In today’s fast-moving pace and ever-changing requests of manufacturing company customers, the ability to change and adapt is crucial. The project required a solution to allow for a flexible inspection system that could be easily reconfigured. The client also required a system that could quickly be re-tooled. The answer? A Cobot Vision Inspection System.
Design and manufacture a flexible inspection system that could be easily transportable and quickly reconfigured to suit other products. In addition, the system had to be easily accessible without compromising safety. The inspection system was also required to inspect a long list of items, including screw presence, barcode reading, and even down to the quality of solder joints on a PCB.
Requirement Overview:
• Easily Portable
• Ability to quickly reconfigure
• Loading devices into test stations
• Area to allow for clamping of products
To allow for complete flexibility and the ability to operate around a large product area, a Universal Robot (UR10e) was used. The cobot permitted the customer to inspect around the circumference of the range of products.
A Keyence camera (CV-X 470F 5mp) was fitted to the end of the robot arm along with a light source. To future-proof the system, the controller had the capability of accepting a 21mp camera. This enabled the client to upgrade the camera for future products if required.
The system was also supplied with an On Robot RG6 gripper for certain applications. The seamless integration ensures a quick changeover from inspection to picking and placing.
The module had its own controls for setting up the UR and camera and was mounted on a trolley with a predrilled tooling plate for part location. The client was extremely happy with their Cobot Vision Inspection System.
