Industrial Robotics
How to Calculate Robot Cycle Time Before You Sign
Estimate each move as acceleration, constant velocity, deceleration and settling, then add process time that no robot can shorten. On short...
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Industrial Robotics
Arms, cells and the specifications that decide whether a line runs.
Industrial Robotics
Delta Robots: Are 150 Picks per Minute Realistic?
Yes, but only on the manufacturer's test cycle. A parallel delta robot genuinely reaches 150 to 200 picks per minute on the standard 25 mm...
Industrial Robotics
What a Machine Tending Cell Costs, Line by Line
A single-machine tending cell lands between 70,000 and 190,000 euro installed, and the robot is typically only 20 % to 30 % of it. The...
Industrial Robotics
How Many Cases per Minute Can a Palletizing Robot Really Do?
A conventional six-axis palletizing robot handles 10 to 20 cases per minute single-picking, and 25 to 45 when it picks a full row or layer...
Industrial Robotics
Payload vs Reach: Why a Bigger Robot Arm Gets Slower
Reach costs payload because a robot joint is limited by torque, and torque is force times distance. Doubling the reach of an otherwise...
Industrial Robotics
Repeatability vs Accuracy: The Robot Spec Buyers Confuse Most
Repeatability is the spread when a robot returns to a taught point, typically ±0.02 mm to ±0.1 mm. Accuracy is the error when it moves to a...
Industrial Robotics
IP54, IP67, IP69K: What Robot Protection Ratings Mean
The first digit is solids, the second is liquids, and each is a separate test with a defined procedure under IEC 60529. IP54 means...
Industrial Robotics
SCARA vs 6-Axis Robot: Which One Belongs in Your Cell
If the task is vertical insertion onto a horizontal plane, a SCARA is typically two to three times faster than a six-axis arm and costs 30...
Industrial Robotics
Spot Welding vs Arc Welding Robots: What Actually Changes
The difference is not the process, it is the payload and the path. A spot welding robot carries a servo gun weighing 60 kg to 120 kg and...
Industrial Robotics
Who Actually Builds the World's Industrial Robots?
Four established builders, FANUC, ABB, Yaskawa and KUKA, still anchor the global market, but the decisive shift of the last decade happened...