roboLoop

The roboLoop system was launched as a world’s first at the 1998 Hannover Fair. Developed and patented in-house by GÜDEL. It was, and still is the only curved-track gantry and transfer system on the market.

• Multiple independent robo-carriers per loop
• On-board pneumatic or hydraulic supply unit
• Radio-control
• Rack driven system giving high positioning accuracy

The roboLoop concept enables one or more robo-carriers to track curves and to circulate in a closed system, thereby creating new possibilities for factory automation.

• Curved-track conveying system
• Multiple robo-carriers per loop
• Autonomous robo-carriers
• Switching station and buffer station
• Closed circulation system

Learn more about GÜDEL's roboLoop:

- New possibilities
- Advantages
- Solutions

- Selection Table
- Main Components
- Control System
- Applications

New Possibilities

The crucial advantage of a roboLoop system over a conventional gantry system: Curved-track providing a closed loop system with one or more carriers.

With the roboLoop concept new and innovative solutions with regards to system function, movement sequences, linking systems, storage/buffering and flexibility become possible.
Compared to conventional linear interlinking with conveyor belts, the Multicarrier system, the roboLoop achieves substantially higher availability.

The roboLoop can be installed suspended, in gantry configuration, or as a floor-standing system.

The maximum payload ranges from 6300 N to 25000 N at speeds of up to 150 or 90 m/min respectively. Through the use of leading-edge bus technology multiple robo-carriers can be controlled in a common or shared circular system.

Advantages

The development of the roboLoop has created a curved-track gantry and transfer system which makes new concepts and solutions in automation technology possible. The principal advantage of the roboLoop, compared to conventional gantries, is that it allows, by virtue of the curved track, for flexible arrangement of production facilities. Similar processes can be joined together in cells independent of operation sequences.

Secondary operations such as washing, deburring etc. can be distributed to fewer machines in a more appropriate arrangement. The building block system enables custom-tailored solutions due to the many faceted expansion possibilities.

Eliminates costly transfer stations at intersections.

High dynamics and positioning accuracy are achieved by the precision rack drive. The system can arbitrarily accommodate additional robo-carriers as desired.

Solutions

Thanks to the maximum flexibility of system functions, operation sequences, linkings and storage, the roboLoop affords entirely new and innovative solutions:

• High flexibility
• Low space requirement
• High availability
• Minimum maintenance
• Optimum machine accessibility
• Decoupled cell solutions instead of rigid linking

The roboLoop provides innovative solutions to cycle time problems. Instead of using, a cost intensive linear system, the user plans a loop and distributes the work to various robo-carriers.
On the basis of the cycle times our experienced team of engineers will calculate for you the number of robo-carriers required for each loop.

By comparison with conventional linear linkings the multi-carrier system achieves a substantially higher availability through the simple redirection of robo-carriers. Maintenance is hence possible without the need to stop production.
The high stability of the robo-carrier permits expansion by additional axes to solve complex handling problems (see adjacent layout).

H loaders and telescopic axes are available as standard equipment. This product series is additionally complemented by comprehensive accessories to the rail system (switches, crossings, lift stations) and to the carrier (rotary axes, mounting plates).

roboLoop applications

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