robot arm is really cool, but I can't imagine the initial design, production, machinery, would ever get paid off. The man hours alone for design and trouble shooting would be way more than just having a labourer working. This is why you don't see production like this even in China, where they would be making 10s of millions of the same part... its just never worth it versus "unskilled" labour.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
@@Stevieboy7 it took me 2 weeks to design and build, it was a learning experience, really we didn't need to fully automate it. But wanted to learn it's been a fantastic learning project for me! And relieved a employee of a boring task 😊🙏
@christiantosumbung5791
5 ай бұрын
Hope the robot lasts longer than 3 years then. Maybe 4 since there is maintenance and operating costs to consider as well.
@Haza3137
5 ай бұрын
@@christiantosumbung5791oh yeah we’ve had joints go out on universal cobots and they’re not cheap to replace
@PointBlank65
5 ай бұрын
I feel the full robot arm is a bit over kill here. But if it was also for learning how to use the arm then I see the value there too.
@TheMadManPlace
5 ай бұрын
LOVE the cowbell... Who says that engineers DON'T have a weird sense of humor???
@DaManBman
5 ай бұрын
I don't think anyone has ever said that to be honest.
@TeslaAtoms
5 ай бұрын
Haha when i saw the cowbell, i was totally sold!
@davepompea
5 ай бұрын
I did robotics, control systems & special machines for 35 years and think you've done a fantastic job there!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave! 😎🙏
@davidrussell8689
5 ай бұрын
I work in industry and I’m just pleased to see someone who actually thinks seriously about automating a process . Well done .
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks David 👍👍😊
@x_ph1l
6 ай бұрын
Cowbell is an amazing touch! Great system!
@hippopotamus86
5 ай бұрын
I have a weird passion for automation. I think I finally found my favourite youtube channel.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
We too! I wish I had more time to automate more things 😁😎
@critical_always
5 ай бұрын
The cow bell is the icing on top. Wonderful
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks 😁😁🙏
@cayleependerass
5 ай бұрын
god that's a beautiful solution! The mid-point of automation was amazingly old-school, but being able to integrate that cobot to simplify the whole setup AND do a one piece flow is such a brilliant setup.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much 😊😊 it's was a fun project too!
@EletricistaEmBrasilia
5 ай бұрын
what a great project. The bell part was fun and I would never replace it for a traditional alarm.
@marcelschonfeld534
5 ай бұрын
Wow, thats an amazing and easy to understand Piece of Automation. My Question is, at least what I noticed, the magazine for the PVC Tubes is the main restriction when it comes to human service intervalls by restocking the Tubes. As someone who works for a CNC Machine Manufacturer, we also build a kind of Hopper where round Materials can be loaded in and get dropped out one by one. So depending on the Size of the Hopper, there can easily be stored more than 17 Tubes, so if there would be stored 34 Tubes and dispensed by an Arduino that is connected to a colour or capacitve Sensor it would double the Human service intervall and would let the automation run over night if the hopper is big enough. But the Machine in total is an awesome development and showing the development step by step is awesome.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for comment, so I'd love to make a hopper for it, but wanted to keep it simple to start with, my time is limited to do it because I have a business to run, currently we are very happy with the result
@7null
5 ай бұрын
"They took our jobs" - thanks for sharing journey workflow
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@davelelonek
6 ай бұрын
Jack you are seriously a genius and a true inspiration!!
@locopixel463
5 ай бұрын
That bell was hilarious!
@yourtubisfilled7164
5 ай бұрын
Haha, that cow bell is gold. (Until it picks up your favorite hamster instead).
@jonkersvideos
5 ай бұрын
Love it. When I faced a similar challenge I learned about 3d designing and injection molding. ;-)
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Do you have a video?
@keytools197
5 ай бұрын
Brilliant vid thanks, I'm a one man band manufacturing in UK too.
