Machine Tool Robot Offers 300% Improvement In Path Accuracy For Demanding Processes
Siemens is bringing its latest innovation in industrial robotics to the market: the Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot (MTR). This groundbreaking technology is a significant advance in the precision and productivity of robots that will open the door to new applications in the manufacturing industry.
Robots Receive Characteristics of Machine Tools
The Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot from Siemens is expanding the already successful Sinumerik Run MyRobot /Direct Control solution with new functions and robot types. The Sinumerik MTR enables a quantum leap in accuracy and productivity across the entire workspace. MTR is based on an intelligent control concept that gives industrial robots the characteristics of machine tools. This supports high-precision path applications, even when machining hard materials like steel, whose toughness calls for increased cutting forces and more damping.
Higher Dynamic Rigidity.
Compared to conventional industrial robots, the Sinumerik MTR overcomes these challenges with a 200 to 300 percent increase in path accuracy and significantly higher dynamic rigidity. These characteristics make the Sinumerik MTR ideal for industries like aerospace, defense, and automotive and many other high-precision robotic applications, including post-processing of 3D-printed metal parts.
In addition to improved accuracy, the new control concept brings a 20 to 40 percent productivity increase. This makes the Sinumerik MTR especially attractive for applications that don’t employ process forces, including waterjet and laser cutting. The Sinumerik MTR is controlled by Sinumerik One, the digital native CNC from Siemens. Thanks to its digital twin, it is the key element in digital transformation and helps to simulate and test workflows in a completely virtual environment. Sinumerik One is part of Siemens Xcelerator, the open, digital business platform from Siemens.
The first partners to integrate the MTR into their robots are autonox and Danobat.
For more information: www.xcelerator.siemens.com
