ABB Robotics HUGE leap in Collaborative Robotics is here with the PoWa series of Cobots with a groundbreaking special offer on new robots
ABB Robotics released their new line of Collaborative robots in ranges of 7 to 30kg that are designed to be economical, fast, and packed to the seams with standard features otherwise offered as options by our competitors.
Dubbed the PoWa line by ABB Robotics, the new cobots are designed to be the company’s next step in Collaborative robotics. With six variants – from 7kg to 30kg, and reaches from 0.91m to 2.1m – The PoWa platform is a fully rounded and capable Cobot platform, encompassing ABB’s attention to quality and durability.
The PoWa line consists of three series of robots – the CRB 1900, the CRB 1910 and the CRB 1920.
The CRB 1910, available right now, consists of robot arms with payloads and reaches of 13kg/1.34m and 10kg/1.52m robot.
The CRB 1920, which will follow right behind in June, consists of payloads and reaches of 16kg/1.96m, a 20kg/1.67m, and the 30kg/1.35m.
The CRB 1900, which will come in late Summer, will be the 7kg variant to round out the smaller end of the spectrum for the series.
The real story here, aside from larger payloads and reaches, are the features packed into the robot systems.
For starters, the robot brings expanded signals and data to the flange for use with electric grippers such as the EGM from SCHUNK, and a configurable signal connection for analog or digital inputs/outputs.
The robots are also fast – achieving 5.8 meters per second TCP speed with rated payload, thanks to advanced force and torque sensors
The PoWa line also delivers on ABB’s efforts to make robots accessible to everyone by providing tools, video guides and tutorials to enable anyone to deploy and bring their robots up and online inside of 60 minutes. With the powerful OmniCore controller, Wizard easy teaching tools, free AppStudio support and fast delivery, PoWa’s impact is about to be felt in the robotics world this year.
Special PoWa Promotion for sale introduction
With the launch, ABB Robotics has empowered Lydey Automation to make a special introduction pricing offer for new PoWa arms through the end of June, where the pricing reverts back to their standard competitive price point. ABB has put together a special supercompetitive price point for a very well-equipped PoWa arm on the OmniCore controller. Customers in the marketplace for a robot should contact their salesperson or click here to engage us to learn more about the PoWa and discuss your application.
SCHUNK releases suite of robot-enhancing products for robotics integrators
Faster support, online configurators, competitive pricing and fast delivery – that’s the name of the game with SCHUNK’s tool changers, compensation units and force/torque sensing that’s part of their Robot PLUS lineup.
Robot PLUS consists of a full suite of products to marry their broad gripping portfolio to robotics. Among the product offerings include automated and manual tool changers, Force and Torque sensors, and compensation units.
Tool Changers that interchange and ship quickly
The biggest part of the Robot PLUS lineup is the CPS tool changers. Designed to interchange with popular tool changer designs, the CPS series of changers brings design updates and new features to the party. For starters, the CPS has a spring-locking mechanism that ensures the tool changer doesn’t decouple from the robot in the event of a loss of air, a significant change from how competitive changers operate. The CPS also delivers a huge complement of pass-through modules that bring power, signals, communications and specialized media connection to the tool from the robot arm. Configure your tool changer online with the online configurator and quickly get 3D CAD files to download immediately. Because they interchange with competitive tool changer footprints, you can use the CPS in conjunction with your existing tool changers.
The CPB changer series from SCHUNK provides a much larger footprint of mating surfaces for a variety of pass-throughs, for applications that require a high degree of fluid, signal, power and communications to the robot tool.
The series also brings with it the CMS series of manual tool changers. These tool changers are a huge convenience for users needing the occasional swap-out of tools light enough to be swapped by hand. Depending on the size, the CMS comes with fluid pass-through ports and available surfaces for electrical or power passthroughs.
Also in the offering is the compensation units AGM; compensation units are a godsend when attempting to pick a part from a constrained nest or some other rigid/static feature. By releasing the compensation unit, the gripper can compensate to the part’s position, grip, and then when freed from the constaining nesting detail, the compensation unit can reengage, locking the gripper and part into centerline for further processing. It’s a device you don’t think you’d need until you do. These come available in X/Y, X/Y/Z or orientation compensating for a variety of needs.
Rounding out the offering is SCHUNK’s FTM sensors, which monitor force and torque of tooling onboard the robot. It’s a great method for on-arm qualitative diagnosis of gripped parts (FTM sensors can detect weigh of picked parts) as well as monitor for applied force of robots in grinding, polishing and finishing applications. The FTM can also detect collision and help save tooling.
Lydey Automation turns 50 this year
That’s right, our company turns fifty this year. Lydey Automation has been in the business of automating the Midwest for half a century. So far.
Our origin story takes us to Lambertville Michigan. Donald Lydey, at that time a valve salesman for what would become his competitor eventually, wanted to branch out on his own. With the encouragement of his wife Valerie, the two of them started Lydey Air Controls, and became the exclusive stocking distributor for Numatics. Lydey sons can still remember the rows of inventory that doubled as a jungle gym in the basement.
Fast forward to the 2000s, Donald and Valerie’s sons Dean, Dan and Jake all join the company, and would go on to become the second generation of ownership.
Additionally, Lydey Air Controls would also become Lydey Automation. Our name change, we believed, comes from the notion that our role in manufacturing was so much more broadly focused than pneumatic air controls. And that was reflected in the broadening of our linecard scope to include electric motion, vision and sensing, robotics, machine safety and electrical automation controls. While fluid power is still a significant part of our focus, we’ve stepped back and applied the principles Donald and Valerie taught us, to a broader scope of automation.
And it’s all possible because of customers like you. Our customers are our lifeblood, and we’re proud of the partnerships we’ve cultivated with you in this competitive marketplace. We stand ready to serve your automation needs for the next fifty years and beyond.