Hi all,
Because of growing production and difficulties of finding skilled workers we are looking at robot options to help us with our welding parts.
This will be our first robot and we dont have any experience at all. Unfortunately we dont have the budget to afford a new installation so we are looking for a used/refurbished robot from a well known company.
Our products are 850x730x150mm and have a max weight of 30kg, the robot will be mostly used to weld steel in 2 -3mm thickness. We think that a robot with a reach of +/- 1500mm with an H positioner should be able to weld most, probably all, of our parts.
I have been offered two different installations from two different well known supplier (for refurbished robots). I would like to know if someone can give some comments on which installation they would prefer and why.
first opion ABB1400
- refurbished Robot ABB 1400 controller S4c+ with M2000 software
- K type manipulator with atleast 250kg payload and 2000m+ between heads
- new Fronius TPs320i welder
- Torch cleaning station
- fully tested, serviced repainted and comes with a 90 day parts warranty
second option Kuka
- KUKA KR15 with 1.500 mm arm reach, refurbished.
- KRC2 controller based on WinXP, KUKA software KSS 5.2.14, 32 Digital I/O
- Kempi 400 Amp welding machine
- H positioner 2.5 meter 500kg load capacity
- cleaning installation
install and training will be quoted extra
There is a 10.000 euro difference between the installations, ABB installatin being cheaper.