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Getting Started with Festo MecLab
Handling Station
Movement, orientation and assembly of work pieces are a common function of automated as-
sembly systems. These tasks are often performed by automated handling machines. The
most powerful are industrial robots (cf. Figure 6.1).
Industrial robots have at least four axes (also called joints), making them extremely flexible.
They are also fast (over 1 meter per second) and accurate.
Robots are also expensive therefore simpler, less expensive handling devices are normally
used for many assembly tasks.
Figure 6.1: Industrial robot (picture by Festo Didactic)
The following data is important and normally provided by manufacturers of handling devices:
− Number of axes
− Speed
− Accuracy (normally called “repeatability)
− Working space (normally called “window” or “envelope”)
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