TMI Group turns to Kawasaki for milling machine automation

Dutch integrator RFA Rijlaarsdam Factory Automation has installed a Kawasaki Robotics EMEA RS020N robot with an Okuma Benelux Genos M460V-5AX milling machine at TMI Group Nederland in Hengelo.

The loading robot is suspended from a gantry structure, leaving the floor near the machine free. The robot picks the workpieces to be machined from a grid table and places the machined workpieces back on the table.

The robot is equipped with a double gripper so that the workpiece is quickly changed in the machine clamp. Access to the robot cell is secured on three sides by a light curtain with two deflection mirrors, making access easy and safe.