Fanuc ArcMate 100iBe is Perfectly Precise, yet Compact

The Fanuc ARC Mate 100iBe answers the call for pre­ci­sion and peak pro­duc­tiv­i­ty for your next arc weld­ing job.

Fanuc thought­ful­ly designed all ele­ments of this sys­tem to enhance prod­uct qual­i­ty and out­put. This is seen with the incred­i­ble reach/​stroke ratio of 1,373 mm reach to 985 mm stroke. In addi­tion, the high-six-axis speeds and con­densed wrist design help to min­i­mize air cut times. In order to short­en weld­ing lead length, improve the wire feed reli­a­bil­i­ty and arc start capa­bil­i­ty, there is a wire feed motor mount­ed direct­ly to the robot’s upper arm. The ARC Mate 100iBe offers dif­fer­ent options based on your needs as it is avail­able with 2 or 6 brakes.

In addi­tion, the 100iBe was made to be com­pact in order to sim­pli­fy the instal­la­tion process and help ease trans­porta­tion of the sys­tem. To fur­ther pre­serve pro­duc­tion floor space, Fanuc decid­ed to inte­grate the R‑J3iB con­troller into the base of the robot which also makes the instal­la­tion process eas­i­er. The R‑J3iB Mate con­troller helps to pro­vide easy instal­la­tion, start­up, trou­bleshoot­ing and main­te­nance. It also includes appli­ca­tion-spe­cif­ic hard keys to help give intu­itive con­trol over the process.

Some of the oth­er great fea­tures of the 100iBe include the plug and play per­for­mance with an ArcLink inter­face to Lin­coln Elec­tric Pow­er Wave or Sur­face Ten­sion Trans­fer. Also, Tur­bo­Move helps to increase arc on-time and through­put with its advanced ser­vo con­trol fea­tures to help per­fect­ly con­trol the speed and smooth­ness of the point-to-point motion. Increased flex­i­bil­i­ty is brought to the 100iBe by ser­i­al link con­struc­tion which elim­i­nates the link arm and decreas­es mov­ing parts. There are also vital bear­ings to give the robot rigid­i­ty and per­for­mance with a trust­wor­thy Fanuc AC ser­vo motor that includes absolute encoder positioning.

In order to accom­mo­date both sim­ple and com­plex arc weld­ing jobs, the fol­low­ing soft­ware fea­tures are supported:

• Torch Guard: When a col­li­sion is detect­ed, Torch Guard comes to the res­cue and stops any motion.
• Torch­Mate: In order to improve weld qual­i­ty, Torch­Mate is avail­able to work in con­junc­tion with Torch Guard and adjust for changes in the tool cen­ter point.
• Touch Sens­ing: This option allows the robot to rapid­ly locate parts and store the posi­tion infor­ma­tion to off­set the robot path as nec­es­sary. This increas­es com­pen­sa­tion for part vari­a­tion and decreas­es the need for trimmed parts and expen­sive fixtures.
• Data Mon­i­tor: When the feed­back para­me­ters do not stay inside a pre­de­fined win­dow, Data Mon­i­tor helps to flag the weld and keeps a record of this feed­back for future use.
• Error Recov­ery: This helps to reduce sys­tem down­time and scrap by enabling the robot to auto­mat­i­cal­ly move to a repair posi­tion, user defined, and return to weld­ing after the repair has been made.
• Pass­word: To increase secu­ri­ty, Pass­word Pro­tec­tion offers four lev­els of secu­ri­ty to help lim­it the access of users to pre­vent unau­tho­rized data mod­i­fi­ca­tions. Event Log­ging records oper­a­tional changes made to teach pen­dant pro­grams and sys­tem data.

If you are look­ing for a pre­cise and reli­able arc weld­ing robot, then the ARC Mate 100iBe is your solu­tion. Robots​.com pro­vides solu­tions from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent robot­ic man­u­fac­tur­ers, includ­ing Fanuc Robot­ics, so we are ready to assist you. 

If you are inter­est­ed in improv­ing your man­u­fac­tur­ing process with the Fanuc ARC Mate 100iBe then you should give our Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives a call today at 877−762−6881 or con­tact us here online.