Robcad
Digital manufacturing environment for robotic workcells verification and off-line programming
Benefits Summary • Increase manufacturing Robcad enables the design, simulation, optimization, analysis and off-line quality, accuracy and programming of multidevice robotic and automated manufacturing processes profitability in the context of product and production resource information. It provides a • Reduce labor hours and concurrent engineering platform to optimize processes and calculate cycle process engineering lead times. With Robcad, you can design life-like, full-action mockups of complete time manufacturing cells and systems on 3D graphics computer workstations. • Optimize development and Robcad enables manufacturers to flawlessly introduce automated processes capital investment by allowing manufacturing engineers to virtually validate automation • Better use production concepts upfront. equipment • Reduce production costs The business value of Robcad • Shorten ramp-up time by As a scalable solution, Robcad fully integrates core technologies with a introducing validated and powerful set of process-specific applications for a wide range of processes, mature processes including spot welding, arc welding, laser- and water-jet cutting, drilling and • Accelerate time-to-market riveting and human operations.
Features Robcad is an industry de facto standard, with thousands of seats in • Interoperability with major production engineering, helping users improve manufacturing processes by MCAD systems cutting costs, increasing quality and accelerating time-to-market. • Robots, machines, tools and equipment libraries Robcad serves • Modeling of components manufacturing • Modeling of complex process design kinematics of robots and teams, including other mechanisms contractors and • 3D layout definition of their supply chain, workcells as well as service • Robotic and assembly path companies (system definition with reachability integrators and check, collisions detection design houses) and optimized cycle time within automotive, • Motion simulation and aerospace, utilities synchronization of multiple and heavy robots and mechanisms industries.
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Features continued Interoperability with CAD systems Off-line programming (OLP) • Modeling and optimization Robcad fully integrates with most industry Robcad OLP enables accurate simulations of the whole manufacturing MCAD systems, including native data from of robot motion sequences and the process and SOPs Catia, NX™ software, Pro/Engineer, delivery of machine programs to the shop • Off-line programming NX I-deas® software, CADDS5, direct CAD floor. Robcad interfaces to most robots Optimized programs interfaces or neutral formats such as JT™, (50+ standard interfaces representing over downloaded to robots on the IGES, DXF, VDAFS, SET, STL and STEP. 200 controller configurations), adjusting shop floor the program to all specifications of the Uploading existing Interoperability with MCAD data models controllers. Controller-specific information, production programs for enables the verification of the product including motion and process attributes, optimization together with the manufacturing process. can be added to the generated robot paths. Robcad OLP then generates the System requirements Robcad can handle very large volumes controller program, which is then Robcad supports various of data, enabling the simultaneous downloaded to the real controller. hardware platforms: modeling and coordination of many • Windows 2000 and XP PCs automation tasks. • SGI Unix workstations • HP Unix workstations Workcell layout design and modeling • Sun Unix workstations In addition to providing the most comprehensive library of robots available, Robcad facilitates easy modeling of additional robots and mechanisms.
Robcad layout features enable the design and construction of 3D environments. Graphic environment for analyzing, Once a process has been designed with optimizing and verifying manufac- Robcad, its robotics capabilities enable turing automation robot reachability checks. Robcad facilitates better and more reliable decisions upfront, significantly reducing Motion simulation for robots and capital investment, planning and assembly mechanisms times. It allows process design engineers Robcad generates configurable motion to graphically study and manipulate plans based on the controller features. It workcells that can then be analyzed, allows calculation of cycle times, Off-line programming. optimized and verified before users analysis of real-time performance and invest in costly production machines saved testing time. or equipment. Programs can also be uploaded for re-use The RRS (realistic robot simulation), which and optimization. Robcad simultaneously models all physical is based on using the real controller motion characteristics of robots and other planning software, offers extremely Standard and customized Robcad automated devices, enabling users to accurate cycle time calculation. interfaces enable minimum touchups and verify the accessibility limits (reach more efficient off-line programming. target, define path, avoid collisions and Collision detection calculate cycle times) while developing a Robcad can dynamically detect collisions Robcad can generate the most suitable planning concept. during robot simulation and motion, combination of equipment to meet specific preventing costly damages to equipment. manufacturing requests, allowing faster Preliminary setups of automated product introduction and early evaluation production can therefore be designed Sequence of operations (SOP) of manufacturing times, costs and project before launching the manufacturing Robcad facilitates the description and investments. Equipment can then be used process. sequencing of all operations and tasks exclusively for production and not wasted performed with production resources (e.g., on program development. robots, mechanisms, humans). This capability enables the visualization and optimization of the entire workcell cycle. Tecnomatix
Robot calibration improves Reporting Robcad is an integral element of the positioning accuracy Editable HTML reports about cells, BOMs Tecnomatix® Assembly Planning software Robcad provides calibration functionalities and SOPs are available. Contents include solution allowing users to exchange layout to accurately align digital cell models with images and data extracted from the (resources and parts) and process actual layouts. After downloading the workcells, with subreports for robots, guns, information with the manufacturing program, the robot will accurately move to devices, non-kinematics components, backbone. This integration increases and defined locations in the cell without need human models, paths, weld points, jpeg optimizes the level of collaboration and for touchups. graphical views and VRML2 animations. synchronization between process planners and simulation engineers. Robcad can also generate drawings of cell layout and animated movies. Spot welding Robcad Spot Weld addresses the entire Integration with virtual reality tools spot-welding design process, taking into Virtual technology enables users to create account such critical factors as space intuitive simulations. Users can navigate constrictions, geometric limitations and graphically within the Robcad digital welding cycle times. Powerful features workcell’s environment by using virtual such as gun search, automatic robot reality technologies to export graphics, placement, path cycle-time optimizers and simulation and collision detection. weld-point management tools enable Robot users to create virtual cells, simulations calibration: and programs that accurately reflect the aligning digital physical cell and robot behavior. Robcad and real worlds.
