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News Release from: Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems | Subject: Articulated arm robots
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 May 2006
Robots come with safety built in
A new integrated safety system for articulated-arm robots protects the robots, the plant in which they work and the components they handle against damage and failure.
A new integrated safety system is now available for Mitsubishi Electric's latest generation of articulated-arm robots, which protects the robots, the plant in which they work and the components they handle against damage and failure, making a major contribution to the long-term protection of users' investments Standard equipment on the latest generation of robots from Mitsubishi Electric includes high-performance safety systems such as individual joint torque monitoring and a sensorless crash detection feature, which instantly stops the robot as soon as its gripper encounters an obstacle
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Another major highlight is the intelligent maintenance forecast system, which automatically calculates the date for the next service on the basis of the robot's load and work patterns.
This means that lubrication of the robot 's moving parts and other necessary service tasks only have to be performed when they are really necessary, on the basis of actual robot use, instead of following a rigid schedule based on average values.
The system calculates the next maintenance date very precisely on the basis of nearly 200 individual parameters, such as operating time, handling payload weight and the acceleration rates of the gripper arm.
The benefits are obvious: unnecessary and expensive down time is avoided, and the staff can plan the service work well in advance so that it does not conflict with normal operations.
With the automatic maintenance system Mitsubishi Electric guarantees its articulated arm robots for a service life of at least 20,000 hours.
Assuming operation on 365 days per year this is equivalent to a minimum service life of 2.3 years in three-shift operation or 7 years in one-shift operation.
This means that costs can be as low as GBP 1/h. Request a free brochure from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems ...
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