# Heathcoat Fabrics invests in collaborative robot doffing system

Heathcoat Fabrics installed a collaborative robotic (Cobot) doffing system in its yarn processing department (XTEX) to automate bobbin doffing, tube loading, and spindle restart. The system was installed in summer 2024 and is already improving operational efficiency.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2024-12-06
- Where: United Kingdom
- Starts operating: Q2 2024
- Status: completed
- Products: textured yarns
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Heathcoat Fabrics](https://endata.com/companies/24296.md)

## Sources

- [heathcoat.co.uk](https://www.heathcoat.co.uk/investment/), 2024-12-06: "We installed our first Cobot this summer, and we have already seen significant improvements in operational efficiency"

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