Fanuc has introduced the European launch of its CRX-3iA collaborative robotic, the lightest and smallest mannequin within the CRX portfolio to this point.
With a complete weight of simply 11 kg, Fanuc’s newest providing is compact, transportable, intuitive and exact, making it perfect for welding functions.
Addressing rising demand in sectors equivalent to shipbuilding and metal development, it may be carried simply with only one hand, permitting a single particular person to oversee a number of welding areas and mitigating the Europe-wide scarcity of expert welders.
Boasting a 3 kg payload, the CRX-3iA can manipulate a welding torch and a seam-tracking sensor concurrently, whereas its ±0.02 mm repeatability delivers the precision vital for important welding duties.
It robotically detects its set up angle after relocation and identifies weld seam areas and calculates paths accordingly, because of a third-party laser scanner or contact sensor. In the meantime, an non-compulsory magnetic base allows it to be secured on to giant metal buildings.
This reduces system complexity in contrast with conventional robotic installations, which generally want heavier tools and extra safeguarding measures.
As a part of the broader CRX collection – which extends to 30 kg payload and 1,756 mm attain – the CRX-3iA integrates totally with Fanuc’s established management and software program ecosystem.
It additionally incorporates Fanuc wrist button know-how, which permits operators to information and educate positions straight from the robotic arm, streamlining programming and shortening changeover instances.
Past welding, the CRX-3iA is ideally suited to functions equivalent to intralogistics and cellular automation. Its compact footprint and low mass additionally make it perfect for mounting on an automatic guided car (AGV), the place it might probably help selecting, inserting and line provide duties.
As well as, it lends itself nicely to schooling and coaching environments, the place house constraints typically render the usage of conventional industrial robots impractical.
“Producers want automation that adapts to their setting, not the opposite method round,” says Paul Ribus, Fanuc’s head of gross sales coordination Europe.
“With the CRX-3iA, we targeted on portability, quick deployment and excessive repeatability. It permits clients to benefit from collaborative welding and dealing with wherever the work is, with out complicated set up.”
Guests to Fanuc’s Open Home will have the ability to see the brand new CRX-3iA collaborative robotic first hand when it makes its debut look within the UK on third/4th November.
