Yaskawa Motoman Lab Installs Güdel TMO
Ideal for material handling, material removal and welding, the TMO extends Motoman robot work envelopes.
Posted: June 29, 2015
The lab inside the Great Lakes Regional Center (Rochester Hills, MI) of Yaskawa Motoman (Miamisburg, OH) has added a new TrackMotion Overhead (TMO) from Güdel, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) for demonstrations of cutting-edge robotics technology in various material handling and removal applications. By utilizing this TMO, Motoman® robot work envelopes are extended. This is ideal for processes like material handling, material removal and welding.
“We appreciate that they value our brand enough to let us help equip their hi-tech robotics lab in Rochester Hills,” said Joe Campbell, the vice president for Güdel. “We both work closely on projects that require linear motion for robots, and this TMO was built during one of these collaborations.”
Both companies offer application engineering, training, customer service and sales support, both have locations in more than 20 countries, and both have more than 50 years of experience in their respective specialties.
“The engineering teams of both companies work closely together to create custom rails, and we also use their standard rails. Their rails provide extended robot reach for applications like multi-machine load/ unload, large part deburring and arc welding, which is one of our largest industry niches,” said Roger Christian, the vice president marketing and development for Yaskawa Motoman. “We work with them because of our common high quality standards and their willingness to modify their standard products for our specific needs.”
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