Greetings All,
First post on this forum.
I'm looking to buy a used Fanuc s430 robot or similar reach/price/serviceability robot.
We will be using it to make a 1.1" weave down a 72" length strip with .04-.05 stepover so lots of repetitive motion within a limited range.
It will need to have a digital IO board and provisions for running on 240v 3 phase.
We only have single phase 240vac now so I will need a three phase converter.
We have gantry robots now that are basically G-code based but I think we can take advantage of the used robot market as we move into automating larger jobs.
I have some experience programming a Fanuc s420 RJ2 robot but it was 15 years ago and my memory is horrible so I will basically be starting from scratch. IE I'm not tied to the Fanuc brand.
Is there a better choice out there than Fanuc s430 for what I'm trying to do?
The fanuc s430 robots that I have found online have all been 480vac three phase. Can the jumpers be changed on the transformer to run 240vac or do I need to but another transformer?
Here is the process I'm trying to automate. You can fast forward to 1:25 in the video.
Also, do I want to bother with simulation software at all for these kind of applications?
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