More and more robots are finding their way into the rapidly growing market Automation. That's how she finds it Robotic Use in all areas of the factory Automation such as packaging technology, conveyor technology, dosing technology, medical technology, food technology, handling, machine tools and much more. The drive components installed in it must be reliable, process-reliable, economical and work with high dynamics. We present them to you here robot drive New developments like the last one Integrated motion technology from Synapticon:
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05.12.2022 | Synapticon has on the PLC 2022 presented new solutions for the growing need for automation, including next-generation Autonomous Mobile Robots (AGV) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR). "Autonomous Mobile Robots and Automatic Guided Vehicles can be found in more and more environments and benefit significantly from the increasing pressure for automation in industry," says Michael Mayer-Rosa, VP Marketing at Synapticon. "In order to achieve the big breakthrough, however, hurdles such as safety, costs, development costs, scope of maintenance and so on have to be cleared. That's exactly where we help."
Systems the first robot / Robotic arm Generation are often packed with a wide variety of components and cables. This often leads to a blatant lack of space and a chaos of components and Cable inside the automation system. Depending on the performance and desired runtime, appropriate batteries must also be integrated. There is often not enough space left for them. Last but not least, the numerous components require a lot of coordination in terms of energy management, control and construction.
Stepper motor with encoder + controller
Many of the autonomous mobile helpers or robots are extremely complicated to manufacture and quite demanding to maintain. This makes them costly to manufacture and maintain and hence uneconomical for many companies. In addition, some of the massive devices are only suitable for correspondingly large paths.
At the trade fair, Synapticon and its partners showed what practical solutions can look like. The special feature of the next-generation systems is the simple connection of all components over a single cable and protocol, made possible by the Fail Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE) standard, among other things. In the compact and economical systems, the motor/axis, laser scanner, control hardware and software are coordinated and connected to one another in such a way that intelligent motion control is possible with significantly less use of resources and space.
The significant difference of a next-generation AGV or AMR is that significantly fewer internal components and cabling are required. Synapticon meets this requirement with its servo drive for Robot and Cobots. The Somanet Circulo based on the specially developed Integrated Motion Technology.
The drive wheels, including all the components required for them, are integrated into the robot drive in a highly compact manner. This allows numerous combinations with complete axles - with or without Transmission. The integrated robot drives are open to the software and security solutions many other manufacturers. This significantly simplifies the development of AGVs and AMRs, makes production leaner and reduces maintenance.
The integrated robot drive saves volume, which is freed up for e.g. B. a larger battery that allows more power. Or the robots can be built correspondingly smaller. the Integrated Motion Devices include reliable functional safety with Safely Limited Speed (SLS), Safe Stop 1 (SS1) and Safe Stop 2 (SS2), for example for a safely adaptive speed of the vehicle without additional components. This functional safety is indispensable, especially when the mobile robots and their human colleagues cross paths.
29.05.2022 | Sumitomo Cyclo Drive Germany wins the Hermes Award 2022 for the fully integrated robot drive, which is also in the Automation services is used. Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, presented the award on May 29, 2022 during the opening ceremony of the Hanover Fair. Chancellor Olaf Scholz was there.
The Tuaka Robot drive series was selected by the jury chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, received the Hermes Award because it is outstandingly suitable for applications in the fast-growing robotics market. Tuaka are integrated drives with new ones gearboxes, motors and drivers with safety functions.
Thanks sensors and thermal management, the Tuaka drives are suitable for high-precision and sensitive applications in service robotics. The engines are also ideally equipped for interaction with people. The modular concept and the Tuaka modular system Active, Tuaka Service and Tuaka Drive allow the individual configuration of the necessary hardware.
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