A large dairy products packaging company required rapid vertical axis travel in their case packaging and bottling lines automation. Product was being moved over long spans between multi-level conveyor systems. Case packaging operations required a fast pace and long Z axis stroke to move product. End effectors are often large and heavy which can introduce a pendulum effect. Macron application engineers suggested using a MacBUILT Dual X / Dual Z configuration consisting of MSA-14 heavy duty actuators.
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Macron Dynamics Inc. has announced the development of a product line featuring scalable, cost effective, single belt driven robotic gantries suitable for pick and place applications. “Macron has introduced a line of belt driven X/Z gantry systems with fixed motor mounting,” says Steve Evers, director of business development. “These gantry systems are perfect for pick and place processes requiring automated transfer of products from feed conveyors to final package assemblies,” he says.
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The winning video of of Macron’s 2010 Show Us Your Macron Video Contest is a camera system used in a broadcasting studio. Macron’s products were used to operate a floor mounted video camera and teleprompter guidance system. The system features a MacBUILT 14 X axis actuator with an application configured wrap around cart. MacSTANDARD MSA-14 actuators with extended carts provide the Z axis motion in a dual configuration.
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This application is a pick and place process for the automated transfer of a product from a feed conveyor to the final package assembly. The automated system utilizes a Macron TBG-12 X/Z gantry with a light duty single belt and a dual fixed motor multi-axis actuator.
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Larry Miller from Macron Dynamics blogs about his experience on the set of DS SolidWorks’ “Let’s Go Design” interactive web series, where Macron supplied the gantry system for “The Ultimate CAD Chair”.
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The Let’s Go Design Interactive Web Series from SolidWorks has released episode five of “The Ultimate CAD Chair” series today. Macron Dynamics worked with SolidWorks to design the frame and gantry system for an automated, user-controlled office chair.
The Macron gantry system is featured at minute 3:56 in the video by host Jeremy Luchini. We will…
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A client sought solution to handle the programmable dispensing of adhesives for part of an automated packaging system. Macron Dynamics worked in conjunction with a distribution partner to design and manufacture a two axis XY, low cost gantry for this programmable adhesive dispensing application.
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The irregular work envelopes of traditional jointed articulating arms may require redesign of existing workspaces. SCARA and articulating arm robots might be the most recognizable form of robot on the market today but look to gantry robots for getting the big jobs done in the least amount of space. Gantry robots also called Cartesian robots are almost ubiquitous with automation but for reasons beyond the scope of this article here are not quick to be regarded as serious robots. Due to their simple design, low cost and scalability and the myriad of motor and control software solutions, this is changing.
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Application:
Gantry robot; X, Y & Z Axis for Optical Inspection
Industry: Solar Energy Panel Manufacturing
Challenge:
A product test station required an overhead transport system with integrated frame. Due to testing parameters the entire system needed to be non-reflective. Standard clear anodized aluminum components would not meet the requirement.
Solution: Macron 6 Cartesian Robot Gantry System
X axis – dual…
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Macron engineers have designed and manufactured complex automation systems for factory automation, packaging, shipping, sorting, and a host of other motion applications. In addition to gantry robots, Macron single axis linear actuators are available in configurations up to 500 feet in length.
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