Motoman will be introducing the MC2000 Master Cut robot at IMTS this September. The robot has been designed with high rigidity and precision drives to provide superior path accuracy for laser cutting small holes and sharp corners. Path accuracy can be within 0.1 mm, depending on the application.

The robot uses Formcut software to automatically generates the ideal path based on user-specified geometry. Circle, rectangle, ellipse, pentagon and hexagon shapes are supported with easy definition of shape and size rotation from a single programmed point.

In addition to material cutting, the six-axis MC2000 can be used for laser welding and dispensing applications.  Proportional analog generates a control signal corresponding to the speed of the robot. When used with dispensing equipment flow controls, a uniform bead is produced on contoured parts. The signal is available as an analog voltage or on a fieldbus network.

The MC2000 uses the Motoman DX100 controller that incorporates patented multiple robot control technology to handle multiple tasks and control up to eight robots (72 axes), I/O devices and communication protocols. The energy-saving controller features faster processing speeds for smoother interpolation, advanced robot arm motion, built-in collision avoidance, quicker I/O response and accelerated Ethernet communication. It is compliant to ANSI/RIA R15.06-1999 and other relevant ISO and CSA safety standards.

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