Tricept machines are already being successfully utilized
by the Aerospace Industry. While the well known
versions T605 and T805 are still adequate for known applications, the new Tricept T9000 developed by
PKMTricept SL has been designed focusing in hard
materials machining and a broader range of applications
in mind. The recently released Tricept T9000 is
presented here. One installation where the T9000 has
been working for over one year is also introduced.
A new and totally automated riveting head with seven
different end-effectors has been specifically designed by
LOXIN to be used with Tricept robots.
The success of the Tricept is based, among others, in
the following facts:
The Tricept is a modular robot, where its three
actuators are exactly equal and are stressed only by
tensile and compressive loads. The central tube
accounts for the torsional moments.
Direct Measuring System (DMS & WMS). The
redundant encoders (measuring rotations in central
tube and displacement along it) provide extra
accuracy and rigidity to the global system.
High dynamics minimizing time between operations.
Customers report very high reliability in terms of low
time down ratios.
Reasonable big work envelope allowing big
accessibility to different areas without moving the
part.
Flexible machine. Tricept can be reconfigurated and
reprogrammed easing quick changes in production
and helping the development of the production lines
before the product is fully defined. Therefore, a
shorten time to market is achieved.
Redundancy. In a Tricept based solution any of the
robots can play the role of anyone down, therefore
there are no total production stops.
It is possible to program with virtual machines thus
saving time in new part programming.
Tricept machines are already being successfully utilized
by the Aerospace Industry. While the well known
versions T605 and T805 are still adequate for known applications, the new Tricept T9000 developed by
PKMTricept SL has been designed focusing in hard
