The Coventry-based industrial automation company
Fanuc UK Ltd will be showcasing a live demonstration of an automated drilling cell developed by Airbus, a new generation of CNC system (the Fanuc FS500i-A), and its in-house robot system building capabilities (Hall 18, Stand 449). The centrepiece of the Fanuc UK display will be a robotic drilling system built by Airbus with the support of Fanuc.
The cell uses an M-800iA/60 six-axis robot, as well as a drilling effector controlled by a Fanuc CNC and a mobile platform — the latter two, both designed and built by Airbus. Configured for aerospace components, it has improved drilling accuracy and increased productivity for Airbus, while freeing up ‘employees to work on more creative and value-added tasks’.
Oliver Selby, Fanuc UK’s head of sales “There are numerous benefits to aerospace manufacturers of automating their drilling applications with the M800iA/60, including improved accuracy and repeatability, increased output and better use of personnel. The success of the Airbus drilling system demonstrates how important it is to collaborate with a robotics partner that will provide the right experience, knowledge, training and technology to support companies to achieve their aims.
“Meanwhile, the next-generation FS500𝑖-A CNC is more powerful and faster than any other control system, and is poised to play a major role in automating complex manufacturing processes. With its very high computing power and new architecture, this system enables increasingly complex movements to be controlled with ultra-precision and perfect synchronisation, while also supporting seamless artifical intelligence (AI) integration.
“Furthermore, as well as collaborating with machine builders, system integrators and other solution providers, Fanuc UK also supports end-users directly via its automation headquarters in Coventry. The company is well equipped to offer manufacturers the entire range of automation support necessary for the transition to digitalisation — from initial feasibility studies and cell design, through to system building, testing and full commissioning.”