ABB stated its GoFa cobots can be utilized for dealing with payloads as much as 5kg, 10kg, and 12kg. | Supply: ABB Robotics
Regal Rexnord Company has joined forces with ABB Robotics to simplify the combination of its GoFa cobots into seventh Axis Cobot Switch Items (CTUs) from Thomson. Thomson is one in all Regal Rexnord’s main linear movement manufacturers.
This collaboration makes the Thomson Movotrak CTU the primary cobot seventh axis know-how that ABB Robotics has licensed to be used in its companion ecosystem.
“Till now, anybody wanting to make use of a single, plug-and-play ABB cobot on a number of workstations confronted what might be days of programming and communications challenges. As a part of the ABB Robotics companion ecosystem, we’ve preconfigured our Movotrak CTU, guaranteeing speedy deployment with ABB cobots proper out of the field. Integrators, distributors, and end-users can now make investments extra time utilizing the seventh axis to resolve productiveness issues than coping with complicated integration particulars,” stated Kevin Zaba, EVP and President, Automation & Movement Management section of Regal Rexnord.
Regal Rexnord’s participation within the ABB companion ecosystem will contain adjustments to mounting {hardware}, growth of a specialised plug-and-play wiring harness, and programming to interface with ABB’s software program platform and engineering surroundings. This may embrace an ABB Net App, Wizard, and RAPID Module Code programming instruments. By means of the combination, licensed ABB robotic software builders will be capable to entry the Thomson configuration instruments straight on the ABB FlexPendant consumer interface.
ABB Robotics is a number one supplier of industrial robots, autonomous cellular robots (AMRs), and machine automation. In April, ABB Group introduced plans to spin off the division, which employs about 11,000 folks at greater than 100 areas in 53 nations, together with its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Thomson has over 75 years of expertise growing linear movement know-how. The corporate merged with Regal Rexnord in 2023. It stated the merger made it extra geared up to supply full methods via its management, drive, motor, energy transmission, and precision linear movement applied sciences.
Thomson describes the advantages of a seventh axis
Thomson stated its Movotrak CTU seventh Axis affords:
- Prolonged Working Vary: The Movotrak CTU extends the standard cobot working vary as much as 10 meters.
- Versatile Mounting Choices: With the CTU, ABB cobots can transfer from one workstation to a different alongside a rail secured both to the ground, wall, or ceiling.
- Collision Detection: The system is provided with collision detection, stopping the cobot when it encounters an impediment.
- Elevated Productiveness: Thomson stated the CTU affords much less downtime with simpler coaching and set up, that includes seventh axis Freedrive mode.
- Single-Supply, Totally Built-in Resolution: Thomson integrates its linear items with different Regal Rexnord elements. This contains Boston Gear gearheads, Huco couplings, and Kollmorgen motors and software program for a whole, high-level meeting with one half quantity.
“This collaboration with ABB Robotics is a superb instance of how our differentiated Regal Rexnord applied sciences will be built-in into high-impact, customer-ready options,” stated Louis Pinkham, CEO of Regal Rexnord. “By combining the technical experience of our Thomson, Kollmorgen, Boston Gear, and Huco manufacturers right into a seamless, seventh axis system out there for the ABB Robotics companion ecosystem, we’re making it simpler for patrons to unlock better productiveness and adaptability of their automation methods. It additionally displays our ongoing dedication to innovation and delivering worth via system-level pondering.”
