The manufacturing world is entering the Industry 5.0 era, which aims to create more value for society and the environment by enhancing human-machine collaboration and resilience.

At the forefront of this transformation is Li-Gong Industrial.

Spanning an industry expertise of over three-decades, Li-Gong is shaping an ecosystem where human intellect and machine capability coexist in perfect harmony. This vision is achieved through the company’s array of intelligent solutions, including autonomous cobots and a suite of advanced software like MES, APS, and WMS. Together, these innovations serve as a one-stop solution, enabling manufacturers to execute intelligent upgrades in manufacturing process for improved production efficiency, quality, and safety, while reducing their costs and environmental impact.

Li-Gong provides both stationary and mobile cobots, tailored to meet the client specific needs. It uses different combinations of products along with its software to help them build a comprehensive solution that enhances their productivity.

For instance, a client from the medical industry has adopted cobots working alongside their CNC machines, with one robot tending to multiple machines simultaneously. These CNC machines are quite expensive, so keeping them up and running efficiently is crucial. With the cobots working 24/7 without breaks, each machine’s working time per day has increased by at least three hours.

In addition, Li-Gong has implemented software solutions to further optimize the client’s operations. Its advanced scheduling software(APS) helped in scheduling their orders in a way that allows employees to set and achieve optimal delivery times, while the orders where integrated into the manufacturing execution system (MES) immediately. This helped the clients to address one of the biggest challenges—scheduling. Previously, this task required a team of people, but with Li-Gong’s suite of software, it’s just a click away.

This seamless integration of cobots and software solutions significantly enhanced the client’s productivity and efficiency in the manufacturing process.

The value of the robotic solutions lies in its ability to offer comprehensive package of benefits that can help manufacturers optimize operations, save costs, and stay competitive in the China market.

Challenging the notion that robotics are only suitable for big batch production, Li-Gong’s Cobots are versatile enough to manage orders of any size, even those with a zero minimum order quantity (MOQ). This makes them an ideal choice for manufacturers dealing with small batches, ultimately providing a return on investment (ROI), with increased fast turnaround time that includes a 99 percent reduction in human error-caused quality issues and a 30 percent decrease in material waste.

“Our solutions are strategically designed to address the critical issues in the manufacturing sector that can help clients optimize their operations, save costs, and stay competitive in the China market. But our focus is geared toward enhancing human potential and optimizing production processes,” says Monica Huang, COO, Li-Gong Industrial.

Li-Gong is shaping an ecosystem where human intellect and machine capability coexist in perfect harmony

The integration of cobots and software goes beyond bolstering productivity and also addresses the key industry challenges like reducing manufacturing costs and production line labor shortages.

Li-Gong’s cobots can handle repetitive, dangerous, or precision-required tasks, freeing up human employees to do better and focus on more complex operations. This dual capability helps in mitigating issues like human error, which could lead to costly mistakes.

A case in point is when a client, Double Medical, a listed company in China, was struggling with this exact issue Jobs such as CNC machine tending are often viewed as monotonous and strenuous, with limited prospects for advancement, the client began recruiting students even before they graduated, but only less than half of those young kids could stay on the job for six months.

This not only posed the client challenge to productivity but also impacted product quality among other things. After onboarding the cobots for the CNC machine tending tasks, the client reduced the need for extra human labor in the workplace, thereby establishing a smart factory production.

The key to Li-Gong’s success is placing clients at the heart of everything it does. As a manufacturer that has thrived in various economic cycles, the company has firsthand experience of the challenges customers face and can empathize with their struggles and aspirations. Li-Gong’s focus goes beyond just mobile cobots and IoT software. The company is also committed to providing exceptional customer support and fostering continuous innovation. Its team of experts works closely with clients to understand their needs and lead the way in smart manufacturing solutions.