I recently wrote about a company that designed its own “stack” of its robot plus an autonomous mobile robot. Stack must be a new trend. I have written about Flexxbotics a few time over the past three years. The company features several several current and former executives from Aras plus other PLM suppliers as investors and/or board members. It features cutting edge software technology.
This news is a partnership with many interesting possibilities for advanced machine tending.
Flexxbotics and IPR Robotics Partner to Deliver StackTrax for Advanced Robotic Machine Tending with Dual-Rail 7th Axis Mobility and Autonomous Process Control
Flexxbotics, delivering digital solutions for robot-driven manufacturing at scale, and IPR Robotics, a global leader in robot peripherals, today announced a partnership to deliver IPR’s innovative StackTrax dual-rail robotic transfer unit (RTU) as an option with the Flexxbotics solution. Now, the robot’s effective reach is further extended across multi-machine rows with Flexxbotics orchestrating advanced robotic machine tending autonomy for lights out operation.
With Flexxbotics robot-to-machine compatibility for over 1000 makes & models of factory equipment and StackTrax 7th axis multidirectional robotic tending motion, companies can quickly automate a wide range of machines for processes with multiple operations. The partnership’s design collaboration also resulted in a new level of standardization for greater maintainability and operational safety.
- Extended Reach, Smaller Footprint – StackTrax dual-rail motion lets one robot reach multiple machines along a line without the large footprint of full gantries.
- Machine-to-Robot Interfacing at Scale – Flexxbotics multi-machine compatibility accelerate commissioning and standardize integration across automation cells and sites.
- Automated Changeover – Coordinated program loading for machines, robot, and StackTrax motion enables automation of high-mix part/job changeover.
- Autonomous Process Control – Flexxbotics communicates with the robot, machines, and StackTrax providing control logic and macro updates for longer unattended runs.
- Digital Thread Compliance – Full traceability of robot & rail actions, part production, and process adjustments supports audits and regulated environments.
Suggested application guide:
Using StackTrax with Flexxbotics is ideal for new factories and plant modernization initiatives where gantry systems and H-gantries are impractical due to space, structural or ceiling constraints. Additionally, advanced robotic machine tending of multiple machines in a line for high-mix production environments that involve changeovers across families of parts and where robot flexibility, reach, and travel distance matter.
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