@mulberryworkshop
5 ай бұрын
This is another level of coolness.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much 😎😎
@normohara
6 ай бұрын
Outstanding improvement, Jack. Thanks for taking us through the evolution of this process. Honestly, I was already impressed with what you had done BEFORE you even introduced the cobot!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Norm! 😊
@dgoddard
5 ай бұрын
Love the cowbell! We need more cowbell. Instead of the robot picking up the tube and pushing it through each time before having to reach over and grab the cutoff piece, you should have it set up to drop a full pipe in place, then some grab rollers could push the pipe forward until it breaks a beam at the correct length. Just a thought.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
I kinda wanted to do that, but really wanted to keep it simple and use the cobot as much as possible. It produces more than we require currently 😎
@dgoddard
5 ай бұрын
@@JackBusseyUK I get it. Just my ADHD mind over-thinking. LOL Great work though.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
@@dgoddard haha yes likewise my mind went wild on this project, I didn't have much spare time to work on it so had to keep it simple 😁
@AmericanMakerCNC
5 ай бұрын
"I gotta fever .... and the only prescription ..... is more cowbell!" -Christopher Walken. (Amazing setup and it's fun to watch! Nice job!)
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much 😁😎
@Tarbard
5 ай бұрын
This machine sparks joy. So good.
@anderodriozola5710
5 ай бұрын
I also build automatic machines and really like your automated process! Thanks for sharing your projects!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏😎
@patrickmagee774
6 ай бұрын
Fantastic, the cow bell is the best !
@SP-ny1fk
5 ай бұрын
Very cool video. I don't work in manufacturing at all, it's just pleasing to see the progress you've made in automating around this same product.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the positive comment! 😊👍👍
@geepytee
5 ай бұрын
the cowbell is hilarious!
@famousamoso7
5 ай бұрын
Who knew paper towel tubes would be such an in demand product.
@lucasfuelling
6 ай бұрын
Jack❤ thanks for making this video to show this improvement evolution! I think I requested it some time ago and I LOVE IT. Really shows the improvement progress and all the SMALL STEPS that are actually required to go to where you are right now! Thanks again!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!! Thanks Lucas
@BarsMonster
5 ай бұрын
This cowbell is cherry on the top :-)
@jonny5495
5 ай бұрын
This looks like so much fun. One of the reasons I relish software engineering is the ability to solve issues through automation.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Yes it was such a fun project ☺️😎
@mastrickchief
6 ай бұрын
I'd love to see how you built the cutting and capping machines before you got the robot
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the idea!
@raw_000
5 ай бұрын
And then the next step, including batch processing into this setup :D
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Next step I've not worked that out yet
@JonWhitton
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I will order your blue roll dispenser soon!
@DIYToPen
5 ай бұрын
Making setups like this is a dream, so inspired
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
It's really really enjoyable, it's almost like playing around rather than work!
@ChristopherWilley1
5 ай бұрын
LOVE this automation. However, if you change the design you remove 75% of the steps and two loose parts... Instead of open sides for the pipe, close those side faces and make three U-shape cuts in each side, then bend in the "tabs" that are created. The shorter PVC would then be contained and vertically supported by the bent tabs, and wouldn't need branded end caps installed to limit side-to-side motion. Saves material also.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! That's a great idea, maybe I'll use that for next version 👍👍💡
@davidalexander843
5 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this video. I use a tun of pneumatics and learned to code on Arduino to incorporate automation into my factory as well. A real game changer. Respect for this video. *edit* just saw the cow bell. hahahah, this guy is awesome!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Oh wow cool! I learned on arduino too it's so much fun, would love help, make some videos too!
@RichardFortin77
5 ай бұрын
Super Interesting ! ! !
