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Area Scanners for Safe Robot Systems

Area Scanners When there is a moving robot, equipment or machinery in a system, it is important to identify, define, and protect against all hazards. In the past, this was predominantly done with physical barriers, such as fencing and gates,…

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MCRI Receives an Award-Winning Lexan Bender

Motion Controls Robotics designs and builds many of our robot system components in-house to bring more value and quality to our systems. Lexan is one material that we find very useful when building robot system safety components.Lexan is the name…

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Lockout Tagout for Robot Systems

Developing and maintaining a safe robot cell is essential to protect people and equipment, and one of our main priorities when designing the system. Motion Controls Robotics promises safe robot systems through being members of the Robotics Industries Association and following…

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Types of E-Stops and How to Use Them

E-stop (emergency stop) push buttons, pull cords, and other e-stop devices are designed to be highly visible by using the standard red and yellow colors. These E-stop buttons and pull cords are positioned throughout the robot system on of a…

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Dual Check Safety (DCS) Explained

FANUC’s Dual Check Safety (DCS) control architecture includes safety functions that can be used by the robot cell system designer/programmer to reduce floor space requirements and make fenceless robot cells more feasible. Dual Check Safety software functions (Position Check, Safe…

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How to Select the Best Collaborative Robot

While FANUC has a full line of industrial robots (payloads range from .5kg to 2300kg), below are the collaborative models that have been developed for applications required by robotic customers. FANUC Collaborative Robots Available Through MCRI See the 3 P's…

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How Robotic Cell Entry Works

The use of industrial robots is becoming more prevalent every year. According to the Robotic Industry Association, 34,606 robots were added to facilities across North America in 2016. With these new robots being added to facilities, it is important to…

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Dual Check Safety Improves Stop Position Prediction

Dual Check Safety (DCS) is a programming software available on the FANUC R-30iA controller. Dual Check Safety designates safety zones in the robot cell - programmatically finding areas where the robot and person cannot be at the same time. This…

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Dual Check Safety Makes Fenceless Robots Possible

DCS Part two (read part one) - How Could This Lead To A Fenceless Robot System? The software tools outlined in part one, Dual Check Safety (DCS) Explained, can be used together to design safe, fenceless zones when installing robot…

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