Equipping robots made easy with the QuickRobot online tool from igus

Highly flexible cables and hoses ensure that robotic applications are supplied with energy, data and media. In order to protect them safely even at high dynamics and in torsion, energy supply systems are required. With the expanded QuickRobot, igus offers a free online tool for quick configuration of the individual energy chain system for 418 robots. New features such as product videos support the selection process.

They weld, rivet, palletise and assist: Robots. In order for the small and large production helpers to be able to work fail-safe even in 24/7 operation, they need the right energy supply system to guide the cables and hoses safely from axis 1 to axis 6. Especially for the simple design of the individual energy chain for cobots, SCARA, 4-axis robots and 6-axis robots, igus has now expanded its robot equipment configurator. In the online tool, users can select their robot from 418 different models from 10 manufacturers and find the optimum cable carrier for axes 1 to 6.

A suitable cable carrier from a thousand configuration options

The way to a customised energy chain is very simple: After selecting the robot model, the user is shown all compatible energy supply systems, such as the three-dimensional triflex R energy chains and retraction systems or the new SCARA Cable Solution. A new feature are videos of the individual products in question, which illustrate the real application and movements of the energy chain. A visualisation of the robot and an exploded view of the components support the configuration. More detailed information on the components is provided to the user via the respective help buttons of the individual fields. In this way, the customer can select the system that directly fits the robot. The price is calculated in real time. The article list is created automatically, can be downloaded or can be placed directly in the shopping basket. The CAD data of the individual components, a PDF report and also assembly videos of the components are offered by the tool as a further service. In addition, the configuration can be easily saved for coordination in the team or for subsequent projects.

For more information, please visit: https://www.igus.de/