ROBOTICS FOR HANDLING DELICATE PRODUCTS
Safeguard Stop through an invisible, infrared, protective shell of 40 laser beams that covers a hazard range encompassing the tool and workpiece. This allows for space-free operation, where humans can work in close proximity with the cobot with optimal safety. Mounting the sensor directly onto the arm of the cobot means unnecessary stops are kept to a minimum, enhancing productivity while maintaining safe operation for workers to easily retrieve and replace workpieces. The range of potential application scenarios
for the EOAS is huge and includes pick & place, machine tending, and handling & assembly. The EOAS is suited to most industry sectors where cobots work alongside human operators, including pharmaceuticals, electronics, semiconductors, food & beverage, cosmetics, automotive, packaging, plastics and metals. Matthew van den Braak, Product Manager
– Robotic & Mobile Platforms at SICK UK, says: “The EOAS ensures worker safety by helping to minimise risk in collaborative robot applications. We are immensely proud of the new EOAS, and it is so easy to install and configure. Our partnership with Universal Robots has seen the EOAS jointly developed and robustly tested in the field. As the first device of its kind on the market, the EOAS helps remove physical and psychological barriers in human/robot collaboration across a wide range of applications.” David Lievesley, UK/Ireland Technical
Support Engineer at Universal Robots, adds: “One of the great things about the EOAS is it’s fully patented plug and play technology
AUTOMATION DOESN’T
COMPROMISE DELICACY—WE ENSURE WE’RE HANDLING ITEMS WITH THE CARE AND SENSITIVITY THEY REQUIRE – STÄUBLI ROBOTICS
developed in partnership with SICK. It sits inside our safety system, operating as one device. When you alter the parameters on the sensor, it alters it on the robot, enabling full human-robot collaboration. The EOAS is ideal for small environments, adding an extra element of safety to what is on the end of the robot and enabling the tool to work in a fully collaborative way.”
Robot-based automation solutions
in the food industry The food industry and supply chain has to reach high standards in terms of safety, reliability and economic performance. In addition, a prolonged shortage of skilled workers is a major problem. Automation
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