You wouldn’t drive your car without a spare tire, would you? When you blow a tire and you have to get where you are going, you will be glad that you have that extra tire in your trunk. When you run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, it’s too late to think about filling up your extra gas can.
The same goes for robot parts. If you begin thinking about ordering parts for your robotic system when the parts break, you’re already at a disadvantage.
A key component of robotic preventive maintenance involves keeping cables in tip-top shape. Cables ferry information and power to and from the teach pendant, controller, and manipulator. They are vital to the functionality of any industrial robot.
Robotic cables are also expensive and time-consuming to replace. Avoid unnecessary downtime and cost by following a few simple preventive measures.
RobotWorx is using parts from older robotic arms to build workcell positioners. The lower section of the robot (typically axes one and tow) is flipped and integrated to have a second life as the base of a worktable. The resulting positioner is green, affordable, and most importantly, reliable.
***VIDEO: RobotWorx Reconditioned Positioners***
Eco-Friendly: This is a great way to maximize the use of very part of older industrial robots and limit waste.
As a FANUC Robotics Authorized Integrator, RobotWorx is able to provide customers with legal software solutions for every application need. RemovalTool is one of FANUC Robotics' application software solutions. It is specifically designed to streamline and simplify material removal such as deburring, grinding, deflashing, and cutting.
This FANUC software solution provides a headache free way to achieve edging and surface finishing perfection.
There's no denying that robot grease is a critical component of industrial robot maintenance. It is important to use the appropriate grease for precision reduction gears and change it out periodically. Even when you play by the rules, there can still be grease problems.
VIGOGREASE REO, a new Japanese robot grease, aims to eliminate some of the issues associated with previous robot grease options.
Canadian company Robotiq makes flexible, programmable tooling for industrial and other types of robots. Robotiq CEO and co-founder, Sam Bouchard, recently visited RobotWorx to demonstrate the innovative design and capabilities of the Robotiq Adaptive Gripper S-Model.
Take a look at the Robotiq Tooling video!
A Unique Design:
The Robotiq Adaptive Gripper acts much like a human hand, using its three fingers to hold materials and objects securely.
Dual Check Safety (DCS) Position and Speed Check software is truly revolutionary. This option from FANUC Robotics allows a robot to safeguard itself without relying on the extra trimmings and trappings of safety hardware.
Instead, FANUC DCS uses the robot's own hardware and software features.
With DCS, robots are internally restricted to specific zones and speed is more closely monitored.
Robot manufacturer Yaskawa Motoman Robotics and factory communications specialist Rockwell Automation have joined forces to offer the MLX100 Robot Gateway. This new control option makes it possible to deploy, program, and support a wide variety of Motoman robots with RSLogix software technology.
If you need robot tooling to pick up, manipulate, and place your product/part, chances are you're going to use a robotic gripper.
Arguably the most common type of end of arm tooling (EOAT), robotic grippers are found in virtually every industry and context from food production and cleanroom environments to foundries and distribution centers.
ABB's RobotWare 5.13 software allows for flexible, precision-driven robot control through increased unification.
RobotWare 5.13 Highlights:
Indexing Conveyor - With this brand new feature, conveyor is simply treated as another axis. This synching between the conveyor and the robot driving it, increases overall productivity.
Torque Slave Software - When it comes to controlling many different motors, RobotWare 5.
