A modular robotic package is making it easy for jobshop to customize or upgrade press-tending regularitys with add-on modules such as double-blank detectors.

A modular robotic package is making it easy for jobshop to customize or upgrade press-tending regularitys with add-on modules such as double-blank detectors, multiple grippers, additional robot and off-line programming.

The PressWorld robotic package, introduced by the agency of Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, combines a Motoman high-speed, six-axis robot controller and menu-driven application software; an integrated gripper package; an electrical interface for press-to-robot signals; and safety guarding with an interlocking gate. Using these standard ingredients keeps engineering costs

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