Robot Simulation With Robcad

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Develop and Simulate Robotic Manufacturing

Process with

Robcad

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Configurable

Configurable product product & application & application implementation implementation basedbased on industry-related characteristics

on industry-related characteristics

Digital Manufacturing

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Typical Challenges

When you can harmonize through Virtual Simulation

Are you tired of the cost of debug and startup?

Profitability Profitability Time to Volume Time to Volume Increased Net Increased Net Profits Profits

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What is Robot Simulation ?

What is the reason for simulating robotic

manufacturing processes?

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 Optimize your robot programs!Optimize your robot programs!

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 Evaluate and verify the operation ofEvaluate and verify the operation of a work cell or a single robot!

a work cell or a single robot!

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 Savings in time and money: yourSavings in time and money: your robot program will work!

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Business Drivers

Reduced Time to Market: Design, Commissioning and Ramp-up

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_{Higher demand}

for product and process quality

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Reduce costs: Fewer applications, Reduced training, Greater resource flexibility Knowledge capturing

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Increased No. of new product introductions / year

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Mix Model Production & Modular plant design

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Increased automation complexity and density:

use of robot gardens and need for robot

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Quality!

What is quality in a robotic work cell?

 Time-optimized robot operation!

 Collision-free robot paths!

 Smooth operation of your expensive handling or manufacturing robots!

 Confidence!

The robot program will work and not stop your production!

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Robotic

Applications Japan US Germany Italy France UK

Arc Welding 3496 2250 826 331 364 167 Spot Welding 5093 2892 2165 588 1096 266 Assembly 3657 454 801 288 198 27 Handling 2245 3336 2976 351 309 17 Machine servicing 1930 229 921 1042 381 68 Paint, glue, seal 791 750 916 115 78 35 Palletizing 661 995 325 149 46 Cutting, process 224 382 6 34 Measurement, test 138 251 22 12 5 Other 7138 44 2016 2026 419 85 Total 25373 9955 11867 5470 3012 750 Source: J’Automatise N

Quantity!

What is the reason for simulating ?

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Complexity!

 It is almost impossible to manually program multi-robot work cells

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What is Robcad?

 is a set of Digital Manufacturing tools for design, simulation, optimization and off-line programming of

automated and manual manufacturing systems

 creates a virtual manufacturing environment to evaluate and verify

manufacturing processes

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Key Features

 Interactive design of

manufacturing lines and work cells

 3D visualization

 Collision checks

 Simulations of

manufacturing cells, to test, verify and optimize

placement and

programming of robots

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Built on Standard

• Membership includes a variety of manufacturers and • simulation suppliers in support of all robotic and

• automation applications.

What is RRS?

“The projects of Realistic Robot Simulation (RRS) aim at achieving high accuracy when simulating the controllers of manufacturing systems.” - Fraunhofer IPK, Project Coordinator

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Who uses Robcad?

 FORD  BMW  Honda  Mazda  Toyota  Audi  Renault  VW Group  Fiat  Suzuki  Volvo  AIRBUS  British Aerospace  RVI  FUJI  HITACHI  Volvo AB

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Robcad by Applications

1. Spot 2. Arc 3. Paint 4. Handling 5. Assembly Studies 6. Human

7. Off Line Programming 8. And more …

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Robcad Spot

 Develop work cell layout

 Create weld points and select

best guns

 Optimize robot paths

 Generate fully validated robot programs

Robcad Spot to design and optimize

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Robcad Spot

 Import product and weld points from CAD

 Get robots and peripheral components from Library

 Use advanced placement tools

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Robcad Spot

 Create sections

 Design new gun

 Modify existing gun

 Advanced gun search:

 Weld point information

 Part/Tooling geometry

 Welding parameters

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Robcad Spot

 Reach study

 Collision detection

 Automatic placement tools

 Via point addition

 Optimize robot path:

 Reduce cycle time

 Reduce joints load

 Eliminate bottlenecks

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Robcad Spot

 Define and simulate the work cell sequence of operations: robots, guns, fixtures, devices, humans

 Define logic events and signals

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Robcad Arc

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Robcad Arc addresses the particular needs of

automotive, heavy industry and shipyard customers

where exceptionally fast generation of new arc

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Robcad Arc

 Laser Cutting  Water Jet  Rimming  And more …

Relating Application

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Robcad Arc

 Create robot programs automatically, by analyzing construction assembly

 Check torch access with part and fixture

 Plan collision-free robot and gantry motions along each seam and from seam to seam

 OLP and program download to robots

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Robcad Paint

 Robcad Paint is designed for  Painting  Sealing  Gluing  Sanding  Thermal-spraying

Robcad Paint to design, test and optimize

coverage programs in the office environment

without interrupting production.

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Robcad Paint

 Automatic robot path creation

 Easy program maintenance and simulation of painting process

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Robcad for Handling

 3D Layout

 Cycle Time simulation

 Reachability studies

Off-line programming and

optimization of

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Robcad for Assembly

 Static and Dynamic collision checking

 Creation and simulation of Assembly paths

 Using original product CAD data, dynamically “package” parts into assemblies, define insertion and extraction paths for parts

 Check service and maintenance procedures before first prototype is built

Assembly Studies to define, analyze

and verify product assembly and

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Robcad Human

 Different human models

 Ergonomic studies

 Kinematics and motion capabilities

 Window for visibility analysis

 Cycle Time analysis

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Robcad Off-Line Programming - OLP

 Accurately simulate motion & cycle time with real robot RRS

 Cell and robot calibration

 Download and upload robot programs

 Support all major controllers in the market:

 ABB S4 - Irc5  KUKA KRC2  FANUC RJ3  MOTOMAN NX  KAWASAKI  NACHI  COMAU  Etc.

Accurate off-line programming of robots

and shop floor machinery

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Your Benefits !

1. Time-optimized robot operation!

2. Collision-free robot paths!

3. Smooth operation of expensive handling or manufacturing robots!

4. Optimized work cell layout!

5. Validated and optimized robot programs meeting specifications!

6. Reduced time for shop floor installation, debugging and ramp-up!

7. Increased process quality, maturity and level of confidence

8. Increase equipment re-usability

9. Design and operation problems detected at early stages of planning

10. Sequence information created automatically to be used for PLC design

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