High-Payload Palletizing Robot
Yaskawa Motoman’s PL800 palletizing robot offers an 800-kg payload with flexibility for a range of palletizing, layer picking, and other logistical applications.
Yaskawa Motoman (Dayton, Oh.) has extended the PL-series of robots, adding the PL800 with an 800-kg payload. The PL800 has a horizontal reach of 3159 mm (124 in) and a vertical reach of 3024 mm (119 in). The robot’s parallel-link structure provides rigidity and stabilization for heavy loads, and the T-axis features a 100-mm (4-in) pass-through for connections to the end-of-arm tool.
A single cable connects the manipulator to the controller, and lines for air and other cables are routed internally from the base to the end-of-arm tool. A cable installation tube eases fieldbus routing to the upper arm and/or gripper.
Offering an IP54-rated wrist and body as standard, the PL800 can be floor-mounted. The robot is controlled by Yaskawa’s YRC1000 controller featuring a compact cabinet measuring 23.5 by 19 by 17 in. A lightweight teach pendant features intuitive programming. The PL800 is also available with Yaskawa’s PalletSolver software for offline creation of palletizing patterns.
Yaskawa’s new PL800 Palletizing robot is the latest addition to its PL series of robots.
Photo Credit: Yaskawa
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