Citation
(1998), "Robot reliability", Industrial Robot, Vol. 25 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.1998.04925aaf.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Robot reliability
Robot reliability
Whether its welding, painting or materials handling, one of the most common questions asked is "How reliable are robots under extreme working conditions?". The US arm of FANUC Robotics based in Coventry about five years ago supplied a robot which ladles molten material. There has never been a service call in all that time. The robot dips the ladle into the molten metal on the right, traverses to the left where it pours into the die. It is programmed to gradually tip the ladle to maintain a constant flow rate into the mould. Precise control of pouring improves casting quality by filling the mould at the optimum rate.
A FANUC
robot pouring molten metal into a die
Details from FANUC Robotics (UK) Limited, Seven Stars Industrial Estate, Wheler Road, Coventry CV3 4LB. Tel: 01203 639669; Fax: 01203 304333.