"Precision and verifiability are
decisive factors for us. The
newer the plant, the more
steps are monitored", Spenst
explains. "Recently we wrote a
chain of 800 steps, only 30 of
them were paths. Everything
else were just commands of
pneumatic components or
queries with alarm." Around
60% of the range was operator
messages such as "end position
not reached", "part lost" or
"part not correctly mounted".
What is decisive nowadays is
that the user receives as much
information as possible because
in the case of a malfunction
they must immediately identify
the reason, Spenst highlights.
This is particularly because of
the precise monitoring of the
grippers, because only in this
way damages to the tools and
system downtimes could be
avoided. Denk always works in
a multistage system here: First
all parts are monitored whether
they are correctly mounted.
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