Camera-guided CNC automation for small and medium-sized series
Camera-guided CNC automation for small and medium-sized series
The SherpaLoader® is the world's first loading robot that automatically recognizes round bar, square bar and panel blanks as standard. With its camera and laser system, it detects workpieces on table trolleys, drawers and pallets and picks them up for loading onto machine tools. After machining, it removes the finished parts from the processing machine and places them back on the loading device.
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Robots without a camera are blind. Prepared workpieces must be positioned precisely in order to pick them up with a robot. Usually, integrated devices or stationary installations such as grid plates, rotary tables, stack storage, towers, etc. are used for this purpose. The SherpaLoader®, on the other hand, works without expensive and error-prone mechanics. It uses a 3D camera and laser system to detect the position of workpieces on the material supply. Eyes increase the flexibility of robots, just like living beings.
With conventional loading systems, you have to decide on a type of material supply. The SherpaLoader® is prepared for three different loading media. Depending on the number of pieces, component weight and size, you can use the appropriate provision: Table trolleys, pallets or a SpaceBox.
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For small batch sizes of 10-1000 pieces, short changeover times are crucial. During setup, the processing machine stops and valuable spindle time is lost. Camera-controlled systems have shorter set-up times than mechanical systems because there is no need to change grid plates, magazines or other mechanical stops. To change a workpiece, only the clamping dimension of the robot gripper is adjusted.
* depending on the gripper configuration
The robot cell is operated via a dialog control system with a graphical user interface. Operators set up new jobs on a 17” touch display in no time at all, without any programming knowledge for robot controls. The use of clear symbols and comprehensible input masks provide context-related support. Order creation is self-explanatory for technically oriented employees.
The movement sequences of the SherpaLoader® are optimized for loading machine tools. During commissioning, travel paths are adapted to the geometry of the customer's machine and the customer's range of parts: The automation is handed over to the customer fully set up. The system enables the use of robot cells in medium-sized manufacturing companies that cannot utilize the capacity of an in-house robot expert with irregular set-up work.
These companies are already automating their production with SHERPA Robotics
Customer successes
„Aufgrund des kurzen ROI haben wir gleich die zweite CNC-Automation von SHERPA gekauft. Und wir planen in Zukunft weitere Maschinen zu automatisieren.“
Matthias Rose, Managing Director
Reduction in
personnel costs
additional
CNC machines
per operator
"Automation has more than doubled our turnover on the system. This is both a success and an incentive. That's why we have just invested in a new processing machine from HERMLE - and in another SherpaLoader.
Johannes Seilbeck, Managing Director
Spindle time increase
daily
Turnover on
the system
"Qualified machine operators are rare at the Gebesee site. An increase in delivery reliability can therefore only be achieved with the support of a robot."
Rene Liebl, owner
autonomous
running time
Additional
specialists
required
At the prestigious handling award 2021, the jury and readers awarded the SherpaLoader first place in the “Handling & Assembly” category and as the best product in the competition. Thank you for your vote!
Robots with a payload of 25, 50 and 88 kg for handling round and hexagonal bars, plate and square blanks as well as cast and forged parts. Equipped with two-jaw parallel grippers or three-jaw centric grippers, pneumatically or servo-electrically operated, equipped with single fingers, pendulum jaws, contour jaws or prism inserts.
For edge material
up to 18 kg weight*
and a size of
20 x 20 x 10 mm up to
200 x 200 x 200 mm
For edge material
up to 38 kg weight
and a size of
20 x 20 x 10 mm to
300 x 300 x 300mm
For edge material
up to 73 kg weight
and a size of
20 x 20 x 10 mm to
300 x 300 x 300 mm
For cylinders and shafts
up to 18 kg weight
and a size of
Ø 15 - 220 mm and
Length 10 – 200 mm
For cylinders and shafts
up to 38 kg weight
and a size of
Ø 20 - 300 mm and
Length 10 – 300 mm
For cylinders and shafts
up to 73 kg weight
and a size of
Ø 20 - 300 mm and
Length 10 – 300 mm
Grows with your requirements: functional extensions
for modular additions, suitable for your production use
Re-gripping station for turning components after initial processing
Embossing station for hydraulic pre-embossing of components before machining
Cleaning station for reducing chips and cooling lubricants on machined components
Re-gripping station for turning components after initial processing
Embossing station for hydraulic pre-embossing of components before machining
Cleaning station for reducing chips and cooling lubricants on machined components
Mit seiner universellen Schnittstelle lässt sich der SherpaLoader® an alle gängigen Dreh- und
Fräsmaschinen anbinden – unabhängig von deren Baujahr. So kann mit demselben SherpaLoader®
eine betagte Bestandsmaschine nachgerüstet, und genauso eine Neumaschine automatisiert werden.
We are happy to let operators set up and start the system without instruction.
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