Joystick order for industrial robot controllers
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Penny and Giles product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 23, 2006
Joysticks for industrial robot controllers used for machine loading and unloading, positioning of work pieces, pouring of aluminium and press-to-press transfer of metal sheets.
Penny + Giles has supplied more than 9000 JC2000 joysticks for use in ABB's industrial robot controllers (IRC).
The contract, secured through Swedish distributor AB Elwia, follows the integration of the joystick as standard in the fifth generation IRC, the IRC5.
IRC is used for control and mechanical automation devices in processes such as machine loading and unloading, positioning of work pieces, pouring of aluminium and press-to-press transfer of metal sheets.
Each controller includes a teach unit through which users program the motion of each device using a joystick and ABB's software interface.
"JC2000 was chosen primarily for its reliability", said Eric Carlsson, Engineer for Quality Assurance of Suppliers at ABB.
"We had experienced some problems with the joysticks in the past and needed a fit-and-forget product".
"We wanted to work with a partner that could deliver a cost-effective backwards compatible product that could be integrated into the unit easily".
The three companies worked together to develop a customised joystick.
The changes included a custom-made 50mm2 mounting adaptor to enable the joystick to fit within the existing teach panel unit.
"The project is a testament to the excellent relationship we have with AB Elwia", said Les Metcalfe, Joystick Product Manager at Penny + Giles.
"Together we were able to provide a winning combination of high-quality bespoke product and open communication between local contact, production floor and customer".
JC2000 uses Hall effect technology and is for precision fingertip control applications.
This contactless system has almost limitless life with zero maintenance.
It comes in one, two or three axis configurations.
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