IMTS Pavilion: Industrial Automation North America (IANA)
for assembly, bin picking, machine tending, and material handling applications. Demonstrations will include the latest member of its family of six-axis LR Mate 200iD mini-robots, designed for high-speed and precise material handling. The intelligent robot features a 4–7-kg payload, a slim arm with integrated power, signal and air, as well as flexible mount- ing (upright, invert and angle) for easy integration. In addition, company will feature
its series of parallel-link robots which provide high speed and accuracy for assembly, pick and place, packing and kitting. The M-1iA, M-2iA and M-3iA robots are easy to integrate into production lines, and can handle products that weigh from 0.5 to 12 kg. Robots for arc and spot welding, bin picking with integrated iRVision, and handling extremely heavy parts will also be displayed. FANUC America Corp. Ph: 888-FANUC-US (888-326-8287) Web site:
www.fanucamerica.com
Robotic Machining The Touch Robot is a new robotic system capable of perform- ing precision grinding and machining to polish, deburr, and deflash cast and forged parts. The Touch Robot is said to combine the precision of a machine with the finesse of the human hand. The robot is a compact, self-contained system requiring only 120V AC and shop air to operate. It consists of a four-axis material removal arm and a two-axis part positioner mounted to a portable worktable. Dividing the system’s six degrees of freedom between the two coordinated mechanisms
preserves the deft touch of the tool arm while permitting ma- nipulation of heavy castings up to 0.4-m long. It has a simple and rugged construction suitable for a finishing department environment. No fragile force or optical sensing is required to perform its work: all needed feedback is derived from the
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motor encoders. Its inherent safety features allow it to be deployed alongside manual metal finishing cells. Joint limits restrict its 0.5-m reach largely to the work table on which it is mounted. Low motor-supply voltage (24V DC) keeps joint speeds (max 300 deg/sec) below where the arm would de- velop dangerous levels of energy. Force Robots LLC Ph: 216-881-8360 Web site:
www.forcerobots.com
Shop-Floor Software
The Factory Framework Release 5 shop-floor productivity software embraces big data using complex event processing (CEP), in-memory technology and the cloud to gather and process information in real-time to accelerate shop-floor per- formance. Company will showcase its workshop-level software to meet all the techni- cal requirements for Industry 4.0 with con- nectivity and standard- ized protocols. The Factory Framework is a tool that employs the technological advance- ments of Industry 4.0,
with data collection using sensors, digital connections and communication between machines using device connection engines. In addition, the ERP adapter assists the successful integration of production floor and production planning (ERP system/SAP). The software was recently recognized with the Frost & Sullivan 2014 Global New Product Innovation Leader- ship Award for plant production software solutions for the discrete industry. Forcam USA Inc. Ph: 513-878-2780 Web site:
www.forcam.com
Lightweight Collaborative Robots
Universal Robots will showcase the recently introduced third generation of its lightweight UR5 and UR10 robots. Updated robot arms feature true absolute encoders, eight new adjust- able safety-rated functions, twice the number of built-in I/O connections, and improved methods for connecting equip- ment to the control boxes. Universal Robots continues to allow a safe human-robot collaboration in the new generation
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