New mainstream production robots

Drawing on the company's expertise in CNC and drive systems, both products offer energy savings and high speed performance. Regenerative braking, path optimisation and intuitive teaching help provide manufacturers with a cost effective alternative to specialist dedicated hardwear.

The latest version of the LRMate 200 robot is suitable for integration into special purpose machinery, or for general purpose handling and is now more compact and faster, boasting an increased payload and larger work envelope.

Weighing 25kg, the unit is 2kg less than its predecessor and has a reduction in arm width of 15mm, providing a cost effective handling or transfer solution for machine and system builders.

The six axes LRMate 200iD has an increased payload, up from 5 to 7kg, with an uprated wrist assembly making longer tool offsets possible. Increased joint speeds on every axis of up to 25%, together with wrist movement and wrist inertia improvements have resulted in the LRMate 200iD being able to perform the industry standard bench test (25 x 300 x 25mm) with a 1kg payload 35% faster at .32sec or 187.5 cycles per minute.

The new 3kg payload parallel link M-2iA fills a gap between the existing 1kg and 6kg arms in the Genkotsu Series, providing a large work envelope with high throughput performance for mid-range assembly and handling tasks.

Two variants of the M-2iA are available, a standard reach and a long reach, to address a wide range of applications in the food, electronics and general manufacturing sectors. Both arms are four axes, the fourth axis being a wrist rotation providing speeds up to 3500 degrees per second.

The parallel link structure allows higher speeds and greater accuracy than conventional SCARA type assembly arms. Handling a test payload of 1kg, the M-2iA will complete the standard pick and place trial in just 0.27 seconds, 222 cycles per minute, at +/- 0.1mm repeatability.