In today's industrial sector, robotics has become an integral part of a wide range of production and processing processes. Among them, grinding is a process that requires precise operation and high efficiency, and the common practice is to use a six-axis robot for grinding operation. However, in recent years, a new and innovative grinding method has emerged on the market – a dedicated grinding robot, which offers a finer and more efficient solution for grinding work.
As we all know, six-axis robots play a very important role in industrial production, and are generally suitable for handling, welding, spraying and other occasions where the load is stable and light (welding and spraying applications are non-contact production processes). In recent years, due to the increasing difficulty in cleaning and grinding casting recruitment, some automation companies have introduced six-axis robots into cleaning and grinding operations. However, with the continuous advancement of technology and the continuous expansion of application scenarios, there is a growing demand for more specialized and efficient grinding in some markets. In response to this demand, special grinding robots have gradually attracted attention and application.
KOMAK series grinding robot is a special robot for casting grinding independently developed and designed in China, which reflects its unique advantages compared with the general six-axis robot grinding unit and machine tool grinding machine. The KOMAK robot adopts the SCARA robot architecture, which belongs to the bionic architecture of the human arm, and the robotic arm clamps the workpiece close to the grinding wheel, which has the flexibility of the human arm and the bearing capacity is far beyond the 6-axis robot arm structure. The main advantage of a dedicated grinding robot over a six-axis robot is its specific grinding function. These robots have a more targeted design and can more accurately grind specific shapes or materials. The grinding function of the six-axis robot is relatively versatile and may not be able to achieve such fine processing. Therefore, for grinding jobs that require a high degree of fineness and precision, dedicated grinding robots can provide a better solution.
Compared with the general robot, the special grinding robot has lower cost, stronger rigidity, low technical requirements for workers, easy to use, and the equipment protection system will automatically reduce the feed rate to ensure the grinding effect and protect the spindle motor and mechanical structure when encountering risers, gates or fleshy places during the grinding process, and the weight of castings adapted to range from a few kilograms to 300 kilograms has corresponding models to meet the needs of different customers.
The KOMAK series of casting grinding robots are specially developed and manufactured by casting customers to solve the industry problems of surface grinding of irregular castings. The whole machine is fully independent research and development, from the core robot brain, multi-axis motion control algorithm, grinding process, mechanical design to the design of intelligent tooling fixtures, as well as the deep process cognition of casting grinding, more than ten domestic first patented inventions, all reflect the strong technical advantages of KOMAK robots.
The advent of dedicated grinding robots enriches the choice of solutions for grinding work and provides better technical support for production environments with specific needs. They not only improve the grinding accuracy and efficiency, but also bring a broader development space for automated production in the industrial field.