Gain Application Versatility with Fanuc Loading Robots

Load­ing and unload­ing machine parts can be tir­ing work. A load­ing robot can take over this mind-numb­ing and back-break­ing job while improv­ing pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and increas­ing out­put. Fanuc offers sev­er­al mod­els of load­ing robots.

The Fanuc M‑710iT machine tool load­ing robot has a 70 kg pay­load and can improve machine pro­duc­tiv­i­ty by 30%. It is a top loader robot, which means it can tip the part to remove coolant and can load the part in either a ver­ti­cal or hor­i­zon­tal for­mat. It also frees up floor space. This mod­el helps speed up cycle time due to the dual part grip­per used to unload machine tools. After the load­ing process, the M‑710iT can also per­form oth­er oper­a­tions, such as gaug­ing, debur­ring, deflash­ing, and labeling. 

The Chi­ron Flex­cell Uno is com­prised of the Fanuc LR Mate 200iC robot and a machin­ing cen­ter. It works as a solu­tion for ful­ly auto­mat­ed load­ing and unload­ing of work pieces dur­ing machin­ing. The LR Mate 200iC robot works with the part from raw to semi-fin­ished to fin­ished, and even clos­es the access door. After the robot picks the part from the tray, it swivels into the machine and loads the part into the fix­ture. The LR Mate 200iC rates best in class for wrist load capac­i­ty, repeata­bil­i­ty, work enve­lope, and speed.

Fanuc has final­ly giv­en small shops access to the same advan­tages of automa­tion as high-vol­ume man­u­fac­tur­ers with its Flex­i­ble Load­ing Solu­tions. These solu­tions are intel­li­gent robot-based sys­tems used in man­u­fac­tur­ing envi­ron­ments. Machine load­ing automa­tion is prac­ti­cal and afford­able for the first time in small batch pro­duc­tion. The Flex­i­ble Load­ing Solu­tions take a fix­ture­less approach to part han­dling with the goal of elim­i­nat­ing automa­tionsetups. This gives the oper­a­tor more time to sim­ply focus on the machin­ing aspects of the job. The sim­ple exchange of robot grip­per fin­gers helps the sys­tem accom­mo­date both stan­dard and irreg­u­lar part shapes. This easy set­up and quick changeover makes the sys­tem flex­i­ble and sim­ple to retool.

Whether the man­u­fac­tur­ing is done in a small shop or a large envi­ron­ment, load­ing automa­tion with Fanuc offers a prac­ti­cal and effi­cient option to increase productivity.

Robots​.com is a cer­ti­fied robot inte­gra­tor of Fanuc Robot­ics. We car­ry a vari­ety of load­ing robots with dif­fer­ent arm reach­es and pay­loads. To find out more on how to pur­chase one of these robots, con­tact Robots​.com at 877−762−6881.