Hi All,
I'm a grad student working in dual robotic milling on a single part. The thing is, we already have 2x MH280 II (280kg payload) robots, but access to them is limited and we're afraid to try some of our ideas out on those robots because they're not technically ours. So I'm looking for a smaller scale setup to test our stuff on before we move onto the MH280 IIs.
Ideally each robot would have no more than 1500mm horizontal reach (ideally 1000mm) and can survive light milling of aluminum (peak force of 100 newtons according to our CNC cutting data). Accuracy is not an issue and we're definitely not planning on making production level parts. We want to see how much the robots deflect when they mill.
Does anyone know for sure of any smaller robots (for example: Staubli TX90) that can survive milling of aluminum? I have no idea what the minimum payload should be since this seems to be an empirical judgement and I'm not sure if I should completely trust the advertisements on the robot manufacturer's sites. Thanks for any help you can provide! Below are some more specs we do for cutting:
Depth of Cut: 2.5mm
RPM: 1000
Feed Rate: 1.5mm/sec (REALLY SLOW)