On 15 March 2010 08:42, Viesturs Lācis <[email protected]> wrote:
> The robotic arm in the video costs 21 000 EUR. I believe that i can > make it cheaper, so that is why i have EMC in mind as a controlling > software also for the robotic arm. EMC2 has been used to control a number of industrial robots, I suspect that it would be much cheaper and easier to by a second-hand Puma or equivalent and then control that with an independent EMC PC. This is Alex Joni's home-built robot controlled by EMC2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxwAX8G3oI For lathe use, you might find a bar feeder to be all that you need. With a bit of ingenuity you can even do without the feeder and just integrate the collet closer into the Lathe EMC2 system, as demonstrated by Chris Radek's Hardinge here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWuOZutnjTk I suspect that a true general-purpose robot would be overkill for a lathe loader, but if it could reach both the mill and the lathe and perform double-duty then it makes more sense. Otherwise a much simpler machine (rather like an automatic tool changer for a mill) might be better for the lathe. -- atp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
