The Perfect Medium-Sized Press Automation: ABB's IRB 6660FX

ABB’s lat­est robot-based press automa­tion solu­tion is the IRB 6660FX robot. This is the fastest medi­um-sized (up to 50kg) trans­fer sys­tem on the mar­ket. Its large part com­pan­ion is the ABB IRB 7600FX and they both can increase pro­duc­tiv­i­ty by more than 25% when com­pared with con­ven­tion­al 6‑axis robots. The 6660FX has an out­put rate of up to 16 parts per minute.

The 7‑axis IRB 6660FX was cre­at­ed by inte­grat­ing a dual action unit into the IRB 6660. It is suit­able for both new and exist­ing press lines and has opti­mized per­for­mance with car­bon fiber tool­ing and a spe­cif­ic design for tool height. This enables it to be placed into the die at low­er press settings.

Inter-press dis­tance can be decreased as parts are trans­ferred with­out hav­ing to be rotat­ed. This 7‑axis robot can elim­i­nate vibra­tions when parts are rotat­ed 180°. Fur­ther­more, to ensure the coor­di­nat­ed motion of these sev­en axes and ensure they are oper­at­ing at opti­mum speed and life­time, the IRB 6660FX is equipped with inte­grat­ed dynam­ic mod­el control.

ABB Robot­ics Prod­uct Man­ag­er for Press Automa­tion, Ramon Casanelles, calls the IRB 6660FX a ​“Cost effec­tive and reli­able robot that has flex­i­bil­i­ty and ori­en­ta­tion capa­bil­i­ty. It is also an easy way for our cus­tomers to upgrade their exist­ing assets.” Ramon con­tin­ues, ​“The IRB 6660FX rais­es the bar in press automa­tion to pro­vide cus­tomers with greater flex­i­bil­i­ty at greater speeds while sav­ing pre­cious pre­cious shop floor space,” added Casanelles.

The pro­gram­ming inter­face is user-friend­ly, as it can be pro­grammed the same way as its 6‑axis coun­ter­part, or pro­grammed using ABB’s Stam­p­Ware. Stam­p­Ware helps to increase pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and decrease learn­ing and set­up time for new pro­duc­tion. It is a fam­i­ly of con­troller soft­ware that cre­ates a more effi­cient pro­duc­tion line dur­ing instal­la­tion pro­duc­tion set-up, and opti­miza­tion of the robot cycle.

If you are look­ing to upgrade your press automa­tion solu­tion, then con­tact Robots​.com today to get start­ed on your ABB IRB 6660FX. Experts can be con­tact­ed online or at 877−762−6881.