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ABB’s GoFa line of collaborative robots. | Supply: ABB

ABB has launched two new variants of its GoFa collaborative robotic. The GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 intention to open new prospects for firms to leverage cobot automation for enhanced effectivity. Dealing with payloads of as much as 10 and 12 kg (round 22 and 26 lbs) with market-leading repeatability, the cobots accomplish an expanded vary of duties in shut collaboration with manufacturing facility employees, addressing expertise and labor shortages whereas bettering security and productiveness. Providing simple programming and fast integration into manufacturing environments, the brand new variants decrease limitations to entry for first-time customers, educators and SMEs. 

The corporate can be increasing its giant robotic vary with 4 new fashions and 22 variants providing extra selection elevated protection and better efficiency. The subsequent technology fashions embody the IRB 6710, IRB 6720, IRB 6730 and IRB 6740, appropriate for payloads starting from 150 kg (round 330 lbs) to 310 kg (round 683 lbs), with a attain from 2.5 m to three.2 m (8.2 ft to 10.5 ft), providing prospects better selection and vital efficiency and vitality effectivity enhancements.

Increasing the GoFa vary

Along with their enhanced payloads, the GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 cobots supply class-beating software middle level (TCP) speeds of as much as 2 meters per second (round 6.5 toes per second) with 0.02-millimeter repeatability – a two-fold enchancment over comparable options. IP67-certified towards moisture and dirt ingress, they lengthen the advantages of quick and correct collaborative robotics to new industrial purposes, automating demanding duties resembling machine tending, welding, components dealing with, sprucing, and meeting. The GoFa 10’s 1.62-meter attain (round 5.3 toes) – 14% greater than others in its class and sufficient to cowl US pallets – makes it superb for palletizing purposes. 

The GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 cobots are simple to program, deploy, and use, reducing limitations to automation for first-time customers and SMEs. Set-up is made simple with lead-through programming and ABB’s Wizard simple programming software program, permitting even non-specialists to rapidly automate their purposes by manipulating easy graphical command blocks moderately than writing advanced programming code. 

Pre-installed on the cobots’ ABB’s FlexPendant robotic controller, the ABB SafeMove robotic security monitoring app’s cutting-edge security options, together with secure pace limits, standstill monitoring, and orientation supervision, allow shut collaboration between robots and manufacturing facility employees with out requiring cumbersome protecting limitations or fencing.  

Increasing the massive robotic household

“Sustainable manufacturing is a significant precedence of automotive producers, with 78% of firms figuring out it as vital to their enterprise and an additional 77% figuring out it as a precedence for his or her prospects,” Marc Segura, President of ABB’s Robotics Division, mentioned. “ABB’s 4 new robots supply 22 variants and vitality financial savings of as much as 20%, responding to our buyer’s wants; providing extra selection and better flexibility for extra sustainable manufacturing. These new robots will assist our prospects construct resilience throughout a variety of industries together with automotive, common manufacturing, foundry, meals and beverage and logistics.”

“Our new robotic vary meets the wants of the quickly rising electrical automobile (EV) trade. As producers ramp up manufacturing of EVs and batteries, they will select from a variety of ABB robots to make sure they’ve the correct variant to deal with batteries of various sizes, from particular person cells and modules to finish packages. They will additionally carry out duties resembling high-precision automotive physique meeting and spot welding and enter restricted areas inside a automobile to put in seats or dashboards.” Joerg Reger, Managing Director of ABB Robotics Automotive Enterprise Line, mentioned.

The GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 cobots and the brand new members of ABB’s giant robotic household are powered by ABB’s OmniCore controller. OmniCore’s class-leading movement management supplied by ABB’s TrueMove and QuickMove movement management applied sciences ensures the graceful actions wanted for a wide range of duties. Power-saving options together with energy re-generation and brake vitality restoration scale back energy necessities by as much as 20%, enhancing sustainability.

Responding to the rising diversification of automation purposes, ABB just lately launched its ABB Robotics Ecosystem program. This system lets customers simply leverage innovation from throughout the fast-growing ABB Robotics ecosystem by bringing collectively third-party equipment resembling grippers, cameras, and customised software program suitable with the ABB portfolio, together with the brand new GoFa cobots.