Mitsubishi Electric's new FX3S creates a new PLC category
The new FX3S PLC from Mitsubishi Electric completes the market-leading FX3 compact PLC range with the most powerful micro PLC yet. By taking the power and flexibility of the existing FX3G & FX3U premium compact PLCs and distilling it into a micro format Mitsubishi have created a new PLC category, the Premium Micro PLC.
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The RV-F Series robot range extended to include Robots up to 20kg and 1.5 meters in reach
This offers you greater payload and reach capabilities.
Due to the compact body and slim arm design, the load capacity of the new robots could be increased and the operating area could be expanded. Furthermore, the new RV-F series contribute to improved productivity with high-frequency operations due to taking advantage of the new MR-J4 high-performance servo motors and unique driver technology developed by Mitsubishi Electric.
Additional features include:
- Internal routing of cables and air hoses through the robot arm to prevent interference and tangling of the cables and hoses.
- Robot arms are available with IP67 protection for a wide range of applications.
- The CR750 controller is used for all new F series robots with high-speed program execution.
- Ethernet, USB, tracking and camera connection as standard functions for easy integration.
- Additional axis interface to control up to 8 MR-J4 servo axes via plug-and-play SSCNETIII network
- Anti-collision function for the iQ Platform robot type to automatically prevent collision between robots which are working together.
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The Discontinuation of the MELSEC-AnS/QnAS series
There are downloadable documents available to give users full information on the discontinuation and help them move onto our new MELSEC-Q Series.
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Robot has vision to win Food Processing Award
The project combines multi-axis robotics, 3D vision technology and development and integration expertise to automate baked product decoration. This is a process that was previously done manually because of the non-uniform shape of baked goods. The three companies involved were Mitsubishi Electric, whose robot technology has already won worldwide recognition, Scorpion Vision who provided a powerful 3D machine vision system and Quasar Automation, renowned for creating solutions to the most challenging applications in food manufacturing.
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SPECIAL OFFERS - Robot, Software, Gearbox and Coupling
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- 25% off a Mitsubishi ceiling mounted food safe robot: Save over £6,800 on a Mitsubishi Electric food safe robot.
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Injection moulders keep cool under pressure
The portable single phase testing unit has been developed and refined by Mike Atkin of Atkin Machine Tool Maintenance in Oldham, Manchester, along with control systems' expert, George Newton of Newton Tesla (Electric Drives) Ltd, in nearby Warrington.
"We produced a prototype back in 2007," explains Mike "and have progressively improved it through a number of iterations. We now have a growing number of high profile users, who are helping us further develop the concept."
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Firmware option reduces programming time for winder applications
Mitsubishi's FR-A700-A1 Inverter firmware option for winders proved to be an excellent control solution for the drive system on a film coating machine.
Jim O'Neill runs a bespoke machinery design and build company, Jim O'Neill Engineering, and was developing a coating line for a transfer printing operation.
"We wanted to double the output but increasing the throughput speed by a factor of two was not feasible due to the nature of the coating operation," he recalls. "We were using nip rollers to apply the coating material to the film web then passing it through a heater section to cure it. The time required in the heater set the transfer speed.
"So we switched from a 300mm wide web to a 600mm one and added a slitter after the coating and drying stations. Of course this meant we had to add a second, or auxiliary, rewind/unwind station as well."
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