Cable carrier for palletizing robot

Multi-axis guidance

The design engineers responsible for this system decided a triflex® R cable carrier should guide the vacuum cable and control cables for the robot’s gripper.

To optimize the motion sequences of the cable carrier, a tube angled at 90° is mounted on the fastening points of the robot and a spring element is mounted onto this tube. The requisite pullback movements are initiated over a cord connection between the spring module extension and the triflex® R. The multi-axis movement of the cable carrier is guided over the position of the fastening tube and loop formations are thereby avoided at the robot's wrist, as well as friction against the robotic arm.

triflex® R supplies energy and data to this robot gripper. The Flex-Bar extension system provides controlled pullback movements.