Russia's Sveza Group facing labor shortage, launches pilot project for comprehensive plant robotization in Tyumen
TYUMEN. Feb 4 (Interfax) - Sveza Group is investing 400 million rubles in the implementation of robotic systems at its production facility in Tyumen, the company's press service said.
One of the main reasons for introducing robots in production is the labor shortage, the press service told Interfax. The Tyumen enterprise will serve as a "pilot project for the comprehensive robotization of production, covering many processes, while robots are also being introduced into specific processes at other plants," it said.
Plans are in place for using 20 robotic manipulators in Tyumen to sort and repair veneer and plywood, as well as to feed sheets to the package assembly station. The equipment is expected to be operational this year.
"Robots demonstrate stable productivity and mathematical precision while maintaining a high level of operation quality. Undoubtedly, an important factor is that the machines help to compensate for the shortage of skilled workers," it said.
A single robot can lift more than 160 kilograms, allowing it to handle heavy plywood formats. "The robots have shown agility in handling various materials. Thanks to the articulated joints of individual components, robotic mechanisms possess high maneuverability and flexibility, replicating human hand movements. To ensure safe interaction with people, the mechanical units are equipped with advanced features such as collision detection and safety sensors," it said.
Sveza Group specializes in producing plywood, chipboard, and laminated chipboard. The group includes seven plywood mills and one cardboard and specialized paper mill in Tyumen, St. Petersburg, the Kostroma, Vologda, and Sverdlovsk regions and Perm Territory, as well as a number of other structures, including companies that procure raw materials (Sveza Resource), produce bio-products (Sveza Bio-product), and develop and implement technologies based on artificial intelligence (Sveza Smartline).