Robcad also interfaces with other calibration tools, including those from Dynalog (www.dynalog-us.com) and Krypton (www.krypton.be).
Open system environment for customized program functions The Rose Development Kit offers an open system environment for developing Virtual reality integration. customized features and applications. It enables easy, fast and efficient programming and provides high-level Robcad supports a variety of virtual reality access to all Robcad proprietary core equipment such as VD2 (VRCom) and Spot welding. technologies and algorithms, including Invision (Intro). geometry, kinematics, motion planning and graphics. A key component in digital manufacturing Additionally, it is possible to develop Digital manufacturing comprises all the macros or prototype applications. technologies and methodologies for collaborative development and Automatic path planning management of manufacturing Robcad generates collision-free robot and process information – much as part assembly paths by using automatic traditional methodologies help path planning technology. manage product information. Digital manufacturing provides In a populated environment, the links between upstream trajectories can be found easily and product lifecycle management automatically, helping to increase user (PLM) software, such as productivity. computer-aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) systems and downstream applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP). Tecnomatix
Spot Weld also enables efficient off-line Painting, sealing, gluing, sand Drilling and riveting programming of robots, shortened blasting, shot peening, flaming and Robcad facilitates the programming of production ramp-up time and optimized thermal spraying drilling and riveting machines for introduction of new products or variants Robcad Paint provides software tools that aerospace industry applications. Users can without having to stop the welding line address the entire spraying process: define a large amount of drilling and and lose production time. designing the robot path, verifying access riveting points for fixing the fuselage to all areas, determining coverage envelope on the plane structures. Arc welding parameters and thickness, creating and Robcad Arc Weld enables the design, adjusting process triggers, simulating and An optimized path connects these points simulation, analysis and off-line downloading the optimized program to the to minimize the robot or machine motion. programming of arc-welding processes. It shop floor. The entire environment is simulated, facilitates creation of workcell layouts including the drilling and riveting effectors based on definitions of robot motions, For the painting process, Robcad Paint and anvils. The anvil can be reoriented in seams, gantries and welding equipment. supports robots and painting machines order to ensure collision-free access. An Seams are created based on the part using conventional or electrostatic optimized and fully proved program can geometry and qualified welding spraying. Its comprehensive functionality, then be downloaded to the machine, procedures. Tooling can be verified combined with the opened and avoiding time-consuming onsite according to torch access. Torch configurable thickness calculation verifications. orientation, gantry and positioner settings function, enable its implementation for can be optimized to ensure collision-free other spraying processes, such as sealing, access, robot reach and optimized welding underbody sealing, gluing, sand blasting, conditions. The welding sequence can be thermal plasma spraying, shot peening defined and optimized to limit part and flaming. deformations and minimize cycle time. Complete, fully proved programs can be downloaded to equipment on the shop floor, minimizing production downtime. The same welding paths can be easily adjusted and transferred to various equipment available in the factory.
Arc welding. Painting. Tecnomatix
Laser, water-jet and plasma cutting Polishing, grinding and deburring Robcad Cut and Seal provides software Robcad enables the creation of finishing tools that enable automatic creation of paths based on the part geometry. Paths complete contours by simply clicking a can also be imported from a CAM system, single curve or single surface. Geometric enabling visualization and simulation of flaws such as gaps can be accommodated. the entire environment, including tool The contour is converted into linear, changers and positioners, robots or NC circular and spline motions, with the machines. Path orientations can be orientation always kept normal to the modified to ensure easy, smooth and surface; the tool compensation feature collision-free access with reduced wrist allows tool diameter to be taken into motion. Positioner angles can be defined consideration. and optimized to improve the process. Tool penetration can be visualized Orientation can be easily manipulated with (polishing) while the robot follows its advanced tools to handle singularities path. A complete, optimized and fully (sharp corners), to manage wrist config proved program can be downloaded to uration and optimize motion (offset wrist the machine. with 5-axis machines, 6-axis robots) and to automatically avoid collisions with the part. After sequencing the paths, an optimized and fully proved program can be downloaded to the machine or the robot.
Laser cutting.
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