机器人技术Special Report: Vision Enables Tube Picking/Placing at 160/min

A new SCARA robotic cell developed for the collation of cosmetic tubes uses vision software and specially designed end-of-arm tooling.

Anne Marie Mohan

Aug 7th, 2020

ESS Technologies使用三个FANUC机器人来整理160多个化妆管/分钟以供给盒装器。

A recentESS Technologies，Inc。案例包装project involved the integration of three SR-3iAFanuc Scara机器人,配备了Fanuc iRVision ESS-designedend-of-arm tooling (EOAT) to collate more than 160 cosmetic tubes/min for feeding to a case packer. Named the TaskMate Robotic Systems® high-speed SCARA robotic collation cell, the system can also handle pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, consumer goods, and medical devices.

ESS engineers programmed the three robots using Fanuc’s iRPickTool software, which it explains simplifies the setup of picking-and-packing conveyor tracking applications. iRPickTool supports camera tracking applications using integrated iRVision software and also provides a means of setup so that robots can share work using multiple load-balancing methods. The software allows the robots to pick from fixed stations, standard conveyors, and indexing conveyors.

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在管理应用中，平皮传送带上方的摄像头可在试管进入机器人单元时的位置。ESS使用该软件对三个机器人进行编程，以从移动的平皮输送机中挑选管，并正确定向管子，并逐步加载Case Packer的进输液索引索引索引的正时带输送机。第一个机器人未选择的试管被第三个机器人挑选，从而使进料系统可以定向和放置160个试管/分钟。

索引正时皮带输送机流向一个包装图案形成站，在该站中，带有ESS设计的EOAT PICKS的FANUC LR200ID六轴Scara机器人将其放入18或36-CT案例中的舞台托盘中。然后，使用ESS的Model V30盒包装器，将分阶段的管子包装在外壳中，包括机器人分区插入。股票ESS，管整理系统允许制造商收拾高达8.5 18-CT/分钟。

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PMMI Guidance on ANSI Standards for Robotics

When getting started with robotics, a question often arises as to which standard(s) apply to a machine. Or stated differently, “Is this a robotic system that does packaging, or a packaging machine that includes a robot?”

PMMI，包装和处理技术协会recommends that machinery users apply the ANSI B155.1 standard for packaging and processing systems to the packaging system as a whole, and make use of the type-C standards, which deal with detailed safety requirements for a particular machine or group of machines, as guidance to meet the requirements of B155.1. By applying the B155.1 as the base standard and drawing on the specific applicable requirements of R15.06 (a U.S. national adoption of the international standard ISO 10218-1 and -2), machinery users can achieve the best of both worlds—packaging and processing machinery with automation.

Knowing how to apply the industry standards can assist in developing productive, safe, and effective solutions. PMMI can assist. Contact Tom Egan, Vice President of Industry Services for PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies attegan@pmmi.org.