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Cartesian Coordinate Robots

CCRs are highly configurable, rectilinear robot systems which, in a basic configuration, include an X and Y axis. Three axis CCRs, incorporating an X, Y, and Z axis, are also common for positioning tools, such as dispensers, cutters, drivers, and routers. Each of the axis lengths are selectable, with the ability to attach different types of Z-heads. Payloads and speeds vary based on axis length and support structures. CCRs are also typically very repeatable, have better inherent accuracy than a SCARA or jointed arm, and perform 3D path-dependent motions with relative ease. However, the CCR’s key feature is its configurability – the ability you have to configure and size the CCR to best meet your application needs.

Best of all, you pay only for the axes you really need! If two axes are required, you buy a 2-axis CCR and save. If three axes, you buy a 3-axis CCR. If four axes are needed, you have the choice of using a SCARA or a CCR system, which ever best meets your application needs. If odd configurations are required, then the flexibility of CCR systems gives you many more possibilities to consider.

The Sankyo CCR-M Series - Configured CCRs Ready to Go!

In today’s competitive world, you don’t have the time or the staff to worry about attaching a Z axis to a Y axis to an X axis, routing your cables in a reliable manner, finding cable tracks and supports, or ensuring that your newly assembled system is safe to use. If you want to be productive on the job, if you want solutions with reliable designs, if you want to be able "plug and go" to better meet those critical dates, then what you need are Sankyo Cartesian Coordinate Robot Systems, each already configured to your specification, each UL approved, and each ready to be integrated into your application, right out of the crate.

Sankyo’s Configured CCRs, the CCR-M Series, have already been proven in hundreds of installations and have many exciting and useful features to make your job easier, your schedules shorter, and your production better.

• The CCR-M robots incorporate a modern industrial design and are delivered assembled and tested with integrated, well-managed cabling. You simply plug the CCR system in, attach the controller and pendant, and turn it on. Now you’re ready to develop the application program and keep on schedule.

• Large wattage brushless AC servo motors are used for the X and Y axes, and each axis utilizes an AC motor with an absolute encoder. No homing is required! Motors can be mounted in-line to the axis or in a parallel fashion (belt-driven) to minimize space requirements.

• Each of the linear axes use cold-drawn steel frames with integrated double rails, precision ball screws, and double blocks on the X and Ys. The Y-axis is attached to the X-axis with a machined cast iron bracket. Given the opportunity, one can easily feel how solid these systems are.

• For the smaller configurations, cantilevered designs are very typical. For the configurations with longer Y axes or heavier payloads, a rail system is available to support the non-powered end of the Y-axis.

• Many standard configurations are available to include X-Y, X-Y-Z, and X-Y-Z-Roll systems. For applications requiring the ability to reach into a device, there is an X with a reaching Y and an X-Z with a reaching Y. Additional configurations and orientations are possible. Just let us know what you need.

• Five basic head designs, of various sizes, are available off the shelf. A simple pneumatic Z, a servo-slide Z, a servo-axial Z, a servo-axial Z with a servo-Roll, and a standalone servo-Roll. Each can be mounted to almost any of the X-Y configurations.

• There are two special versions of the CCR-M Series; the CCR-M Lite Systems for smaller, lighter payload applications, and the CCR-M Long Systems for axis lengths exceeding 800 mm. Both add to the variety of solutions available from Sankyo.

• Motion on all CCR-Ms is fully programmable with flexible digital I/O control. There are also 3D linear and circular motion for path-dependent applications, built-in palletizing commands, and "jump moves" for higher speed pick and place.

• The CCR-M Series, combined with the SC3000 controller and Touch Screen Pendant, are UL and cUL approved, perhaps the only CCRs in the industry to be approved. They also meet RIA R15.06 and European EN775 Safety Standards.

Sankyo’s Configured CCRs, the CCR-M Series, offer you high quality and reliability, in addition to the convenience and features listed above. Once you have the chance to see a CCR-M system, to feel its strength, to see it perform, you’ll then know that the CCR-M Series from Sankyo is for your manufacturing needs today and into the future…

General CCR Specifications:

CCR-M specifications are very dependent on the actual configuration of the system. In general, the key specifications range as follows:

Payload       : from 2 to 25 Kg

Resolution    : 0.01 mm per pulse

Repeatability : ±0.02 mm per axis

Speed         : up to 1400 mm /sec 

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