FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
Assessing Cobot & Robot Solutions for End-of-Line Stamping Automation
Electrically powered end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) for cobots, such as this parallel gripper, offers the ability to monitor and acquire data on part handling and transfer. This allows metal formers to optimize EOAT operation and add productivity to end-of-line processes. A walk through FABTECH revealed the extent to which collaborative robots (cobots) have penetrated metal forming and fabricating environments. Here, MetalForming explores end-of-line automation via co- bots and robots, and what these advancements mean, with Kristian Hulgard, general manager for the Americas at OnRobot, a provider of cobot automation systems.
VIDEO: Simulation of End-of-Line Automation System Today, with vision systems and high-speed robotics, manu- facturers increasingly are exploring end-of-line automation, as simulated here with picking and placing of these parts. Note that for illustrative purposes only two robots are running in this sim- ulation. In an actual stamping scenario, all four robots would be
running. (Simulation courtesy of Linear Automation Inc.)
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