Motoman MotoFit

Are you look­ing for a reli­able force con­trol assem­bly or sand­ing tool for your Motoman robot? Then you should check out the new MotoFit from Motoman Robot­ics.

Typ­i­cal­ly, with­out MotoFit, a robot will be ready for posi­tion­al con­trol, then move even when exter­nal force are applied as long as they do not exceed lim­its that would cause an errors.

MotoFit was cre­at­ed to help com­bat issues and errors; It is a six-axis, high-speed, force sens­ing pack­age to help increase pro­duc­tiv­i­ty for high-pre­ci­sion appli­ca­tions. The Force Con­trol soft­ware alters the robot’s posi­tion based on the force encoun­tered to align or assem­ble the parts. This gives the robot the abil­i­ty to move and retain its posi­tion, even when exter­nal forces are applied, which improves the over­all accu­ra­cy of the assem­bly process. By using this type of sens­ing pack­age, man­u­fac­tur­ers are able to cut down on snags and increase hole posi­tion detec­tion, which increas­es the reli­a­bil­i­ty of the robot dur­ing the appli­ca­tion process.

The force sen­sor can detect three trans­la­tion­al forces and three axi­al moments. Touch­ing, fit­ting, and insert­ing are all com­bined to pro­vide auto­mat­ic pre­ci­sion fits of mat­ing sur­faces, at a fast pace. This helps improve appli­ca­tions such as dri­ve train com­po­nents, seat, elec­tron­ics or bat­tery assem­bly, and non-destruc­tive testing.

Along with improved reli­a­bil­i­ty, the MotoFit by Motoman Robot­ics also has the advan­tage of being user-friend­ly. Instead of hav­ing to wor­ry about shut­ting down the pro­duc­tion line for an extend­ed peri­od of time to train an oper­a­tor, force sens­ing con­trol para­me­ters can be taught to oper­a­tors quick­ly, even if those oper­a­tors do not have unique skills in this area. That means that train­ing shut­down time is at a min­i­mum and pro­duc­tion uptime is increased, which is great for man­u­fac­tur­ers and their prof­it margins.

Includ­ed in the MotoFit pack­age is a six-axis sen­sor, high-speed com­mu­ni­ca­tion board, pow­er sup­ply box, robot mount­ing flange adapter and Engi­neer­ing Sup­port Tool (EST) soft­ware. There is a PC appli­ca­tion used for sen­sor set­up and job cre­ation, allow­ing jobs to be edit­ed as needed.

It is easy to see why MotoFit is ide­al for the pre­cise assem­bly of parts, includ­ing dri­ve trains, seats, elec­tron­ics, bat­ter­ies and even non-destruc­tive test­ing prod­ucts. Inquire today to learn which robots are offered with MotoFit. The con­trollers best com­pat­i­ble with the pro­gram are the DX200 and FS100.

Are you inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the MotoFit force con­trol assem­bly tool from Motoman? Then you should con­tact Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for Motoman Robot­ics. Our staff will work with you to help you decide on the per­fect robot mod­el and all the fea­tures and tool­ing nec­es­sary to ensure you will get increased pro­duc­tiv­i­ty with the system.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives online or at 877−762−6881.