Can anyone rank them in terms of performance, maintenance, programming, etc.?
Kuka vs Fanuc vs Kawasaki vs ABB
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ayanxd -
April 3, 2014 at 7:33 AM -
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Unless you would be satisfied with a series of personal opinions in answer to your query, you might consider:
- Identify what payload ranges in which you are interested.
- Define what is important to you about the term "performance."
- Define what is important to you about the term "maintenance."
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I require it for MIG Welding, Spot Welding applications. The payload will be as suitable (the one i know is Kuka is KR 16 L8 HW for MIG welding). Maintenance in terms of spare parts available, etc.
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In my company there are 5 Kobelko -Kawasaki and 3 ABB ,but this last very old , all for paintig lines
For programming and performance Kawa are better , because they are yunger,for editing ABB is much easy ,
for maintenenence ABB is cheaper ,because the tecnical support is in Italy the the Kawa is in Germany
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Not even looking at the application you want to perform, Kawasaki is at the bottom of my list because the market share is so low that unless you already have an experienced operator, finding one is really difficult.
Next, ABB has been a long standing company and they have really good solid robots, their service is pretty decent and they have a good slice of the market but finding service and parts for them sometimes proves difficult and really I'm looking at ease of use.
Fanuc would probably be my second because refurbished Fanuc robots are all over the place, they're familiar, and they last a long time, some 15+ years! But if you buy one, to get any type of service or support from them you have to purchase their licensing or you have to find an external company to work with which is what my company does a lot because licensing can be a huge and unexpected blow to companies' budgets. Refurbished and older parts are easy to come by but they have a pretty tight leash on their new part supply.
KUKA is relatively new but they have great support and when you buy the robot, you buy the support too. They're really solid machines and they're capable of a lot of tasks. While there aren't many refurbished ones out there, they are slowly gaining speed in US manufacturing plants. Google Tesla Kuka Robots for an example.
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Not even looking at the application you want to perform, Kawasaki is at the bottom of my list because the market share is so low that unless you already have an experienced operator, finding one is really difficult.Next, ABB has been a long standing company and they have really good solid robots, their service is pretty decent and they have a good slice of the market but finding service and parts for them sometimes proves difficult and really I'm looking at ease of use.
Fanuc would probably be my second because refurbished Fanuc robots are all over the place, they're familiar, and they last a long time, some 15+ years! But if you buy one, to get any type of service or support from them you have to purchase their licensing or you have to find an external company to work with which is what my company does a lot because licensing can be a huge and unexpected blow to companies' budgets. Refurbished and older parts are easy to come by but they have a pretty tight leash on their new part supply.
KUKA is relatively new but they have great support and when you buy the robot, you buy the support too. They're really solid machines and they're capable of a lot of tasks. While there aren't many refurbished ones out there, they are slowly gaining speed in US manufacturing plants. Google Tesla Kuka Robots for an example.
This helped alot thank you very much!