Fanuc Articulate Robots |
Fanuc, a leading robots supplier provides a huge range of multi-purpose articulate robots and application specific articulate robots.
Fanuc provides various categories of multi-purpose articulate robots, including, small tabletop size, medium/high payload, and overhead rail-mounted. Depending on the models, Fanuc multi-purpose articulate robot has 4/5/6 degree of freedom, electric servo-driven, and some of the following common features:
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- directly-coupled drives, which are more reliable than belts, pulleys or chains;
- Robot can flip over backwards for a larger work envelope;
- With upright, angle, wall, or invert mounting options;
- Hollow joint construction encloses all cables and hoses to eliminate snagging;
- Absolute encoder positioning eliminates homing or calibration at power-up;
- Fail-safe mechanical brakes on all joints to increase safety;
- Provide optional collision protection;
- Internet ready teach pendant for even easier programming and custom cell;
- Machine vision for guidance and inspection;
- Pneumatic and electrical (8 I/O digital outputs) connections;
- Extended communications capabilities: FTP, DeviceNet, A/B RIO, Profibus, Genius, FANUC Model A I/O rack, CC-Link, etc;
- For the overhead rail-mounted robots, it is possible to install dual arms on a single rail and allows two identical robot arms to share a single CPU to handle large/heavy parts;
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Maximum payload |
Reach |
Repeatability |
| 4/5/6-Axis |
4 kg ~
700 kg |
951 mm ~
3500 mm |
±0.04 mm ~
±0.4 mm |
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| ** Repeatability and cycle time stated above varies according to payload loaded. |
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Fanuc application specific articulate robots are designed with features dedicated to the specific application requirements. They mainly fall into the following application areas:
- Welding
- Material removal
- Clean room
- Material handling
- Painting/Spraying
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Kawasaki Articulate Robots |
Kawasaki offers 3 families of 6 axes (up to 7 axes) multi-purpose articulate robots:
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F Series: Designed for applications with light to medium payloads (2 to 60 kg). The F-Series articulate robots are highly adaptable with multiple mounting options (wall, ceiling, and floor mounting). The lightweight slim arm construction, simplified vertical alignment, and pedestal mounted joint one motor; allow the F-Series articulate robots to require less floor space while maneuvering within a large work envelope. Up to 28 variations can be created within the series to accommodate almost any reach, payload, or application requirement. With payload capabilities up to 60KG and reach lengths up to 3482mm, the F-Series articulate Robots can be configured to meet almost any light to medium payload application, from welding, to wash down, to clean room applications.
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| The FS03 robot is a fully functional 6-Axis articulate robot which weighs only 20 Kg and has a smallest footprint. It has brakes on all axes, incorporates internal pneumatic lines, and allows it to be mounted directly to a machine or table top. The small footprint and slim design, coupled with a simple vertical arm configuration, allows engineers and designers to create automated work cells while utilizing a minimum amount of floor space. |
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Z Series: The Z Series articulate robots consist of eight models with payload capabilities up to 300 kg (130 to 300 kg). All of the Z series articulate robots can be utilized with a Kawasaki 7th Axis Traversing unit, allowing for unlimited work range expandability and flexibility. By combining a long reach arm with a minimal amount of dead space for the widest work envelope, high payload, and small footprint, the Z Series articulate Robots are suitable for heavy-duty robotic tasks in the application areas like, spot welding, material handling, sealing, die and investment casting, material removal, machine tending, and so on. In addition, the Kawasaki hybrid link configuration enables the arm to rotate back over itself without having to rotate the major axis, thereby improving efficiency and reducing power consumption. Furthermore, the wrist portion of the robot has an Ingress Protection rating of IP67. The other areas of the arm are rated at IP65. As such, the Z series articulate Robots can operate the harshest environments.
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| The Kawasaki robotic arm includes ID boards which store the necessary servo encoder data. In the event of a production emergency, the robotic arm can be interchanged or quickly replaced which result in reducing system downtime. The Z Series articulate robots are constructed utilizing modular components and software. This flexible design allows some models to be upgraded, such as to alter reach, payload capacities and/or speed on the field. The ability to change the robot characteristics provide for greater flexibility to accommodate production and/or system changes. |
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M series: M Series is the powerful line of Kawasaki articulate robots. It has a maximum payload capacity of 500 kg. The M-Series profile is compact through the use of an advanced link structure; this design eliminates the need for a large bulky counter-balance. Using advanced engineering techniques in motor technology, the M-Series robot is capable of industry-leading wrist torques of 3,920 N-m.
The M Series articulate robots are capable of manipulating extremely heavy loads smoothly and safely through the use of Kawasaki's vibration suppression control and collision detection software. Mechanical stops and limit switches can also be incorporated to provide a safe working environment even when the robot is operating in a confined work zone.
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| With maximum payload (500 kg), compact profile design, long reach and high wrist torque, the M-Series articulate robots are ideal for lifting payloads that exceed the limits of most industrial robots. These robots can be utilized in a variety of industries and applications including: handling engines; manipulating car bodies; transferring assemblies; moving large tools; lifting heavy construction equipment; manipulating appliances; fixtureless manufacturing; investment casting; forging applications; etc. |
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