Cartesian system suits pick and place applications

Bosch Rexroth's cartesian motion building system removes the need to custom build a pick and place system.

CamoLine, Rexroth's new cartesian motion building system, combines linear motion systems and motors with pneumatic mini slides, rotary compact modules, grippers and positive-locking connection technology to provide a solution that meets the needs of the most common pick and place applications.

The gripping, lifting, rotating, positioning and placing functions that handling systems have to perform are often difficult to accomplish efficiently.

Historically, to overcome these issues each system had to be tailor-made for the specific application.

The CamoLine solution offers a building system comprised of suitably matched and combinable linear motion and mechanical components.

It can combine electromechanical and pneumatic axes in almost unlimited variations and quickly build the chosen configuration.

This eliminates a large part of the design and installation effort for pick and place applications and linear and X-Y gantries.

With this system mechatronics is made simple and effective.

The simplification starts with the basic supporting structure.

Aluminium profile struts measure up to 4000mm in length and feature two rows of centring holes with standardised spacing that takes the effort out of construction.

Centring rings allow the user to connect the individual components of the building system to each other, either directly or via matching connection elements to create positive-locking joints requiring no further adjustment.

Angle brackets ensure precise and stable fixing to the mounting base.

Since all the connection dimensions are identical, users are free to choose the most appropriate solution among the pneumatic or electric drive units.

With two ball rail systems integrated in their aluminium extrusion frame, the electromechanical compact modules offer high load capacities and high rigidity and are available with ball screw drive for high positioning accurac, or with toothed belt drive for high travel speeds.

The IP65 Rexroth IndraDyn servomotors offer high dynamics within a compact envelope.

Equipped with Hiperface multi-turn absolute encoders, these motors retain the absolute axis position even when the system is powered down.

All motors can be ordered with or without a holding brake, to suit the specific requirements.

Pneumatic actuators, also prepared for direct mounting, perform all kinds of typical handling tasks.

The mini slides with two drive cylinders offer several options for attachment to further handling components and are available in a series of standardised stroke lengths.

The rotary compact modules feature accurate and high-load rotary flange bearings.

The pneumatic parallel, angular and radial grippers come in narrow size increments to cover a broad range of needs.

Standardised interfaces allow users to combine the pneumatic and electric axes in almost any configuration to achieve the most appropriate and economical drive solution for each application.

This standardisation and the new connection technology speed up installation and start up.

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