The new RobotStudio Machining PowerPac optimizes automated machining

The new software RobotStudio Machining PowerPac is designed to ensure easy robot programming, and is the key to optimizing the potential of automated machining.
RobotStudio uses an exact copy of the real software that runs robots in production, so realistic simulations can be performed, using real robot programs and configuration files identical to those used on the shopfloor. Time and risks are reduced by programming robots offline, in addition to more accurate paths being created.

Using the Fluent user interface from Microsoft Office 2007, the RobotStudio Machining PowerPac features an intuitive wizard to guide users in creating targets and paths from surfaces and edges quickly, easily and accurately. Pre-defined path generation patterns are provided to support all possible machining types.

All process settings such as tool width, overlap rate, machining angles, etc., can be defined in different pages of the wizard and used to generate the targets and paths. In the last wizard page, a preview is provided to show how the paths look like before they can be finally created.

The Power Pac includes three machining templates as default: NormalProcess, FC (Force Control) PressureProcess and FC SpeedChangeProcess. All of the parameters in the templates can be customized and re-used among different cases.

Because the Machining PowerPac supports force controlled processes, it works seamlessly with ABB’s software for force controlled machining, RobotWare Machining FC, and the program generated in Machining PowerPac can be imported into and recognized by RobotWare Machining FC.

Courtesy of ABB