The Meca500-OBS is a micro-automation robot that features a unique black surface that absorbs up to 96.5% of light to reduce reflection and enhance safety in sensitive manufacturing environments.
Engineered to tackle challenges in optics manufacturing or AI vision systems, where light reflection can lead to measurement inaccuracies and safety hazards, its black surface minimizes these issues to enable faster production load times.
Digital Manufacturing Ireland (DMI), an organization focused on adopting high-impact technologies for manufacturers, was one of the beta testers. Tommy Brennan, Lead Machine Vision Specialist at DMI, shared, "We had an opportunity to beta-test the new black anodized 6-axis robot from Mecademic and found it positively impacted manufacturing use cases. For example, the Mecademic robot could come much closer to the product being inspected without affecting its illumination, allowing for faster load time in production."
Features:
- 0.005 mm repeatability
- Controller is embedded into the base
- Hardware and software agnostic
- Can be mounted in any orientation
- Consumes around 30 W
- Precision machined aluminum
- 96.5% light absorption reduces measurement errors from light reflection
- Provides a safe working environment
- Simplifies test procedures and automation processes
- Total Hemispherical reflectance (THR) @550 nm is 3.5%
- Communication protocols: EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, Profinet, TCP Socket
- Programming Languages: C++, C#, LabView, Python, and more
- Available PLC packages: Allen-Bradley, Omron, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Beckhoff, and more.
Price: Contact the company for pricing
Mecademic Robotics
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(514) 360-2205
www.mecademic.com
