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News Release from: 3e s.r.l. | Subject: 4-axis inter-press parts handling arm
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 November 2006
Inter-press handling arm doubles work
area
With a servocontrolled 4-axis inter-press parts handling arm - a rotation axis has been added to the handling arm allowing it a 180 deg rotation, which doubles its action area.
After two years only from its first attending to Euro Blech, Company 3e engineering introduced itself at EuroBLECH 2006 with a wide range of products in the field of automation for steel forming Thanks to the consolidated know-how of 3e staff, in two-years activity only, the Company has realized different applications, i e, high performance mechanical transfer, two and three -axis servo-controlled transfer under different dimensional size and performances, blanks feeding (destacker) for transfer presses and last with some interesting solutions for blank unloading or loading in the press
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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* Mr Cartesio - a servocontrolled 4-axis inter-press arm - rotation axis has been added to the handling arm having the three classic axis, X, Y, Z, allowing in such a way to the arm a 180 deg rotation so, by doubling its action area.
Cartesio is the result of an absolute integration between the mechanical aspect and the control and drive system of the handling device.
In fact, 3e has followed the project philosophy that places the mechanical and electronics solutions on the same importance level in order to issue from that mechatronic union, the maximum of performance and reliability result.
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In fact, Cartesio integrates the top of the mechanical solutions to the new control system based on full-digital technology.
The four axis of the machine are controlled via servo-motors connected through interface Drive-CliQ, to the new series of digital drive Siemens Sinamics S120.
The core of the machine control is a powerful technological CPU through which the "motion control" as well as the auxiliary functions can be processed.
The installation on board of the machine is wired by two networks: ASi Interface for recovery of the input / output signals and Profibus DP for data exchange, diagnostics and programming.
The new technologies 'Servo Control' integrated in the system Sinamics allows to improve considerably the dynamics and precision of the positioning, whereas the axis moving has been actuated in a smoother way by reducing considerably the vibrations of the mechanical parts during the a movement acceleration and deceleration phases.
Great care has been taken to the safety aspects, in fact, thanks to the use of the operator panel MP177 that integrates the authorization command of safety, also the manual setting phases of the machine cam be done very comfortably.
No movement can be effected until the safety authorization has been activated.
An important innovation concerns the control system that, thanks to the integration of the technology FMP (Friendly Motion Programming) developed in collaboration with SHS Automation and Robotics, makes more simple and user friendly the programming of the handling cycle.
In fact, thanks to this technology, the handling arm can be programmed by the end-user, like it happens in the world of the robots.
The Friendly Motion Programming makes available to the user a high level programming language including a rich set of instruction dedicated to the motion control, through which, the handling sequences can be written.
A further simplifying is got by the possibility of the system of learning automatically the final positions of the wished movements.
Thanks to the function 'Teach in', the controls records the position wished and use it in the working program, by simply pressing one key only.
A particular care has been taken to the system for vacuum for the pick-up suction cups.
By using multi-functional vacuum generators, the connection to the vacuum cups has been simplified, as well as the installation on board of the pick-up cluster.
The handling device Cartesio has been designed for getting a wide choice possibility of strokes and performances suitable to satisfy the widest range of requirements in the field of inter-press handling as described below.
* MR Cartesio 3+1 base - maximum stroke reachable.
Longitudinal stroke: Y: 0-1500mm and 0-3500mm.
Vertical stroke: Z: 0-500mm and 0-1000mm.
Lateral stroke: X: 0-2500mm and 11500mm.
Axis rotation (optional): U: 0-180 deg and 270 deg.
Movement repeatability: +/-1mm.
Maximum capacity (total weight of the pieces and take-off parts): 50daN, according to strokes .
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