Palletizing the Easy Way Pick Master 5 Robotics

Palletizing the Easy Way Pick. Master 5 © Robotics - 1 06 -06 -01 Incl. PM 5. 01 revision

© Robotics - 2 Pick. Master 5 Presentation n ABB Packaging Software n Product

Pick. Master- The ABB Packaging software Packing Palletizing © Robotics - 3 Picking

Market trend © Robotics - 4 It used to be about……… Now it is……… n Focus on hardware cost n Reduce programming cost n Maintaining specialized robot programming skills at SI n SI focusing at developing smart line integration solutions n Production changes needs reprogramming by Specialists n Ease of use tool for robot integration n Standard software with full customer support n End customers performs production changes with standard software

Lower the engineering cost n No need for costly robot programming © Robotics - 5 n Pick. Master 5 creates all the robot moves from the PC configuration

Untie your human resources © Robotics - 6 n An Ease of Use software can be handled by a general competence n No need for dedicated robot programmers n More flexible use of companies human resources n Same graphical interfaces as Pick. Master 3

Manage quick changes © Robotics - 7 n Product changes requires Ease of Use products n Changes easily re-configured with Pick. Master 5 n No need for specialists with detailed robot code about the actual installation

Flexible for late changes n Late changes in layout is managed by configuration changes © Robotics - 8 n No need for complete re programming

Global Support © Robotics - 9 n ABB supports standard products globally over the complete product life cycle

Cut the software maintenance cost © Robotics - 10 n Large volume product loaded with application tools n Continuously developed by ABB to meet customer requirements n Avoid “Inventing the wheel”

Add flexibility directly at the robot cell n Improve system redundancy n Let the robot adapt to where you want to feed the products n n Optimize robot utilization n © Robotics - 11 n Choose what in-feeds you want to use for what products on daily basis Use two in-feed stations for one out-feed Mix different products from different in-feed stations

Pick. Master. TM workflow Offline Configuration Transfer © Robotics - 12 Operation

Line control n Product in feed operated by line controller n Typically PLC n Not included in Pick. Master 5 n Products defined in line controller and Pick. Master 5 requests products from line controller for palletizing operation n Line controller acknowledge when ready n n Request by pre defined I/O signals n Projects started from GTPU © Robotics - 13 n From PLC using I/O signal event handling

© Robotics - 14 System configuration n Maximum, 1 robot per controller n 32

Optimize your Production Line n n Configure the whole layout of the palletizing cell n Pick. Master 5 Line configuration n Size and positions In-feeders n Pallets n Slip sheets et. c. Supports 32 controllers n © Robotics - 15 n 20 work areas per controller

Easy to find optimum pattern n n © Robotics - 16 n Integrated pallet pattern generator n Open for third party palletizing pattern software n Internal Library Calculation of optimal robot motion n Approach angles n Facings n Multi pick/place for max throughput Grippers included in configuration

Define the product n Shapes n © Robotics - 17 n Physical dimensions of a box, bag, slip sheet, pallet et. c. Item n Refers to an actual shape n Max speed, acceleration, rotation n Weight n Facing

Flexible Application Concepts n Mixed product in-feed formats n Product distribution to multiple production stations n Mixing of multiple products to one stack n Bi-directional – Palletizing/Depalletizing n Logical Flow Control allows user to instantly change infeed for a product © Robotics - 18 n Alternative infeeds can be configured for an out feed pallet

Ease of Use Operation n Efficient operation from ABB’s graphical Flex. Pendant n © Robotics - 19 n Palletizing process control n Start/stop project n Control of individual production cycles Event handler n Message and error reporting n Error recovery n Production information n Hot Tuning

Comprehensive Exception handler n n Stop and recovery n Individually per flow and station n Selection of recovery actions Customized Process Events n Reporting © Robotics - 20 n Error/Warning/Message n Process stop from periferals n I/O mapping to periferals N i ew n. P . 0 5 M 1

Hot Tuning © Robotics - 21 n Process parameter tuning n Item n Work area n Online from Flex. Pendant n Preset min/max tune values n Import/export of tune values between projects N i ew n. P . 0 5 M 1

Open Interface to Line Control n © Robotics - 22 n Best fit to Station Logics PLC’s n Generic Station Signal Interface n Request n Status I/O Communication configured for n Grippers n Conveyors n AGV´s n Quality inspection n Bar code reading

© Robotics - 23 Loaded With Features n Individual speed and acceleration control of products n Integrated tool configuration with activator zones n Manually adjustments of individual pick & place operations n Early request n RS simulation n Stack height checking n Collision avoidance n Flow n Backwards compatible n Error handling and Process recovery n Hot Tuning

Handled with care n Set maximum speed, acceleration and axis 4 rotation © Robotics - 24 n The configuration is linked to the actual product regardless what in-feed / out-feed it is using n Pick & place activation n Pick & place time n Advanced motion control

© Robotics - 25 Integrated tool configuration n Grippers configured in Pick. Master 5

© Robotics - 26 Manual override of calculations n Improve calculated pick & place

Utilize the Robot Performance n Early requests ensures high robot utilization n Minimize wait time for boxes © Robotics - 27 n Robot may start movement even before pick up target is confirmed

© Robotics - 28 Simulate With Real Virtual Controller n Check cycle times n

Collision avoidance n Built in automatic avoidance of work objects in the cell n Possible to add safe points for the robot to pass through © Robotics - 29 n Avoids collision with other fixed equipments

Logical Flow Control n Improve system redundancy n Let the robot adapt to where you want to feed the products n n Optimize robot utilization n © Robotics - 30 n Choose what in-feeds you want to use for what products on daily basis Use two in-feed stations for one out-feed Mix different products from different in-feed stations

Licenses and options n IRC 5 software options n Option 642 -2 “Prepared for Pick. Master 5” must be specified on robot controller n Works with all robots except parallel arm n IRB 2400 and IRB 4400 n The PC software is ordered on specification form for Pick. Master 5 n Physical CD package DVD format © Robotics - 31 n Possible to download from Intranet n Design license – one per PC n Package of 4 Design licenses