Hi guys,
I want to sync my robot with a pump to deliver a paste depending on the robot speed for having a uniform paste bead. the problem gets slightly complicated at high speeds (more than MOVL500) due to the accel-decel ratios especially in my complex tool paths. So i was thinking that there could be a way the robot controller could out-put or give me the speed of the TCP on the fly while running the job. then i could scale it and feed it to my pump's inverter to control it. I guess the robot controller "knows" or it can calculate the TCP speed from the joint speed data feed back it gets from the encoders am I correct?
I am doing offline programming so i can run the JOB virtually, could i collect the TCP speed data from MotoSIM?
I found this netzsch momo-pump system (Uniform application of sealant despite speed changes using NETZSCH Dispensing Pump and robot) but i dont know how they control the pump rate. I suppose they just pre-programmed the pump feed rates, what do you guys think?
I understated its an awkward question but I though I would give it try.
By the way what are the speed ranges typically used in gluing cells like those for gluing wind shields and big things? (50-500mm/sec or do they go more than that?)
All thoughts are welcome!
Thanks!