@LimestoneCoastCustoms
5 ай бұрын
This is one of the many things I really miss about being in business. Looking back I think I got more of a kick out of the R & D, continue improvement, working more "on the business" than actually working "in it" I love manufacturing but sadly with it's demise these days it's getting harder & harder to have a go! I guess I just need to find that one unique thing that people need to have even a chance of getting back to it (I simply HATE working for a boss!) A great video, I get there would have been lots of hard work & failures to get to that point, so well done!! 👍
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for you positive comments! What you say is 100% correct, it's so enjoyable doing the r & d. I could spend a year tuning this cobot cell, it's endless the amount of improvements that could be done. There's millions of products out there that require this type of thing they just need to be found
@craigcooknf
5 ай бұрын
All of that is absolutely brilliant!!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍👍😎
@entropic7768
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic integration! So awesome to see these complex tasks being automated. I look forward to a world full of robotic arms and humanoids wherever necessary.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Exactly! Me too 😎👍👍
@ryanmcknight4580
4 ай бұрын
That cowbell!!!!
@mattjparker
5 ай бұрын
Love the automation you have done on this so interesting, next step a +Z laser engraver with a -Z laser engrave, takt time will increase by nearly 8s :)
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Yes great idea
@GertGybels
5 ай бұрын
I allways try to explain to people who are scared of AI an example of using robotics in the industry. This is a nice easy example to show.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@ollie9397
5 ай бұрын
Nice work. I have one of those blue roll holders, it`s great. Obviously a pre robot model.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@leanmadesimple
6 ай бұрын
Best lean video I’ve seen in a long time !! Well done Jack and team!!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ryan! You we're a big part in getting our journey started, showing us what's possible 😊
@LuftpolsterManu
6 ай бұрын
more of these videos please. its awesome jack!
@Rob_65
5 ай бұрын
"Save my people, make their job easier" - and that's how we do business ! I am going to steal your idea for the cow bell. This is the best idea to improve happiness on the work place 😁 The only thing I was wondering about was how you get the end-caps in the machine but I just noticed a piece of conduit on the wall. I am guessing this connects to a vibration sorter, similar to the one being used in the old setup.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!! So the cap tube is currently filled manually, I'm working on a automated process 😁👍
@DUIofPhysics
5 ай бұрын
Those robots are pretty decent, (Hanbot is a fun twist on the supplier's name) had some time working with the manufacturer of them 4 years back, they've improved a fair bit since then from the look of it. Really awesome setup you got there! Nice job! Little bit concerned about the laser engraver without a proper enclosure. They can definitely seriously blind you, and even damage your eyes from the reflection. I've done a fair bit of work with MOPA / Fibre lasers. They're no joke. Without enclosure they are far into a class 4 laser. I see a lot of videos not treading them with the respect needed, especially from Overseas manufacturers. You only have one set of eyes!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for you comments! Glad to see you like it 😎😁 did you notice the 3d printed laser shield it stops any laser light getting out, do you think this is not enough?
@snydrnck
6 ай бұрын
That’s great. I love the idea.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@eyesyc
5 ай бұрын
nice end effector.
@ValleyViewIndustriesLtd
6 ай бұрын
Jack I am so inspired, fantastic!
@Andre78923
5 ай бұрын
The cow bell is the most important part of this whole operation.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks 😎😎
@RD-kj9ms
5 ай бұрын
Great Work, love to see this sort of innovation in British manufacturing. Ignore the naysayers, I think looking at the naysayers most of us want to go back in time to the age of manual lathes. They ignore the fact that finding and employing people to do this type of work is extremely difficult. Have you tried any other brands of Cobot?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! I do doubt that the naysayers are washing their clothes in a local stream 😂😂😁 Yes I invested around 200k, testing lots of different brands, we now are UK and Europe distributors for this one 😎🇬🇧
@Luke-Barrett
5 ай бұрын
need more cow bell.
@jaidevcool
6 ай бұрын
Fantastic work!! Congratulations!!!
@user-gr4sk4jw5q
5 ай бұрын
Thats just soooooo cooooool! :)
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@phillruby
6 ай бұрын
Love the cow bell
@GembaDocs
6 ай бұрын
Great story of lean Jack!
