Festo design instruments, part availability, and ready-to-assemble kits shorten initiatives and decrease overhead.
ISLANDIA, NY, March 26, 2024 — Festo introduces a heavy-duty Cartesian gantry for palletizing with elevate capability of as much as 440 kilos, Z-axis stroke lengths exceeding eight ft, and pace of as much as 5 ft per second. With free on-line design instruments; off-the-shelf servo drives, motors, and different elements; and fast meeting kits, this Festo palletizing resolution shortens venture time and reduces engineering and meeting prices.
Strong, excessive rigidity electrical actuators present the core of this new resolution. These actuators embrace the robust cantilevered Z-axis EHMH rack and pinion actuator for hundreds as much as 440 kilos and the ELCC toothed belt actuator with ball bearing guides for hundreds as much as 220 kilos. For an X-axis resolution, the Festo EGC-HD heavy-duty toothed belt or ball screw actuator is right for many heavy obligation functions.
Cartesian gantries are decrease price than six-axis robotic palletizers. They provide superior accuracy and pace whether or not dealing with a small load over an extended attain or a heavy load over quick distances. In contrast to six-axis robots that lose accuracy and elevate capability on the periphery, gantries cowl the whole workspace with equal accuracy, pace, and efficiency at every level on the X/Y axes. Cartesian palletizers supply a smaller footprint than six-axis robots, a plus for in the present day’s smaller and extra compact operations.
OEMs, system integrators, and finish customers make the most of the free on-line design software, Dealing with Information On-line (HGO), to specify a gantry in as little as 20 minutes. Engineers merely enter software parameters comparable to distance, pace, torque, weight, and HGO affords a variety of options to select from primarily based on efficiency and price. HGO ensures interoperable elements which are precisely sized for the system. Matched elements decrease threat and enhance efficiency. Every gantry has a single distinctive total half quantity, making reorder of any part underneath that quantity a fast and correct course of.
On the finish of the specification session, HGO supplies 2D and 3D CAD recordsdata, components record, citation, and anticipated supply date. Having the CAD recordsdata permits system design to proceed whereas the gantry’s ready-to-assemble equipment is ready.
Utilized in mixture with HGO, the Festo Movement Management Package deal (FMCP) software program designs the management panel, which arrives pre-built. Customers merely join the cables and program the robotic utilizing operate blocks. Crews can full the preliminary arrange in hours or days, not weeks.
Different key elements within the Festo Cartesian palletizer embrace the compact CMMT-AS servo drive that now options multiprotocol capabilities – one drive for EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, and Modbus TCP protocols. CMMT-AS drives are in inventory and prepared for cargo. These drives present seamless interpolation and movement management. The CMMT drive household (from 300 Watts to 12 KW) means one multiprotocol collection covers the gamut of movement management challenges.
For management, a single CPX-E Codesys-based controller can handle a number of synchronized gantries whereas speaking with third-party controllers. The compact measurement of the CPX-E makes it a really perfect different to the bigger controllers required to handle a number of articulated robots. Festo additionally affords the CDPX HMI that options an IP67 ranking for on-unit mounting, rising ease of use and decreasing house within the management panel.
For extra data on the benefits of working inside the Festo ecosystem of much less engineering overhead, quick time to market, seamless connectivity, and high-quality elements, go to www.festo.us.