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	Gantry robot construction and drive mechanism
		We provide a cantilever gantry robot construction having the conventional components of a pair of elongated substantially spaced parallel rail means, bridge means spanning the rail means and movable relative to the rail means and robot means mounted on the bridge means and movable relative to the bridge means.
		Robot means 80 is comprised of a fixed longitudinal support 82 which engages the bridge 60 and provides a fixed support which allows the robot head 84 to move up and down.
		Robot means 130 is similar to that of the prior art in that it is comprised of a longitudinal support 132 and a robot head 134.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4998442.html (4155 words)

	Portable gantry robot
		The robot is carried on rails that are integral with the transporter and identical in size to the displaceable rail sections.
		Once the robot's transfer is complete, the transfer rail section 96 automatically unlocks, the transporter 94 moves away from the overhead rail system 92 and the displaceable rail section 90 simultaneously relocates to its normal position in the overhead rail system 92.
		An empty robotic transport 104 aligns and displaces a rail section 100 and the robot 110 is moved onto the transfer rail section 108 of the transporter 104 after which the transfer rail section 108 is unlocked and the lift 106 is lowered.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5119732.html (6102 words)

	Michigan FACE Report No. 01MI002
		All robot and HIMM controls, indicators and displays were located outside the HIMM on a work platform that is used by the operator to gain access to the mold area during semi-automatic operation.
		The robot arm then lifts the part over the HIMM and moves in the opposite direction along the gantry frame to the delivery location, dropping the part to a conveyor for further handling by an operator.
		Safeguarding of the restricted space (maximum area of robot movement with part) would be required by the ANSI standard and must: (1) prevent the operator from being within the space during automatic robot operation or, (2) stop the robot’s motion while any part of an operator’s body is within the space.
	www.cdc.gov /Niosh/face/stateface/mi/01mi002.html (3023 words)

	From Stodgy to Speedy: Advances in Gantry Robots. . . . by Bennett Brumson - Robotics Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Through the mid 1990's, gantry robots were considered slow, inefficient and inflexible--the fl sheep of the robotic family.
		Gantry robots have managed to cast off their stodgy image in part by becoming speedier.
		C and D's gantries are from their GS series and range in capacity from 110 kilograms to 900 kilograms.
	www.roboticsonline.com /public/articles/articlesdetails.cfm?id=482 (1570 words)

	Bambooweb: Industrial robot
		The most commonly used robot configurations for industrial automation, include articulated robots (the original, and most common), SCARA robots and gantry robots (aka Cartesian Coordinate robots, or x-y-z robots).
		Other industrial robots are much more flexible as to the orientation of the object on which they are operating or even the task that has to be performed on the object itself, which the robot may even need to identify.
		This allowed the robot to accurately follow arbitrary paths in space and widened the potential use of the robot to more sophisticated applications such as assembly and arc welding.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/i/n/Industrial_robot.html (1006 words)

	American Metal Market: Cybotech sends gantry robot to Martin Marietta space div
		The Air Transport G100 gantry is 23 feet long, 14 feet wide and 14 feet high and includes a six-axis robot.
		The robot is being used to develop variable polarity plasma arc welding on large curved panels, including those of the external propellant tank that Martin Marietta manufactures for the space shuttle, plus other current and future aerospace products, according to a Cybotech spokesman.
		Rather than bring the work to the robot, the robot is brought to the work.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v94/ai_4290126 (400 words)

	Robots tend to their machines
		Robots continue to push the envelope of productivity as the most efficient way of achieving untended production, whether servicing one machine or a number of machines, stations, or operations.
		Traditional ways of looking at robots typically refer to those that are dedicated to the machine tool (Class 1), robots that travel on linear gantry tracks to load/unload one or more machines (Class 2); pedestal robots that load/unload one machine or several machines arrayed in cells (Class 3).
		Pedestal robots require that the machines they service be positioned in radial fashion within the robot’s range of operation (think of an apple with the core removed).
	www.manufacturingcenter.com /tooling/archives/0903/0903robots.asp (1281 words)

	MCE366 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Because of this arrangement, gantry robots are used in applications requiring a larger workspace than is obtainable with a fixed-base robot arm.
		Most gantry robots are supported by a structure with four legs and have a base that can move in both horizontal directions.
		The gantry robot is in the middle, with two walls, on each side.
	www.atnet.it /lista/easne/mce366.html (944 words)

	Robot Basics
		Typically when someone refers to a gantry robot, what they really mean is a robot that hangs upside down and travels along either an 'X' or 'X' / 'Y' path to get to its pickup/putdown points.
		If the beam that the robot is mounted on were also to travel the robot would be capable of 'Y' directional travel as well as 'X'.
		Shown is a drawing of a Kuka robot, however, all robot manufacturers have different nomenclature for the various joints.
	www.atsi.cc /robotbasics.htm (814 words)

