Posts by Lemster68
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I have never programmed Kuka before, but all the other major robot brands that I have programmed have built in a way for the robot to calculate such. I would expect Kuka does too. Sometimes it is a paid option. Search this forum or your Kuka manuals some for payload estimation or something similar.
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Great, I hope it works for you.
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OK. So is the file the same? You know every time that there will be, for example, 23 elements? If so, then you can read from the beginning to end, storing the data in an array buffer, perhaps in reverse order. It is kind of an extra step, but can work.
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Your robots are connected to the PLC, you use the PLC like the police would direct traffic. One robot requests to enter the area of interference. The PLC checks the other robot to see if it is clear. If so, the PLC grants the permission to enter the area. When the robot enters the area, it will turn the clear bit off. For safety, you should turn it off, not on, because if one robot controller gets shut down while it is in the interference area, it will be assumed to be not clear because the signal for clear is not on.
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That sounds much more difficult than just having the text file written in reverse for you to read.
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OK, next question, very important. What model robot do you have or are considering for this application? Also, it looks like parallel pairs so you could maybe cut your time in half if you put two drivers at the correct spacing. Some compliance like spring loaded spindles and sockets that can wobble a little to find their way onto the bolt head.
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I have used ABB robots to both tighten and loosen bolts. I cannot help you yet because I don't fully understand what you are asking.
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Doing a search here brings up some other threads which confirm Gettool and Settool, but some say that it is a paid option.
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I learned last year that a VxWorks license is $200 - $250K! Google top ten most expensive softwares and it should be on that list. Wow!
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You are welcome. I hate to dash your hopes. Don't forget about screen protectors. And if the operators are doing more damage than just the screen, ABB does also offer pendant protection options.
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I don't know how to do it programmatically, but you can go into the tool data and manually key in the numbers. If it won't let you, it is because you need to set a certain parameter, I think.
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You are very, very unlikely to connect HMI directly to robot. That is why I said that you would have to go through PLC, and there will still be a lot of code that will need to be written.
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So basically you want to have a replacement for the teach pendant interface and functionality. You will need at minimum socket messaging, which would be included with PC Interface option. But there would be a lot of code which has to be written both for the robot and the PLC. Check out Robotstudio App Connect, 688-1. It seems to fit your description. Finally, you can buy screen protectors, not just from ABB but also from Amazon or wherever. They might have to be trimmed to fit, but this is definately the cheapest way to protect the pendant screen.
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What kind of data or what kind of interaction is required from the operator?
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Is it a real pcmcia card or a cf to pcmcia adaptor? Or some other card to pcmcia adaptor? I have found that not many work except cf to pcmcia only, not the multi adaptors either.
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Did you look in your event messages under config? Are you using devicenet? If so, do you already have a bus or device called CAN1 in your EIO.cfg?
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Is a PLC controlling the cell? Use interference zones.