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The FANUC Robot F-200iB is composed of the triangle structure. It has a base and tooling faceplate connected by six servo actuated legs. Extending and retracting the legs alters the position of the face plate producing six degrees of freedom.
It can be used for a broad mix of applications. In automobile production, the F-200i is mostly used in the body shop. The F-200i is used primarily to manipulate resistance weld guns, replacing dedicated hard automation. Customers are also using the F-200i in applications where an operator directly loads a part to the robot, and then the robot manipulates the part through an operation such as spot welding or dispensing. This method of processing saves floor space. Another application for the F-200i robot in the automotive is that it is used as flexible fixture. Rather than having dedicated fixture, customers mount locators and clamps to the units and program the position of the unit for part production. In the assembly of pickup truck boxes, the F-200i has proven to be valuable since it is able to load and locate end panel parts to three different lengths of boxes in one station.
Because robots such as the F-200i can be reconfigured for different product tooling, there is reduced need to throw away tooling, providing convertibility. The F-200i provides a quick changeover of the end-of-arm-tooling and can easily reposition the tool.
Outside the body shop, the F-200i can be found in a wide variety of applications. These include material removal chores such as milling, cutting, drilling, deflashing of sheet and cast metal parts, foam and adhesive dispensing, and pressroom centering tables. Other atypical applications for the F-200i include education, medical and scientific research uses.
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