Beyond the automotive industry, medical
and pharmaceutical markets, as well
as other precision parts industries, are
demanding more precise, faster output
and higher production rates than ever
before. What’s more, complex geometries
require absolute precision – especially in
terms of surface quality, contour accuracy,
weight stability and reproducibility.
FANUC was aware of this when the
company decided to develop a larger
machine with the same reliability as
the previous six models with clamping
forces between 150 and 3000 kN. Now
we have 4500 kN clamping force, 920
mm x 920 mm tie bar spacing, a clamping
stroke of 900 mm, 1300 mm x 1300 mm
platens and a mould height of up to 1000
mm. The α-S450iA shows its impressive
productivity potential: for lawn mowers,
Polypropylene covers measuring 330 x
570 mm are produced in less than one
minute cycle time: shot weight 725m³.
A FANUC Robot M-20iA, mounted on
the IMM’s fixed platen, takes care of
demoulding and depositing the hoods. cell. The ROBOSHOT α-S50iA - 500kN
clamping force - works with a FANUC
Robot LR Mate 200iD/7. It takes four
rectangular (length approx. 8 mm) LSR
electrical connector seals from the
four-cavity mould and deposits them on
a conveyor belt. The core of the system
is the D18mm LSR screw/cylinder unit
developed by FANUC. Here, a Robot
system called QSSR (Quick and Simple
Start-up of Robotization) has been
implemented.
For products that need to be tightly
protected against environmental
influences, FANUC presents its
proprietary liquid silicone processing ROBONANO DEMONSTRATION
At a demonstration station, mould makers
can discuss real precision with FANUC
experts. ROBONANO is the company’s
FANUC now offers a further development
in multi-component injection moulding:
a rotary table with one of the most
reliable servo drives on the market. A
production cell of ROBOSHOT α-S150iA
+ vertical type 2nd injection unit SI-20A is
automated with a FANUC Robot LR Mate
- also via QSSR. Useful during the cold
season: the FANUC Robot deposits two-
colour ice scrapers moulded in a special
hard PC/ABS blend combined with a soft
TPE handle on the conveyor belt. Visitors
are invited to take the product home.
solution in the sector of finishing quality
optical surfaces. ROBONANO’s typical
applications are the finishing of tool
inserts for injection moulding machines
when form accuracy and surface finish
requirements are strict, for instance in
the production of high quality optical
components. ROBONANO features a
high positioning accuracy with the
programming command resolution of
0.1 nanometre (0.1nm is equal to 10-10
meters or 1 Angstrom, the unit of length
used to measure the size of molecules
and atoms) which is required to achieve
optical quality surface finish. You can
meet a perfect showcase of FANUC
state of the art technology. In Japan
ROBONANO has been contributing for
about two decades to the success of
FANUC’s customers serving information
and communication technology,
automotive, medical and other industries.
A video shows this new machine tool
in its ability to produce highly precise,
repeatable and stable optical quality
surface finishing on high-precision
mould inserts.
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