High Speeds and Flexibility Provided by the Motoman UP6

Speed and Versatility:

The Motoman UP6 is still a com­mon­ly refur­bished robot for a large vari­ety of appli­ca­tions. This par­tic­u­lar robot is designed to excel at arc weld­ing, mig weld­ing, and tig weld­ing. How­ev­er, it can also be uti­lized for plas­ma cut­ting, mate­r­i­al han­dling, and mate­r­i­al removal applications. 

The UP6 can per­form these tasks at high speeds and with great repeata­bil­i­ty (±0.08 mm). It can also be synched with oth­er robots in the same work space with its col­li­sion avoid­ance tech­nol­o­gy. This increas­es pro­duc­tion speeds and reduces cycle time by work­ing on mul­ti­ple areas of a part at the same time.

Com­pact Design:

In addi­tion, the UP6 has a com­pact design. This is ben­e­fi­cial as it takes up min­i­mal instal­la­tion space on fac­to­ry floors. The slim base and arm designs offer supe­ri­or per­for­mance and improves part acces­si­bil­i­ty as it works in close prox­im­i­ty to parts and tool­ing fixtures. 

Large Work Envelope:

Even with a com­pact foot­print, the UP6 offers one of the largest work envelopes in its class: 1,373 mm. The abil­i­ty to work with oth­er robots in the same work space also allows for more appli­ca­tion com­ple­tion on a part in a short­er amount of time. 

UP6 Robot Con­troller Options: XRC and NX100

The XRC con­troller pro­duces the desired speeds while also offer­ing sim­ple and accu­rate pro­gram­ming tools with built in pro­gram­ming func­tions such as timers, pal­letiz­ing pat­terns, and search func­tions. It con­tains fac­to­ry-proven, advanced 32-bit RISC dis­trib­uted archi­tec­ture and dig­i­tal ser­vo dri­ves that deliv­er high­er per­for­mance than Pen­tium-based controllers.

The NX100 con­troller is rev­o­lu­tion­ary as it fea­tures a Win­dows CE pro­gram­ming pen­dant with col­or touch screen, high-speed pro­cess­ing, unmatched mem­o­ry (60,000 steps, 10,000 instruc­tions), built-in Eth­er­net, and a robust PC archi­tec­ture. It also has a patent­ed mul­ti­ple-robot con­trol capa­bil­i­ty (up to four robots with one pen­dant) and fea­tures four lev­els of pass­word pro­tec­tion for up to 100 indi­vid­ual users.

Ver­sa­til­i­ty in Action:

Here are a cou­ple of videos and a project sum­ma­ry that involve the UP6. These are just a cou­ple exam­ples of what oth­er com­pa­nies have uti­lized this spe­cif­ic robot for. Robots​.com has been able to inte­grate count­less UP6 robots into a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions and configurations. 

• Two UP6 robots work­ing side-by-side in Arc­World 6200 fer­ris wheel workcell
• Plas­ma cut­ting with a UP6 to cut a hole through steel tube with precision
• Motoman UP6 tack­les a CMT weld­ing exhaust pipes for motorcycles

We can tru­ly attest to the ben­e­fits of the UP6. We have had mul­ti­ple hap­py cus­tomers expe­ri­ence the ben­e­fit of work­ing and buy­ing with Robots​.com, one cus­tomer report­ed:

“We just pur­chased our 2^nd robot­ic Weld­ing sys­tem from Robot­worx. We bought our first sys­tem in 2008 and, in terms of labor sav­ings and improved prod­uct qual­i­ty, it start­ed pay­ing off the first day we installed it. We looked around for months at dif­fer­ent robot sys­tem man­u­fac­tur­ers and we couldn’t beat the com­bi­na­tion of Price, Qual­i­ty, and Ser­vice that Robot­worx offers. We had such a good expe­ri­ence with our first sys­tem from Robot­worx that it was a ​“no-brain­er” to buy our sec­ond sys­tem from them as well – we lit­er­al­ly didn’t con­sid­er any­one else. We are in the process of set­ting it up now.”

Recon­di­tioned Mod­els Available:

This Motoman UP6 robot is only avail­able as a refur­bished robot now, but that does not mean you sac­ri­fice qual­i­ty. Robots​.com puts every pre-owned robot through a rig­or­ous inspec­tion and recon­di­tion­ing process, which restores it to like-new con­di­tion. You get the same ben­e­fits of this robot, but at a much low­er cost!

The cur­rent ver­sion of this robot is the Motoman MH6.

If you are inter­est­ed in the Motoman UP6 robot, or a sim­i­lar mod­el, con­tact us here or call us at 877−762−6881 to dis­cuss your automa­tion needs and pric­ing options.