Robotic Machining with Pioneering Accuracy

Typically machining large volume items has required investing in a large capacity machine tool. Now there is the option of RoboMACH. This system can machine large and complex components with extreme precision. It can be used to shape and refine cured carbon fibre aerospace and automotive panels, wood structures such as beams or frames, plastic components, engineering foam, trimming sand-casting moulds, metal applications such as aluminium sheets and more. Using a 6-axis robot, it delivers highly precise drilling, milling, cutting, trimming and ultrasonic machining operations to the workpiece. It can also be supplied as a fully CNC controlled, highly accurate machining system complete with CAD/CAM interface.

With automatic tool changing and the option of adding additional rotary axes, RoboMACH is an extremely versatile and affordable machining platform. Leveraging our ikCAM technology, we can offer even higher levels of machining accuracy through ‘as built’ kinematic correction. This achieves up to a 10 times increase in precision when compared to using a standard robot. It is controller agnostic and can be retrofitted to existing machining cells.

You can also learn more about a different version of this automated machining system, RoboMACH HA, which is integrated with a high accuracy robot in the FANUC M-800iA/60 as standard. Watch it in action here for Solidwool, when it was used for robotic trimming of composite material.