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Belgium
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Hacosoft controls the bending cell as an integrated whole. Robot and bending machine are perfectly communicating with each other and shouldn't be programmed separately. Our starting point is always the product to be processed. The operator uses Haco's bending know-how to create bending programs.
The Peeters Group wanted to process fifty different Tulip-products of steel or stainless steel with a thickness of 8 mm. We made a thorough analysis in order to achieve the ideal solution. How many axes did the backgauge need? What type and capacity of robot do we need? Do we place the robot in front or behind the machine?
In this case we opted for a six-axis Yaskawa robot with a lifting capacity of 165 kg and an additional rotational axis to increase the reach. In consultation with Danny Peeters, CEO of the Peeters Group, we also developed several product-specific grippers. For bending we chose the hydraulic press brake Haco ERM 36-150 (working length 3600 mm, pressing force 150 tons) which has a crowning and a four-axis backgauge.
The bending program is entirely suited to the product the client wants to manipulate. Outcome is an operating system for the entire bending cell. The programming of all parts to be produced can be realized within ten minutes. The cell builder allows the operator to define the fastest processing flow . The bending process can be simulated using a simulation of the real bending process and the integrated collision detection avoids collisions in the bending cell.
The programming intelligence takes into account all possible factors whereby the result will always be an error-free product that can be programmed in a few seconds.