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ABB Robotics is already increasing its lineup of modular industrial robotic arms. The corporate this week launched the IRB 7710 and IRB 7720 that supply 16 new variants and are designed for a wide range of purposes. Nonetheless, ABB stated it expects nearly all of installations of the brand new robots to be in automotive OEM and Tier provider sectors, in addition to a major stage of set up in logistics, foundry, equipment manufacturing, development and agriculture purposes.
The IRB 7710 and IRB 7720 can deal with payloads between 280kg to 620kg. These new robots be part of ABB’s lately launched IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740 modular robots. Altogether, ABB stated it modular robotic lineup provides 46 completely different variants that may deal with payloads between 70kg-620kg.
ABB first launched its idea of modular industrial robotic arms in 2023. It additionally received a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for these robots.
What makes these robots progressive is that each one fashions are based mostly on the identical modular design. All the elements are standardized throughout all mannequin platforms, together with the bottom, decrease arm, higher arm, and wrist. All the robots having the identical footprint means set up is quicker, extra handy, and extra versatile. All the modules, or constructing blocks, share the identical linkages or interfaces, permitting ABB to supply a better vary of robotic fashions extra effectively. The corporate stated these modules assist it keep a extra manageable provide chain of elements, permitting it to ship built-to-order robots much more shortly and economically.
ABB’s new IRB-7720 modular industrial robotic arm. | Credit score: ABB
“As companies introduce new applied sciences and elements to fulfill productiveness and sustainability objectives, we’ve engineered our modular massive robotic portfolio to allow them to pick out one of the best robots and variants to permit them to effectively undertake their operations” stated Marc Segura, president of ABB’s robotics division. “With essentially the most complete portfolio of mechatronic platforms, industrial robots, cobots, and AMRs within the market, the newest robots prolong our portfolio even additional, serving to our clients navigate labor shortages and making certain they continue to be aggressive, whereas working in a sustainable method.”
ABB’s new IRB 7710 and IRB 7720 robots provide 16 new variants and are ideally suited to assist purposes throughout varied industries. Operators can select from a variety of ABB robots to make sure they’ve the best variant to deal with varied purposes for electrical automobiles (EV), hybrid, and conventional automobile manufacturing – spanning from press automation, body-in-white, EV battery development, and closing meeting. ABB stated these robots are designed for prime payload meeting, equivalent to giga casting, excessive pace press tending and palletizing, in addition to excessive accuracy contact purposes, equivalent to machining and friction stir welding.
The brand new robots provide path accuracy all the way down to 0.6mm, ABB stated, with a number of robots operating at excessive speeds of as much as 1600mm/s and transferring payloads of as much as 620kg. ABB’s new massive robots made their debut at Automate in Chicago. They’re working in a totally useful automotive manufacturing cell on ABB’s stand, performing automobile physique element materials dealing with, spot welding and arc welding.
ABB is celebrating 50 years of robotic innovation all through 2024. Segura kicked off the celebration by lately discussing 3 ways synthetic intelligence driving robotics innovation.