“Hanging” with gantry robots

A gantry robot, also known as a Carte­sian robot, are robots that are hung on an over­head track that runs above a work area, as opposed to being mount­ed to the floor. Gantry robots can move back and forth on this lin­ear track.

Typ­i­cal­ly, gantry robot­ic sys­tems are used for mate­r­i­al han­dling func­tions like assem­bly, pick and place, dis­pens­ing, seal­ing, etc. They can also be used for weld­ing parts on a man­u­fac­tur­ing line.

A robot­ic gantry sys­tem can usu­al­ly be found in the auto­mo­tive, aero­space and con­sumer goods indus­tries. How­ev­er, these sys­tems may ben­e­fit small­er com­pa­nies that have lim­it­ed space in their facil­i­ties. Since gantry robots run above a work­space, they save floor space when plan­ning lay­outs for automa­tion, which may be an advan­tage to some manufacturers.

Their over­head posi­tion can also be an advan­tage because it puts them clos­er to the part they are work­ing on at times, or at a dif­fer­ent angle than a floor-mount­ed robot.

Gantry robots are also known for their flex­i­bil­i­ty. These robots can be pro­grammed to work with sev­er­al dif­fer­ent end-of-arm-tool­ing options, which extends their ver­sa­til­i­ty with robot­ic applications.

An auto­mat­ed gantry man­u­fac­tur­ing sys­tem, like oth­er auto­mat­ed sys­tems, also saves man­u­fac­tur­ers time and mon­ey dur­ing pro­duc­tion. Robot­ic gantries can move quick­er than man­u­al appli­ca­tions and do so with less error. This decreas­es cycle times and boosts pro­duc­tiv­i­ty on a pro­duc­tion line.

Robots​.com sells robots from Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, and KUKA robot­ics, has sev­er­al dif­fer­ent gantry robot mod­els and lay­outs avail­able for pur­chase. Robots​.com will take the gantry sys­tem of your choice and cus­tomize it to your exact spec­i­fi­ca­tions, mak­ing the per­fect auto­mat­ed sys­tem for your work area.

If you are inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about gantry robot­ics and how an auto­mat­ed gantry sys­tem can enhance the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of your work­place, con­tact Robots​.com online or at 877−762−6881. Our high­ly-skilled team will give you infor­ma­tion on what gantry robot is right for you.