@ed_cetera
5 ай бұрын
Very clever indeed !
@NorweldAustralia
6 ай бұрын
That’s awesome mate. Love your work
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@kenwgoins
5 ай бұрын
Nice! I liked how you learned a new skillset in order to upgrade and improve your production method!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ken! 🙏👍
@hrb1081
5 ай бұрын
I love to watch it and you did really an amazing job there. But I think I would design it in a way, that you put in the pipe, and it would "fall" through all the separat machine parts, which I would aligne in a way that there is no Robot arm needed. The benefiit of the Robot would have been that you could use your "old" machinery which was fedded by hand with an robot automaticaly. For other reasons till now I never found a reason for a robot. (Till now i nowhere use a Robot :-( , all automatisation was able to run run more efficent and cheaper without.) And at least I always was afraid of the high costs and programming skills to use one The BELL is mindblowing!! Perhaps I should buy a robot just for this reason !! 😂
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
See this video of the previous machine I built for it: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rqWPqKSNbKZ3i3o
@JNHEscapes
5 ай бұрын
Bravo sir, Bravo. 👏 I love see someone always trying to figure out a way to do something better in a world of complainers. The bell was a great touch. Would love to know how you sourced parts, the robot, the software, how you learned to program it. Just came across this one video so maybe there are more…good job!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the positive comment! The cobot has a touch screen controller which I learned to program it actually doing this machine, it was actually quite easy to do, trial and error with lots of small Improvements, overall it took a couple of weeks to build it.
@PatHaskell
5 ай бұрын
You are brilliant!!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏☺️
@incognito6469
5 ай бұрын
We need more cowbell!
@calvinlouie2707
5 ай бұрын
This is uber cool, now I want to see it run at full speed!.
@pyrocnc
6 ай бұрын
Great job!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@marcus_w0
5 ай бұрын
More Cowbell!!
@philippberner
5 ай бұрын
Amazing. Love the cow bell too. How fast can you dial it up speed wise? Also, I’d be super interested in a video on how you programmed it. Cheers
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
It's pretty much at max speed in the video, I plan a programming video so people can see how easy it is
@MattLitkeRacing
5 ай бұрын
This is very clever. I like it!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@tbugduoduo4767
6 ай бұрын
so nice!!!
@sunrisetacticalgear2676
5 ай бұрын
New sub. This is outstanding!! I love seeing your evolution to improving your “processes”.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support 😁😊
@brianmcareavey9101
5 ай бұрын
Amazing video Jack! 👏🏻
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@GrahamDIY
5 ай бұрын
Congrats. Looks amazing But, you make good money doing this ? Obviously I guess 😄 Nice to see British ingenuity 👍
@scp8412
5 ай бұрын
So awesome to see the improvements over the years. I think the tunes needs to feen themselves without the robot for cutting, would face a lot of motion.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Carhug2012
5 ай бұрын
I LOVE THE COWBELL!!!! That is such a fun way to alert, and also incorporates strong audio controls around. So fun! What did the whole setup cost?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Really really fun! 😁 Approximately 30k
@CalMariner
5 ай бұрын
This is mesmerizing! Love all the custom machines. Have you considered heating and then flaring or beading the ends of the tubes? Would eliminate end caps altogether...
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Yes I thought about it and actually tested it with a heat gun, I couldn't get it to look nice, so stayed with the cap design
@CalMariner
5 ай бұрын
@@JackBusseyUK fair enough. I figured you would have, you are always optimizing. But doesn't matter how optimized things are, if they're ugly people don't buy them. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing!
@charlesb689
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks 😎👍👍
@berendlucasvanderweide
5 ай бұрын
Very nice!! thank you for sharing. incredible upgrade. Are these fiber lasers UV? The cowbell is the nicest touch.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment 😊 the fibre laser marking machine is not UV
@thenextension9160
5 ай бұрын
Love the cowbell
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks 😎😎😁
@AndreasBlindheim
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely love it!
