pick-and-place robot

[¦pik ən ¦plās ′rō‚bät]

(control systems)

A simple robot, often with only two or three degrees of freedon and little or no trajectory control, whose sole function is to transfer items from one place to another.

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Caption: Early "canned" programming was suited to simple pick-and-place robot applications but became cumbersome and expensive when custom functions were required.

Robot Controllers Evolve Toward Greater Flexibility, Connectivity, Ease of Use

"A pick-and-place robot may only need up to five pounds [2.3 kg] of payload, including parts and end-of-arm tooling"--but tooling for insert installation or other operations may require much more capacity if they are to be options.

Robots reach for their full potential: molders can do more with these versatile device. For years, three-axis linear or Cartesian robots have served molders well for tending injection-molding machines. Still, a question remains: are molders getting optimum returns from their investments in robotic automation?

A third pick-and-place robot removes the cooked pouches from the trays, and places them in pre-determined positions on the conveyor belt which will transport them to the cartoning operation.

RTS puts cost-saving robotics 'in the bag'

Designed for automation applications in which a sprue picker could normally do the job, but in which greater flexibility of part-release position is required, the new BE-950 pick-and-place robot from Conair satisfies all requirements, says the company.

Versatile, "flexible" robot

"We would not be able to compete with a side-entry or pick-and-place robot in a packaging application, such as tubs or lids, because the cycle times are short.

Six axis robots: where they fit in injection molding: six-axis, articulated robots may once have been considered overkill for injection molding parts removal. But lower prices, improved ease of use, and new configurations are helping boost their presence in molding applications, especially where demolding is integrated with downstream operations

If you are at the point where you have justified the purchase of a pneumatic pick-and-place robot based on a consistent cycle, part quality, and, in some cases, cycle reduction, then justifying a servo robot will not be difficult if it will eliminate downstream automation equipment and/or manual operations.

Robots for the '90s: why servo is the way to go

The TLM packaging system Schubert developed for the customer consists of four sub-machines, or modules, outfitted with three TLM-F4 four-axis pick-and-place robots with vision, two TLM-F2 two-axis robots, and Schubert's proprietary Transmodul single-axis, rail-based transport robots.

Delicate, flaky croissants are gently filled and packed

The LSP top-load robotic case packer can handle pouches or bags up to 10 lb at speeds to 100/min with dual pick heads using Fanuc's M-10iA/10MS six-axis pick-and-place robots. During operation, by way of vision, each robot picks one bag at a time from an infeed conveyor and places it directly into a case.

RRPs for candy pouches require robotic case packing

Sepro Robotique has recently introduced two of its newest models to the market, the S5-15, the smallest unit in the advanced S5 Line of Cartesian beam robots and the Success 22, the first in a new line of faster, stronger pick-and-place robots for mid-size injection-moulding machines.

New robots introduced for improved performance

After the wash coating, two pick-and-place robots pick one mold from the conveyor and place it on another conveyor, which carries the molds into a drying oven.

Alloy engineering defies gravity: by encouraging process improvement while managing three diverse casting techniques under one roof, Alloy Engineering has advanced beyond your traditional metalcasting facility

The bags initially pass through optical detection devices that verify the quality of the bags and supply the information to guide the pick-and-place robots. Robots equipped with special grippers swiftly pick-and-place either 6 or 12 packs onto the in-feed chain carriers for transportation to the horizontal form fill and seal machines.

A boost for Britain's favourite crisps

Omni line designed for under-machine or low, pass-along installations; HR line recommended for use with pick-and-place robots. All standard models (many with casters) include V-groove belt tracking adjustment without tools and powered by single-phase, motor/gear-box drives.