Dear frnds,
Somebody asked what does for IRB stands in ABB IRB360 ROBOTS, and what is d meaning of 360 in that.
If someone knows it's ans pls let me I have searched in manuals but could not find it
IRB STANDS FOR WHAT IN IRB 360 ??
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October 6, 2018 at 10:30 AM -
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If I remember correctly it's not anything special, just Industrial RoBot and IRC5 is Industrial Robot Controller (Generation) 5
The numbering is not directly linked to anything (again, that I remember) except that the very first number kind of indicates the size of the robot (360 being a bit of an exception here) where 1 is the small ones and 8 being the big ones.
A higher number in the same family generally indicates a newer model..... ex. IRB2000 >> 2400 >> 2600 or 6600>>6640>>6700>>6790
but the interesting thing is that if you look at 6620, 6650 and 6660 while they're in the same "family" as the rest of the 6XXX robots they're vastly different.You'd think that maybe a 3-number robot (i.e. 260, 360, 460, 660, 760) signifies a 4-axis robot (not that 3=4 makes any sense) and it does, only for the 120 and 140 to spoil the party as they're 6-axis.
The 120 and 140 also breaks the rule of higher number being newer as the 140 is a LOT older than the 120.So - as you can see.... there's no clear cut rule....
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It was a lot simpler when I started working for ABB, or ASEA as it was called then. An IRB6 could carry 6Kg, an IRBL6 was the same with a longer lower arm and the IRB60 could carry 60Kg, that was the full range
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It was a lot simpler when I started working for ABB, or ASEA as it was called then. An IRB6 could carry 6Kg, an IRBL6 was the same with a longer lower arm and the IRB60 could carry 60Kg, that was the full range
Because of that, I assumed the IRB90 was 90Kg until someone pointed out it was 100Kg in the specs.
I also assumed the IRB2000 was due to the 20Kg payload but that didn't explain the IRB3000 or IRB6000 or the IRB1000 & 1500.
When the S4 controller came out, the adapted 2000>>2400, the 3000/3200>>3400, the 6000>>6400 - I can understand that.
The new design IRB4400 was simply the size between the 2400 & 6400, the new design smaller 6Kg was now the 1400 and the IRB640 was a 4-axis variation of the 6400 family. This all made sense to me but now that the product line has expanded so much
Most of the time the first digit is size and the second is generation but as SAABholic said, it's not clear cut. -
The *400 (2400/4400/6400) had a trailing arm where the *600 (2600/6600) could "reach over backward" (palletizing?)
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The *400 (2400/4400/6400) had a trailing arm where the *600 (2600/6600) could "reach over backward" (palletizing?)That's a good theory, guess the x700's are the odd balls here... 6700 v.s. 8700
1400/1410, 2400, 4400, 6400, 6660 are all designed with a parallel link arm, so are the 260, 460, 660 & 760 palletizers (as well as the big-boy 8700)
(reach over backward is called "Serial Link" design)