The application of the Xindashida SP180 multi-joint robot in board sorting for the panel furniture industry.
2025-07-25
The application of the Xindashida SP180 multi-joint robot in board sorting for the panel furniture industry.
Project Background
In China's furniture market, solid wood furniture accounts for 41.8%, while panel furniture accounts for 58.2%. As the production of panel furniture continues to grow, traditional equipment can no longer meet the demands of modern manufacturing. At the same time, industrial upgrading is driving trends toward environmental sustainability and customization, prompting companies to adopt advanced equipment in order to satisfy the requirements of this industrial transformation.
A furniture manufacturer in Jiangsu, specializing in panel-based home furnishings, has expressed a need for automated sorting of cut panels with varying shapes after the initial cutting of raw板材. The Xinshida robot models SP180/3200, equipped with unordered stacking and sorting technology, are perfectly suited for this application. These robots are not constrained by the dimensions of the panel specifications; they automatically calculate the optimal stacking sequence and number of layers, significantly improving pallet utilization and enabling lean production.
Customer needs
The original dedicated aircraft has low compatibility with the sorting and production lines:
• The product specifications are diverse, and the compatibility with dedicated machines is low, making it difficult to adapt to changes in production demands driven by customer needs.
• It is difficult to support multiple work tasks and hard to integrate with external smart devices.
Xinshida Solution
Proposal Description
The project is being upgraded by adopting the Xindashida SP180/3200 model paired with an intelligent sorting system, replacing manual or dedicated-machine sorting. The production line boasts strong compatibility.
Scheme advantages
● Data Processing: Based on the received data, calculate the available area of the current pallet and the area of each sheet of material. • Smart Optimization of Pallet Utilization: Intelligently match the optimal placement sequence and layer height to ensure that the area of each pallet layer is fully utilized.
● Precise positioning: Utilize cameras for accurate positioning to ensure the robotic arm’s precision when picking up and placing sheets.
● Improved efficiency: The sorting of finished board components onto pallets has a faster cycle time.
Scheme Composition
The project is equipped with three sets of Xindash SP180/3200 sorting workstations.
Associated products
SP180/3200 Palletizing Robot
Project Results
After the project’s trial run, the efficiency of product sorting has significantly improved.
● Lean production: Reducing sorting error rates, lowering labor intensity, improving production efficiency, and saving labor costs.
● Digital Enhancement: Flexible communication supports 8 types of bus communication protocols; All-in-One software architecture integrates robot control, PLC control, and general motion control into a single platform; provides customers with a secondary development SDK for robots. Optimized real-time tasks, coupled with an independent high-speed bus, ensure stable and reliable system operation.
● Advantages in the machinery industry: The robotic sorter boasts advantages such as high payload capacity and long arm reach, enabling it to meet sorting and palletizing requirements. The robot features an exceptionally large moment of inertia—its J6 axis has a moment of inertia reaching 196 kg·m²—thus satisfying industry demands.
