ir10.1108/irIndustrial Robot: An International Journal0143-991XEmerald Group Publishing Limited10.1108/ir.2010.04937cad.003e-non-articleSecondary articleNew productscat-ENGGEngineeringcat-MEGMechanical engineeringSix-axis robot launch represents major development in European robot market03052010373© Emerald Group Publishing Limited2010peer-reviewednoacademic-contentyesrightslinkexcludedSix-axis robot launch represents major development in European robot market

Article Type: New products From:Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Volume 37, Issue 3

The new TV800 EZCell robot (Figure 3), launched in the UK by TM Robotics(Europe), is the first six-axis robot ever manufactured by Toshiba Machine. Thelaunch represents a significant development in the automation market, becauseToshiba Machine is now one of the only major players in the industry to offer acomplete range of robot technologies – SCARA, Cartesian and six axis.Ideal for the manufacturing sector, the robot will find uses in a host of pickand place applications.

Figure 3

The TV800 has a total arm length of 800 mm, a reach of 892 mm and a compositemaximum speed of 8.06 m/s. The robot has a maximum cycle time of 0.4 to 0.5 s,repeatability of ±0.02 mm and a maximum payload of 5 kg. Its controlledusing Toshiba Machine’s new TS3100 controller, which is programmed in SCOL,a language similar to BASIC as are all Toshiba Machine industrial robots, andhas the option of a teach pendant for easy access outside the robot cell.

“The TV800 completes the set for Toshiba Machine and for us,”explained Nigel Smith, Managing Director of TM Robotics. “We now offer thewidest range of SCARA robots on the market, a Cartesian solution that can beconfigured in literally hundreds of ways and a six-axis robot that can becompared with the very best in its class. Coupled with the ability of our IP65SCARA robot to compete, on an equal footing, with flexipickers in industriessuch as food and pharmaceuticals, our range now feels whole.”

The new six-axis robot uses an absolute position detection system, with arobust AC motor at its heart. Axes one to six offer working envelopes of ±170°,−100 to +150°, −127 to +167°,±190°,±120°and ±360°, respectively. They also feature maximum speeds of 237, 240,288, 350.5, 484, and 576°/s, respectively. The allowable moment of inertiaon axis four and five is 0.3 kg m2 and on axis six its 0.5 kg m2.

For more information, please visit the web site: www.tmrobotics.co.uk