	Fuji Machine America: Gantry Robot
		The Fuji Gantry Robot has a double action mechanism reducing the height of the robot while maintaining high-performance speeds.
		The robot consists of two arms (primary and secondary), with the secondary arm being a 2:1 geared extension of the primary arm.
		With this design, for every movement of the primary arm, the robot hand located at the end of the secondary arm travels twice the distance at a rate of 3,937 IPM.
	www.fujimachine.com /robots/gantry.html (72 words)

	Edmunds Gages - Orbiting Scroll Gaging Station
		With manufacturing cells serviced by a central robot becoming more common in factories, many of our customers have approached us with the following measurement challenge: develop a gaging system that will inspect the parts for a critical feature or two after the machining operation and keep the machining process under control at the same time.
		The time it takes to measure a part is generally significantly faster than the machining process, allowing the robot to load the gage, measure the part, unload the part from the gage and deposit it accordingly, before the next part is cut in the machine tool.
		The robot controller provides an electronic signal that the grippers are free of the part.
	www.edmundsgages.com /custom/breakaway/breakaway.htm (502 words)

	Robotics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During this deployment, the robot was operated as far as 700 ft. from the camera.
		During this deployment, the robot was operated as far as 250 ft. from the camera.
		Many mobile robots in use today, including the Andros, VGTV, and Inukton tracks, use a tether to provide both the signals to the moving parts of the robot, as well as the power to each motor.
	www.pnl.gov /robotics/are.html (1487 words)

	Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The advantages of this robot is that it moves in three linear directions and is thus easy to visualize, easy computation and programming and is the most rigid structure for given length, since it is supported at both ends.
		If the beam that the robots are mounted on were also to travel the robots would be capable of 'Y' directional travel as well as 'X'.
		Shown is a drawing of a Fanuc robot, however, all robot manufacturers have different nomenclature for the various joints.
	www.flexicell.com /home/definition.php (630 words)

	Types of Robots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gantry robot: Used for pick and place work, application of sealant, assembly operations, handling machine tools and arc welding.
		Its major components are a teleoperated mobile robot for deploying sensor and sampling payloads, a mapper for creating photorealistic 3D models of the building interior, a coreborer for cutting and retrieving samples of structural materials, and a suite of radiation and other environmental sensors.
		That is, the robot must be able to walk on rough terrain in a harsh environment, receive instructions from remote operators about where to go next, and reach those commanded goals autonomously.
	prime.jsc.nasa.gov /ROV/types.html (1073 words)

	material handling application for robots
		A robot is normally designed to pick up a part in the same attitude and position each time; therefore proper part preparation for robot handling is required.
		A machine-mounted robot is designed to swivel its arm to load a part for one machine operation, then set the part down and repick it at a different orientation for the next operation.
		Robots may not be justified when parts require extremely close tolerances that are beyond the accuracy of the robots.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/law/365/material.htm (1670 words)

	Gantry Robot Device Module
		The standard gantry robot module is designed to control a five or six degree-of- freedom gantry robot which consists of three mutually perpendicular linear joints and a two or three degree-of-freedom revolute wrist.
		The robot option word also determines whether software limits on motor motion (in addition to the standard limits on joint motion) are to be used.
		The gantry robot module requires that joints 4, 5, and 6 be designed such that the axis of rotation of all three joints intersect at a single point.
	www.adept.com /main/KE/DATA/Robot/DeviceModules/gantry_robot_.htm (1605 words)

	Six Sigma methodology to improve ship and boat welding
		Tracking and inspecting welds can be performed by equipment ranging from large gantry systems traversing panel lines half a football field long to small, portable robots that can be used for a variety of applications.
		The panel then is moved under a large gantry, where laser vision is used to guide the welding system, so the stiffener to panel weld joint is followed correctly.
		The advantage of using the portable robot during welding lies primarily in its ability to be programmed to accommodate non-linear joint issues and to minimize the need to locate the track exactly.
	www.thefabricator.com /Articles/Welding_Exclusive.cfm?ID=945 (1111 words)

	Survey on Robot Configurations, Characteristics and Applications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Furthermore, the rigidity of the robot frame is also very high in the vertical axis and the combination of the rotation motions assures a high compliance in the horizontal plane, facts very important in an assembly task.
		Usually the gantry robots are slower in acceleration and speed because of their large masses.
		The gantry robot is used mainly in handling very large parts, moving material on long distances and also in some welding and glueing applications.
	www.glue.umd.edu /~pdiana/survey.htm (1065 words)

	BMI Automation Inc. - Gantry Robots - Large and Small (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The gantry shown in the image to the left is a robust heavy-duty system being used in several steel mills to automatically spray a tundish used in the production process.
		Gantry robots (sometimes called cartesian robots) can come in many sizes.
		One of the major advantages of a gantry robot system is that it usually takes up very little floor space.
	www.bmiauto.com /gantry_b.html (153 words)

