Case Study: Sky Engineering achieves lower production costs and safer CNC machine tending with Universal Robots UR5

Robotic Arm Optimises Production At Precision Engineering Company

Sky Engineering, a Singapore-based precision engineering company, faced rising wages, tight space constraints, and safety concerns while running 24/7 operations. To keep production costs competitive, the company looked to Universal Robots for automation support, using the UR5 collaborative robot in one of its CNC machines for cleaning and preparation tasks.

Universal Robots implemented the UR5 cobot to handle machine tending and repetitive work, allowing one operator to manage two machines instead of one. The solution improved safety and efficiency, enabled easy in-house programming, and delivered a measurable payback period of just 15 months.

Sky Engineering

William Kuek

Operations Manager