Product Description

Flexibility in automation to accommodate product changes or positional inaccuracies is highly desired in modern automated production lines. In the past, companies who employed “hard” automation solutions had to spend appalling amounts of capital to either upgrade or replace their preset production lines to introduce new product varieties. Jigs and fixtures that can accommodate product changes in production lines or positional inaccuracies in assembly operations add a huge burden on the budget as traditionally tooling costs of such complex jigs and fixtures have been very high. In recent years, increasingly more companies are looking towards vision based applications to impart higher degree of flexibility in their automated production lines while reducing overheads like tooling costs.

Nachi unveiled its new vision sensor called the NV-AX at the 2005 Tokyo international robot exhibition. The vision sensor is built into its new AX controller series and is compatible through out its robot ranges. The vision system is either integrated with the robot wrist or deployed as a separate unit depending on the application.

Features and benefits:

	Integrated Stereo Recognition Function
		Nachi's proprietary stereo recognition algorithm measures parts positions in 3-D. The robot excels in "bin picking" applications.
	High-Performance Image Processing
		Nachi's high-speed search tool tolerates real world factory conditions and correctly identifies parts.
	Simple Teach Pendant Operation
		The robot and vision integrated AX control offers easy programming in the intuitive WindowsTM environment and provides a single point of operation for both robot and vision.

Applications

	Bin Picking		Measurement
	Multi-Part Processing		Product Inspection