	Gantry Robot Device Module
		Some robot device modules have an optional split-axis feature to allow convenient control of a large mechanism, such as a gantry robot, which requires two motors to drive a single axis.
		From the main menu, select Change robot options and motor configuration.
		V+ instead servos the robot at the new position.
	www.adept.com /main/KE/DATA/Robot/DeviceModules/split_axis.htm (1847 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PaR Systems, Inc. (PaR) is a leader in the design, construction, installation and service of large-scale, high-precision gantry robotic systems for a wide variety of manufacturing industries including aerospace, marine, automotive, government, commercial nuclear power, research and general manufacturing.
		Robotic systems are supplied to industries where high precision, heavy payloads, and a large variety of work-envelopes are best served by a gantry robot.
		Vector gantry robots are used for medium envelope applications to mill, rout, and waterjet-cut materials for a variety of industrial applications.
	pei2004.packexpo.com /pei2002/exhibitors/exhibitor_display.cfm?companyID=36139&Action=About (622 words)

	American Metal Market: Gantry robot quickly scribes details on McDonnell Aircraft plan models
		ST. LOUIS--In a unique use of a gantry robot, managers at McDonnell Douglas Corp. have begun using the big machine to scribe parts and other surface details on full-size master models of aircraft.
		The cell consists of a Cybotech G100 standard gantry robot, which alternately carries a hardened steel stylus or a Renishaw Inc. probe; a drill motor; an International Business Machines Corp. personal computer as a controller; and some special software.
		First, to orient the robot to the position of the workpiece, the probe touches six points on the model.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v94/ai_4465558 (773 words)

	Opus Automation - Gantry Robot Intro Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The model G365 gantry robot system combines the flexibility of an articulated robot with a large working volume.
		Opus Automation can configure gantry systems in sizes up to 6 meters (20 feet) by 4 meters (13 feet) by 2 meters (6 feet) in X, Y, and Z travel.
		An optional wrist provides one, two or three additional degrees of freedom for our favorite applications, where control of the angle of approach or orientation of the tool or payload are important considerations.
	www.opusautomation.com /Gantries/Gantry_intro_page.htm (124 words)

	Cartesian coordinate robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cartesian coordinate robot is an industrial robot whose three principal axes of control are linear (i.e.
		Among other advantages, this mechanical arrangement simplifies the arm solution.
		Cartesian coordinate robots with the horizontal member supported at both ends are sometimes called Gantry robots.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gantry_robot (94 words)

	"Gantry Robot System--Erowa Technology - WESTEC 2003 - "
		The company says its gantry robot system features a modular design, single or multi-machine loading and the latest servo and motion control technology.
		This gantry robot can integrate up to eight machine tools for multiple machining operations, and it is capable of three-shift automated machining capacity.
		The gantry robot system will also feature the company's modular tooling system (MTS) and Mitutoyo's Crysta Plus 504 CNC CMM (coordinate measuring machine) as part of the display.
	www.mmsonline.com /equipment/MISC618.html (124 words)

	The Robot Company - FANUC S10/Gantry Robot
		Whether buying your first robot, replacing or adding to your current robot line, The Robot Company can provide you with the used Fanuc robot you need, at a price you can afford.
		The Fanuc S10 robot is a six-axis robot system designed to deliver speed, accuracy with a repeatability of ±.008.
		If you're interested in a robot, click on the buying link and fill out the simple form or contact us at 1-800-487-5487 for more information.
	www.robotco.com /fanuc-s10g.htm (240 words)

	Robot Integrator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As robotic (robotics) integrators, we integrate assembly robots, dispensing robots, pick and place robots, 4-axis SCARA robot arms, 6-axis articulated robot arms, cartesian gantry robots, cylindrical robots and other industrial robots.
		We develop turnkey robotic (robot) work cells using many components including: 3-axis, 4-axis, 5-axis and 6-axis industrial robots, robot arms, cartesian XYZ gantry robots, cylindrical robots and stepper, servo or linear motor driven actuators, 4-axis scara robots (cleanroom and high speed scara robots) and 6-axis articulated robots (6-axis industrial robotic arms).
		Dispensing robots operate on clean or painted surfaces with integrated dispensing systems / high speed tool and applicator tip speed / bead paths for robotic arms, disposable mixer and applicator nozzle for two-component structural adhesives with constant flow rate dispense systems.
	advancedautomationofcalifornia.com /california_robot_integrators.html (1713 words)

	MPMN Profile: July/August 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Structurally, this meant that the robotic pick-and-place mechanism had to be very light.
		The three-axis gantry robot from Rexroth Star weighs just 35 lb and has a projected service life of more than 10 years.
		The slow and noisy robot had a huge drive, weighed 50 to 60 lb, consumed 10 A, and cost $10,000.
	www.devicelink.com /mpmn/archive/00/07/profile.html (650 words)

	ROBOT WORK CELLS: Robotic Work Cells, Automation "Workcells" for assembling, dispensing, pick and place, painting, ...
		Robot Integrator for custom, Cartesian XYZ gantry robot work cells, scara robot work cells (work cell, workcells) and articulated industrial robotic arm work cells.
		Our robotic systems are used for automated assembly, automated testing, automated inspection, pick and place, automated dispensing and a variety of functions.
		XYZ gantry robots, high speed scara robots and highly flexible 6-axis articulated robot arm work cells are offered.
	www.ssirobotics.com /Robot_Work_Cells.html (441 words)

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