Robotics plays an increasingly important role in today’s automation. In many processes, the conditions that are handled are harsh and making use of the robots is the best option for the plant.
Nowadays, industrial robots offer greater safety and resistance in an environment where there is a high level of danger, along with dust and toxic substances that pollute and endanger the health of workers. In addition to that, the conditions also impact the useful life of robotic equipment and automation systems by decreasing their performance and product reliability.
Fanuc is one of the manufacturers that offer a wide range of robust, compact and reliable industrial robots that comply with the required process protections, and designing equipment that’s specifically designed work in extreme environments with high temperatures and heavy loads.
Fanuc industrial robots use a robotic vision system called iRVision, which is an easy-to-use plug & play visual tool that doesn’t require any additional hardware. It uses 2D guidance, iRVision 2.5D, iRVision 3D, iRVision 3DL (laser) and the iRVision 3D area sensor to place the parts. The system is connected to the robot through Ethernet—this facilitates its configuration since it can be done through a PC with Microsoft Internet whereas, the robot camera and training the parts can be calibrated through its interface.
iRVision is integrated into the Fanuc R-30iB controller. The camera port is integrated into the main CPU board that allows for the use of up to 32 two-dimensional cameras or 4 three-dimensional laser sensors. This means that objects can be located regardless of their size, position or shape. A high-speed visual line tracking function can read barcodes to allow the tool to delete templates. iRVision includes the execution function and data screens that can be viewed at the same time on any network PC and with the iPendant. Production data can be kept on the internal memory card or in system memory; thus saving on costs and increasing productivity.
Initially, the industrial robots designed for this iRVision system were those from the M10iA and M20iA series, since all the sensor cables were integrated into the robot’s mechanical unit.
Its characteristics have made this system one of the most frequently used worldwide, with the use of tools that make it possible to calibrate, relate geometric patterns, combine multiple cameras and planes, and exchange vision hardware and results between multiple robots with reliable and high-speed line tracking capabilities.
This intelligent robot vision system has huge benefits, ranging from its optimal flexibility in configuration to its intuitive programming for the vision process, with easy-to-use menus and adaptation to real variations, without requiring additional robot hardware, along with error tests for quality control and the ability to locate parts accurately—thus, generating greater reliability when carrying out activities.
Fanuc is a developer of reliable and cost-effective robotic platforms, with experience in different fields of application such as palletizing and depalletizing, pick and place, the ability to pick up parts off a conveyer belt and visually track the product to increase activity time by and guaranteeing the quality of the product.
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