The 30th American Rubber and Plastics Show (NPE 2018) will be held in May 2018, and it is expected to see robots that are faster, smarter, more connected, and more capable of collaborating with humans. The PlasTIcs Technology website organizes highlights that include observations, including improved system control capabilities to accelerate production cycles, multiple practices for collaboration concepts, and more.
Overall, the robot will become faster, take on more work, and be easier to set up. By controlling the multi-axis motion of the robot, predicting the movement of the jig and the injector through more precise program settings, the time saved in each second of the production cycle can be saved. The new technology not only accelerates the machine operation process, but also finds the best balance point and reduces the wear rate of the machine.
In terms of mobile robots, servomotors with fast speed, high accuracy and support for programmed settings have largely replaced inflatable robots. It is expected that servo sprue pickers will be seen on NPE. Out of the limelight.
The advantage of the servo-rotor manipulator is to control the movement of the parts after demolding. The company is committed to reducing the quality of the robot arm and enhancing the stability, reducing the occurrence of vibration, and suppressing vibration through software, such as controlling acceleration, deceleration, and utilization. The scale of the robot moves backwards to counteract the vibration.
Followed by the technology wave of Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 has now blown from Europe to the United States on the other side of the Atlantic. David Preusse, president of machine tool manufacturer Wittmann Battenfeld, pointed out that Industry 4.0 will be the focus of NPE, and manufacturers will not showcase new smart factory solutions.
Precision automated machines that can perform various upstream and downstream operations have gradually become mainstream. Manufacturers have begun to use machine vision technology to assist robots, not only in pursuit of quality and low cost, but also because parts of visual technology have become smaller and smaller. The cost of installing a camera on a station or a robot to monitor the shooting and the like is also greatly reduced.
Jim Healy, vice president of sales and marketing at Sepro America, pointed out that the trend of machine automation represents the emergence of more 6-axis articulated robots (arTIculated robots). This type of robot is very versatile, but it is more suitable for downstream functions than taking parts out of the mold.
Articulated robots are not as fast as linear robots in terms of speed, payload capacity, etc., but they are more advantageous in a low headroom environment. However, linear robots equipped with servo-machine wrists are also 5 to 7 degrees higher in degree of freedom than articulated robots.
It is expected that linear robots will be visible on the NPE alone or in pairs, or in conjunction with articulated robots.
In addition, standard linear and articulated robots will also be more able to work with humans. Software settings or installation of security devices such as laser scanners will slow down the robot as soon as the humans approach a certain distance. Staying close to the machine will stop completely, but as soon as the human leaves the machine, it will automatically resume work.
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