With a focus on flexibility, FANUC will demo a range of robot arms at Automatica this week in Munich, Germany. One highlight of the show is that the company will showcase how it was able to increase the payload capacities of the CRX-25ia and the CR-35iB robot arms, which can now handle payloads of 30 kg and 50 kg, respectively.
FANUC will also have the M-710iD at the show performing a logistics application. The robot is a successor to the M-710iC and offers a higher payload capacity and speed than the previous model. Another important innovation at the trade fair will be the optional iPC (industrial PC), which offers high computing power for processing data-intensive operations in fast cycle times.
The company said it partnered with start-ups to explore new markets and ideas. The company's 675 sq m Automatica stand will shine a spotlight on new topics supported by proven expertise and technical depth. There will also be a separate area for those interested in career opportunities at FANUC.
Food and battery handling applications to be shown
Robots on mobile platforms are an easy way to make production more flexible. FANUC has developed a mobile handling unit in collaboration with Austrian partner Ger4Tech. The “G4T4” mobile platform combines with a CRX collaborative robot and solves bin picking tasks using FANUC's iRVision camera system.
The stainless-steel DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS delta robot is less mobile, but suitable for unpackaged food. In combination with a SR-12iA SCARA robot, it will serve a cheese packaging line at Automatica. The SR-12iA is also ideal for handling packaged food via options such as food-grade grease.
In the field of battery handling applications, FANUC will demonstrate its strength with a demo cell featuring an M-1000iA robot on a traversing axis from Güdel. The robot, which can move 1000 kg, has a particularly large range of motion. An application at Automatica involving the assembly of battery parts using an SR-3iA/U SCARA robot will also address this growing market.
Diverse solutions for welding will prove a further attraction for exhibition visitors. FANUC partner LEWA Attendorn, for example, is planning to show a flexible and optimal answer to complex manufacturing challenges within an assembly process, while partner Demmeler's welding cell will centre on an intuitively programmable CRX collaborative robot for automated welding.
Other partners, such as Wandelbots and voraus robotik, will demonstrate topics like “no code” programming and the Future Human Robot Interface.
Last but not least, the company INperfektion is going to show a two-component gluing application using a FANUC CRX-20iA/L and 3D vision system.
FANUC and systems integrators partner for applications outside industrial automation
System integrators and partners on the FANUC stand will be showing applications outside the traditional industrial sector in which AI plays an important role. For example, the “Bakisto” robot system developed with oven manufacturer WIESHEU and retail specialist Wanzl will bake fresh croissants for visitors. The system ensures a more precise, data-based calculation of the required baked goods and quantities, helping to relieve supermarket and discount store employees.
Already in use at large laundries is “Velum”, a system developed in collaboration with start-up Sewts. Equipped with FANUC robots, a 3D camera and intelligent software, Velum analyses the movements of deformable materials and efficiently feeds textiles into folding machines.
The company will be at all B6, Stand 231. Automatica takes place from June 27 to June 30 at Messe München.
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