Robot Dispensing Automation

Who didn’t love watch­ing a can­dy dis­penser drop a pre­cious piece of can­dy into their hand as a child? Robots do the same thing, but their dis­pens­ing tasks are auto­mat­ic. They can dis­pense a vari­ety of mate­ri­als: flu­ids, adhe­sives, wire, and med­ica­tion, as well as large objects like a vat of con­crete, or minis­cule objects, like DNA genet­ic material.

When dis­pens­ing, robots move mate­r­i­al from one loca­tion to anoth­er. It is imper­a­tive for the robots to have accu­rate, con­sis­tent move­ments, because even a minor mar­gin of error can cause a big mis­take on a final prod­uct. The robot mod­el, soft­ware, and hard­ware should be designed specif­i­cal­ly for the cer­tain type of dis­pens­ing. Robots have flex­i­bil­i­ty and a large reach, which makes them ide­al for dis­pens­ing operations. 

Since auto­mat­ic dis­pens­ing requires extreme accu­ra­cy and pre­ci­sion, the con­sis­tent pace of the robot’s move­ment is of utmost impor­tance. This con­sis­ten­cy ensures that the dis­pens­ing amount is always cor­rect. An auto­mat­ed dis­pens­ing sys­tem pro­duces sav­ings in that more parts per hour are com­plet­ed, and pro­duc­tion costs are decreased. In the phar­ma­col­o­gy field, not only do work­ers ben­e­fit from being released from repet­i­tive dis­pens­ing duties, but also cus­tomers are pleased because the focus shifts to them. Cus­tomer ser­vice lev­els soar when the dis­pens­ing is tak­en care of behind the scenes by a robot. 

The most pop­u­lar mod­els of dis­pens­ing robots are the Delta gantry and the 6‑axis. The Delta Gantry mod­el is mount­ed over­head and reduces floor space. They typ­i­cal­ly have low­er costs as well. A 6‑axis mod­el boasts impres­sive abil­i­ties to reach and multitask.

KUKA has a KR 30 mod­el with vari­a­tions includ­ing clean­room and food-han­dling rat­ings. KUKA has also intro­duced two auto­mat­ed appli­ca­tion tech­nolo­gies to ben­e­fit auto­mo­bile man­u­fac­tures with dis­pens­ing: SAM and HRK. 

Fanuc offers paint­ing and dis­pens­ing robots equipped with PAINT­works III soft­ware, offer­ing con­tin­u­ous con­trol for seal­ing and dis­pens­ing duties. 

Motoman also offers a vari­ety of robots ide­al for dis­pens­ing mate­ri­als into com­plex shapes. The advanced robot path func­tions con­trol the accu­ra­cy and con­sis­ten­cy of dispensing. 

When dis­pens­ing duties call, robot dis­pens­ing automa­tion answers. Robots​.com is a robot inte­gra­tor for Motoman, KUKA, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and Fanuc. If you are inter­est­ed in a dis­pens­ing robot to auto­mate a process with­in your fac­to­ry, con­tact us today at 877−762−6881.