Yaskawa America, Inc. Product
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Founded in 1989, Yaskawa Motoman is a leading robotics company in the Americas. With over 450,000 Motoman robots, 18 million servos and 27 million inverter drives installed globally, Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; including arc welding, assembly, coating, dispensing, material handling, material cutting, material removal, packaging, palletizing and spot welding. The Yaskawa product line includes more than 150 distinct industrial arm, delta and SCARA robot models, plus a full-line of pre-engineered "World" solutions that are complete application specific work cells, including robot, process and safety equipment. Combined with our sister and partner companies, we support robotic solutions throughout the world. Yaskawa’s proven track record of delivering industry leading quality, innovation and customer satisfaction can help you exceed your robotic automation goals.
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The MLX300 enables operators to control and program Yaskawa robots in a standard PLC programming environment, eliminating the need to learn a specific robot programming language. All program execution is performed by the PLC; the motion control is handled by the superior kinematic algorithms of the Yaskawa robot controller. Supported PLCs include CompactLogix™, ControlLogix®和GuardLogix®.
This “unified controls” approach simplifies safety design by eliminating redundant electrical interfaces and consolidating hardware to optimize floorspace. Its single controller, single programming environment typically requires a single programmer to implement an application. In addition, familiarity of the controls among maintenance technicians allows faster troubleshooting and quicker plant acceptance.
A comprehensive set of robust Add-On-Instructions (AOIs) and HMI screens that are specific to robot configuration and motion control is included. AOIs are easy programming tools that completely control the robot’s configuration, motion and state of operation (such as jogging, setting tools, user frames, interference zones, shifts, changing system states and commanding joint/linear motion). The HMI screens create a user-friendly interface with full functionality. Operator station HMI software is available for the Allen-Bradley PanelViewTMdisplay and pendant HMI software is available for the Allen-Bradley MobileViewTMor Pro-face GP4000.
The MLX300 software option is compatible with any Yaskawa DX200 material handling robot or YRC1000 GP-series robot. A combination of up to four robots and positioners can be connected to a single MLX300 system. Functional Safety Unit (FSU) is available.
