Toshiba Machine showcased new robot models at IREX

Toshiba Machine recently introduced at IREX in November the new Scara robot THL1000 – a lightweight and cost effective robotic solution best suited for material handling, packaging and assembly industries.

THL1000 scara robot
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The new Toshiba Machine THL1000, the largest work envelope of all Toshiba Machine’s new lightweight, low cost, energy saving Scara robots has been unveiled in a food packing and boxing application demonstration.

At the brainy end of the robotics process, there was also the debut for a new Teach Pendant, the Toshiba Machine TP3000. This innovative new pendant uses new graphic keys to remove any chance of error, plus the keys presented on screen change dynamically so that only the required keys are displayed at any time. This reduces the number of keys at any one time and reduces the task of seeking the relevant keys from a full size keypad – especially on such a compact pendant.

The colour LCD is both clear and intuitive. The main program, subprograms and labels in the SCOL program are in a hierarchy, enabling quick verification of a program configuration.

Toshiba Machine also displayed the TV800 6-axis robot demonstrated picking workpieces from a random pile. This configuration is shown using a new 3D vision sensor developed in collaboration with vision system specialists and Toshiba Machine system integrators.

TP3000 teach pendant
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Representing Toshiba Machine’s Cartesian robot offer is a BA-III Series operating in all three X-, Y- and Z-axes. The device is demonstrated completing sealing motions and is operated by a Toshiba Machine CA25-M10 controller.

Finally, the new energy efficient, low mass Toshiba Machine THL Scara robots has been tested in an application that sees them passing balls to each other while in a circle. Toshiba Machine THL300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900 Scara robots were all featured. Since their launch, the Toshiba Machine THL range has set something of a de facto benchmark for future Scara developments.

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