Automatic measuring with robot gauging controls

The amount that is car­ried by a robot is an impor­tant ele­ment to any robot appli­ca­tion, espe­cial­ly when deal­ing with load­ing and unload­ing process­es. By using gaug­ing con­trols on the end effec­tor of the part load­ing robot, the load being car­ried can be auto­mat­i­cal­ly mea­sured, ensur­ing that the robot is not pick­ing up to heavy a load, and that the load did not change weight sig­nif­i­cant­ly dur­ing machin­ing application.

There are sev­er­al indus­tries that can ben­e­fit from a robot gaug­ing con­trol on their part load­ing robots, includ­ing the auto­mo­tive, aero­space and rail indus­tries. These com­pa­nies build trans­porta­tion vehi­cles that have sev­er­al parts that need to be spe­cif­ic weights. If these weights were to change dras­ti­cal­ly dur­ing the pro­duc­tion process, it could be detri­men­tal to the safe­ty or cohe­sive­ness of the entire vehi­cle as a whole. By using fea­tures like gaug­ing con­trols on the robot’s end effec­tors, these weights are checked at each load­ing and unload­ing point, guar­an­tee­ing pre­ci­sion dur­ing the entire pro­duc­tion process.

These robot­ic con­trol gages can also be applied to grind­ing and oth­er mate­r­i­al removal process­es used by dif­fer­ent com­pa­nies. When a part has cut away, it weighs less than it did at the begin­ning. By employ­ing robot gaug­ing con­trols on the end effec­tors that take the met­al work piece from the mate­r­i­al removal sta­tion, man­u­fac­tur­ers will know exact­ly the weight of the fin­ished piece. This can help alert the man­u­fac­tur­er to pos­si­ble errors dur­ing the removal process, for exam­ple, the wear­ing of a spin­dle or oth­er end effec­tor. By using robot­ic con­trols for gaug­ing pay­loads, com­pa­nies can cut down on errors and improve the qual­i­ty of their products.

If you are inter­est­ed in fea­tures like gaug­ing con­trols or oth­er fea­tures for robot­ic automa­tion sys­tems, con­tact Robots​.com. Robots​.com pro­vides solu­tions from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent com­pa­nies, includ­ing Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB. We also have part­ner­ships with sev­er­al com­pa­nies that pro­duce end effec­tors and oth­er robot fea­tures. Our staff will work with you to build the per­fect sys­tem for your application.

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