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The 2FG14 (left) and the 3FG25 (proper) grippers are designed for plug-and-play dealing with of heavy payloads. | Source: OnRobot
CHICAGO — As collaborative robots get greater for duties corresponding to palletizing, the top effectors must sustain. OnRobot A/S confirmed two new, heavy-duty grippers at Automate this week.
“As cobots grow more powerful, OnRobot customers are scaling up their collaborative applications,” acknowledged Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO of OnRobot. “Building on the success of our existing, industry-proven gripper range, the new 3FG25 and 2FG14 grippers deliver unrivaled gripping and payload power while also providing customizability for heavy-duty applications, including [in] harsh environments.”
Founded in 2018, OnRobot was shaped with the merger of three end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) firms: Perception Robotics, OptoForce, and OnRobot. The Odense, Denmark-based firm additionally acquired Purple Robotics in 2018 and Blue Workforce in 2019.
The supplier of {hardware} and software program for collaborative purposes stated its grippers assist small and midsize producers optimize processes corresponding to palletizing, packaging, decide and place, sanding, and screwdriving.
Several main cobot manufacturers now provide fashions that may deal with round 30 kg (66.1 lb.), and industrial robotic arms are being deployed in collaborative purposes, noticed OnRobot. To handle these purposes and allow improved workpiece adaptability, the corporate plans to formally launch the 3FG25 gripper later this month, whereas the 2FG14 gripper made its North American debut this week.
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OnRobot goals so as to add flexibility with heavier grippers
OnRobot stated each of its new electrical grippers can deal with bigger elements with out the majority or energy constraints of pneumatic techniques. The three-fingered 3FG25 gives 25 kg (55.1 lb.) of payload capability in a compact, all-electric, light-weight kind issue, stated the corporate.
The 3FG25 is a bigger model of the 3FG15 gripper, which has already been extensively adopted for CNC (pc numerical management) machine tending, stated OnRobot. Both are able to dealing with cylindrical and oddly formed objects, and the 3FG25 has new fingers for heavier steel workpieces. It is offered for preorders.
Similarly, the 2FG14 doubles the payload and gripping drive of the favored 2FG7 gripper, whereas additionally offering 30% extra whole stroke, in keeping with the firm. It has a payload of 14 kg (30.8 lb.), making it appropriate for machine-tending purposes, OnRobot stated.
In addition, the 2FG14 has a compact base and is designed for difficult work environments the place workpieces are incessantly uncovered to oils or reducing fluids.
“The 2FG14 is a great gripper. It’s easy to use and allows our cobots to maintain maximum payload,” stated Alex Pinkerton, mechanical engineer at Gosiger. “OnRobot products have intuitive, operator-friendly user interfaces, and the 2FG14 maintains this tradition. It’s perfect for demanding packaging, machine tending, and assembly applications.”
In addition, OnRobot stated its grippers, connectors, and software program “offer an all-round plug-and-produce experience.” They embrace fingers with a number of configurations, flange adapters, cabling, and software program to scale back the complexity of robotic programming. OnRobot helps a number of robotic arms and is a part of the UR+ ecosystem as an authorized providing with Universal Robots cobots.
“The flange is not new, but we’ve used a new material to reduce the weight,” Kristian Hulgard, common supervisor of OnRobot, informed The Robot Report. “It’s really about the flexibility; cobot users should still do safety assessments of their payloads and applications, such as welding.”
Ellison Technologies launches AutoPilot powered by D:PLOY
OnRobot additionally introduced that it’s collaborating with Ellison Technologies Inc., a supplier of superior machining techniques. The firms are releasing AutoPilot powered by D:PLOY, which goals to simplify the method of deploying CNC machine-tending purposes.
OnRobot’s D:PLOY is an automatic platform for constructing, working, monitoring, and redeploying machine tending purposes. By automating the event course of, it could actually reduce deployment occasions and allow deployments to happen on the manufacturing unit flooring, with zero programming and 0 simulations required, asserted the businesses.
“Companies racing to plug labor gaps and meet growing demand in an uncertain economic climate can’t afford to spend weeks deploying and redeploying CNC machine tending automation,” stated Greg Haley, vice chairman of automation at Ellison Technologies.
“D:PLOY is the perfect software for Ellison’s AutoPilot solution, as it decreases the programming complexity and makes part changeover a snap,” he added. “This puts automated CNC machine tending in reach for more customers than ever, even those with high-mix, low-volume part runs.”