As the sals of robotic arms for injection molding automation since Sept. 04, 2017, I was frequently asked questions such as "we're looking for a robotic arm which will help us to insert the brass into the mold, pick out the parts and remove the runners, can you recommend which one to choose?". Regarding the robotic arm purchasing for the injection molding automation project, not only the new buyers of the robotic arm has this kind of confusion but some times the experienced engineering staff will ask the same question because the first reaction of most of the people would be that pick something and insert them into the mold would be an easy staff for a robotic arm because we can do the same with our hand. A "robotic arm" will have a better performance because they are much more precisely controled. Unfortunately the true would be just the opposite. In most of the situation you'll need a CUSTOM MADE robotic arm with sophisticate EOAT design to finish the So Easy operations to human bings.

A CUSTOM MADE ROBOT is a robotic arm designed for some injection automation projection with will have some special functional or structural requirements about the robot. Different from the standard 3/5 axis servo top entry picking and placing robotic arms wich are widely used in an injection molding automation project, a CUSTOM MADE ROBOT will install an extra A/B/C servo posture to enable the EOAT have a more sophisticated movement for a complex injection molding automation activity; or a custom made structure like the robotic arm in the video to enable it to drop the parts eight at the operator side of the injection molding machine or the non-operator side of the injection molding machine.

When we tell you that we're custom make a robotic arm for this project, it means that there're some special requirements which could not be done by a standard robot. For example, if you want to drop the parts to the end of the injection molding machine instead of the operator side or non-operator side of the injection molding machine, a longitude robotic arm would be the one for your project; If you'll have the robotic arm to pick the parts from one injection molding machine and insert it into the neighbouring injection molding machine, a T structure robotic arm will be the one for your project. And for some thin-wall containers production project a side entry robot would be designed for the ultra low in mold picking time to maximize the productivity of the injection molding system.

As mentioned above, a custom made robotic arm is custom made for some special needs of your injection molding automation project. The process of starting the custom making a robotic arm would be:

• Functional Analyze

  Although is a custom made robotic arm, the core function of the robotic arm in an injection automation project would be the picking and placing of the parts. And the additional functions to work with whole automation system or special function as the robotic arm in the video to have the parts of spot checking dropped to the operator side of the injection molding machine.

• Structural Design

  The structure of the custom made robotic arm will not only will match the whole injection molding automation system, but also the layout of the workshop to be installed an working properly with the whole injection molding system.

• Control System

  The R&D team will choose either a standard commercialized robotic arm control system such as HC/SigmaTec or have a custom made control system programmed with a PLC unit to ensure that the robotic arm is working in the system as designed.

• Integration Capacity

  In an injection automation system the robotic arm will only exchange a pulse signal with the othe machinery in the system for example EU67 of an injection molding machine but in other system it'll request the robotic arm to exchange the running data with a MES system to digitalize the production process. The designer with choose the right protocol to enable the robotic arm with the integration capacity of woring with the injection molding automation system.

Focus on injection molding automation, SWITEK R&D team is experience in the design and production of a custom made robotic arm for your special injection molding automation system. If you have an inquiry of robotic arm of which you can't find in the market, please don't hesitate to contact SWITEK for a customized robotic arm making service.