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News Release from: KUKA Automation + Robotics | Subject: Jet robot
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 May 2006
Robot For Long Reaches Through Narrow
Openings
KUKA Robotics has introduced the KUKA Jet robot, a six-axis robot mounted on a linear unit.
KUKA Robotics has introduced the KUKA Jet robot, a six-axis robot mounted on a linear unit The new robot is designed for customers with applications that entail long reach tasks
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The six-axis robot is mounted either upside down or sideways on the linear rail, depending on the application need and it is available in four configurations with different reaches and working ranges.
Kevin Kozuszek, director of marketing for KUKA Robotics, said: "Customers with applications where long distances need to be traversed will find the KUKA Jet robot idea.
The robot combines the speed of a linear axis and the flexibility of a six-axis robot making it ideal for handling tasks in multiple industries, including injection moulding." The KUKA Jet robot's claimed enhanced manoeuvrability allows machines to be tended through narrow openings and parts precisely positioned even within the machine, said KUKA.
It also allows parts to be withdrawn from the machine in a longitudinal direction making it possible to serve a number of machines in a row.
Additionally, KUKA said the installation can be configured to allow several machines to be tended by one combination.
The KUKA Jet robot is available in four configurations with different reaches and working ranges with payloads ranging from 30 kilograms to 60 kilograms.
Up to two robots can be controlled on one linear axis.
Additionally, the installation can be configured to allow several machines to be tended by one combination. Request a free brochure from KUKA Automation + Robotics ...
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