@georgestone8099
5 ай бұрын
Need more people like you in British business. So many British businesses are absolutely allergic to R&D and would rather import some randomer from the third world and pay them peanuts to do that job. It's why our productivity in this country is such dogshit. That said, I think the robot arm is overkill. Most companies wouldn't even bother with your first round of automation even!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
It's sad because many businesses are not trying to improve processes, we try to improve everything to make the work easier and better quality for the customer.
@olegyavtushenko3595
5 ай бұрын
Nice alarm system :)
@charleshopper4638
5 ай бұрын
I got a fever... and the only prescription, is more Cowbell !!! (SNL)
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jordanagnew3965
5 ай бұрын
very inspiring
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 😎🙏
@jmfrademartin
5 ай бұрын
Man got some skills
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks 😁😁👍
@jodyqt
5 ай бұрын
Mate what an amazing production line well done did you work this all out on your own or did you have a consultant help make this?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! I worked this out on my own, took each step as I went, surprisingly it was quite easy to do, although took a couple of weeks
@jodyqt
5 ай бұрын
@@JackBusseyUKwell it’s very impressive, you should feel very proud. I’m currently building a production line making expansion joints for industrial cement floors in Brazil and you really inspire me to keep pushing though the inefficiencies for solutions. thank you for the motivation 🙏💪
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
@@jodyqt thanks! Yes never give up and continue to improve every day!
@choppersmurf
6 ай бұрын
Fantasic innovation. Just wondering what is the return on investment on it?
@ned_mograph5957
5 ай бұрын
very cool!
@hsiangchang8036
5 ай бұрын
i love the bell
@jacobframe8769
5 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@krzysztofhinc5525
5 ай бұрын
Love bell idea. Great job 👏
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🤗
@grimerrorz
5 ай бұрын
I love the no eye protection around the fiber laser lol
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
On the robot version we have greatly improved this, with the 3d printed shroud
@spehropefhany
5 ай бұрын
@@JackBusseyUK Much improved. The fume extractor is a nice feature. Venting it outside might be even better unless that gets you into regulatory purgatory. PVC (if that's what the caps are) gives off HCl when burned. Thanks for the video.
@ThePirateGod
5 ай бұрын
Looks good. Just needs some smoothing for the motions.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip
@Sean_y4k2l5
5 ай бұрын
That's so cool man, thank you for sharing! I love manufacturing. Just curious what is that arm you're using and how much do those go for?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Approximately 25k
@jeepxj
5 ай бұрын
Stunning
@mrlasttimer
5 ай бұрын
could this load a pod and rail CNC with timber?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
It's possible, it really just depends on the reach and load capacity required, the cobot used in this project has a 10kg payload and 1000mm reach capacity
@Haza3137
5 ай бұрын
That’s amazing . What are you using to control the cobot ?
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
It comes with a control system which is super easy to program
@AdrianTache
5 ай бұрын
It seems much less effective than the previous machines. You could just have a bar feeder for the cutter, and the laser engraver seems to be working great, only thing missing is attaching the bars to the caps.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
I thought of many other ways to do it, I decided to use the cobot as a learning experience really 😉😊
@LtShifty
5 ай бұрын
I'm curious if you will use this robot for other tasks once it finished making the tubes, assuming it doesn't need to run 24/7. You mention a 3yr return on investment, which is pretty decent for what looks to be low volume production. If you aren't using the robot for other tasks though, and it's not running 24/7, was there any consideration to just bulk buy your tubes from china? I love seeing this sort of clever innovation, you obviously have a knack for the technology.
@JackBusseyUK
5 ай бұрын
I really try to keep as much manufacturing in house as possible, it was a learning experience really, I'll no be able to install others around the factory too
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