Planning a Gantry or Robot Slide
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Plan a gantry from the job: what moves, how far, how fast and how often. The work area and payload set the gantry's size; the cycle rate sets speed and acceleration; the floor plan decides between overhead gantry and floor-mounted robot on a slide.
Which system?
| If you need to… | Consider |
|---|---|
| Move product across a large rectangular area | Multi-axis gantry |
| Pick and place fast over a compact area | Cartesian robot, T-Bot or H-Bot |
| Load or unload pallets from overhead | Gantry palletizer |
| Let one robot tend several machines | Robot slide (7th axis) |
What to send EAC
- The jobWhat's picked, from where, to where.
- Work areaLength, width and height available, plus any obstructions.
- PayloadHeaviest product plus the gripper.
- Cycle ratePicks per minute or units per hour.
- Existing equipmentFor a robot slide: the robot model and its payload.
- ControlsWhether you want a complete system with drives and controller, or will integrate it yourself.