ABB Elevated Rail for the IRB 5500-25
ABB's Elevated Rail for the IRB 5500-25 robot is one of the most advanced painting solutions available on the market. It is designed for both interior and exterior painting applications on automobiles and other surfaces. The system extends the flexibility of the IRB 5500-25 FlexPainter, which is the most versatile painting robot with the most versatile work envelope.
Some of its main features are:
- Builds on more than 30 years of ABB automotive paint shop rail systems experience.
- Eliminates the need for additional engineering and other costs associated with installing an IRB 5500-25 on a third-party rail.
- ABB's integrated dynamic modeling for all axes reduces energy consumption, increases accuracy and provides fully synchronized and balanced paint robot motion.
- The elevated rail sections (rail elements) are designed to be a self-supporting structure without the need for a beam support under the rail.
- To maintain accuracy and avoid deflection, only two pillars with up to 4.7 meters (center to center) are used with one or two robots on the rail.
- The elevated rail for the IRB 5500-25 fully supports offline programming and accurate cycle and path checking for all components (including the rail).
- It supports up to four robots on a single rail.
- Single carriage design allows for various mounting positions of the manipulator: inclined, vertical, inverted.
- The cable chain is protected and integrated into the rail elements.
- It has a centralized lubrication system for the rails and rack, and the carriage roller.
- It has an automatic calibration sequence on axis 7 with a sensor to detect the calibration position; no calibration tool is required.
Payload 13 kg (at 350 mm COG) - same as standard IRB 5500 Reach 2975 mm (at TCP 0) Same as IRB 5500 + from 2 m to 9 m as standard, up to 15m rail, or more, on request. Capable of supporting from 1-4 robots on the same rail (1 & 2 is covered as standard) Accuracy Robot: 0.15 mm (on TCP) Trolley: 0,3 mm. ABB dynamic modeling for all axes. Velocity axis 7 (rail axis): 1,4 m/sec Deflection of rail < 1 mm (with maximum speed and acceleration of manipulator in vertical direction) Mounting position Floor or Elevated. Robot: tilted, upright, inverted Degree of protection IP 67 as standard (Ex zone 1, Class 1 Div 1 Ex approval Explosion protected Exi/Exp for installation in hazardous area Zone 1 & Zone 21 (Europe) and Division I, Class I & II. The controller used by ABB's IRB 5500-25 is the IRC5P, which is an integrated paint controller optimized for the FlexPainter robot. The IRC5P offers the following advantages:
- It has fully integrated process and motion control within the robot itself, eliminating the need for an external paint process controller.
- It has an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface, allowing quick and easy programming of the robot and the painting process.
- It has a self-diagnostic and preventive maintenance feature, which helps reduce downtime and increase productivity.
- It has advanced communication capability, which allows connection with other plant systems, such as the color management system, the quality control system or the production management system.
- It has a modular and scalable architecture, which allows the controller to be adapted to the specific needs of each application and customer.
Some of the applications for which the ABB IRB 5500-25 can be used are:
Painting of cars, trucks, buses, buses, motorcycles and other vehicles.
Painting of plastic parts, metal, wood and other materials.
Painting of furniture, household appliances, toys and other products.
Painting of buildings, bridges, ships and other structures.
