• Industry > Metal·Plastics
  • Application > Deburring·Post-processing
  • Sector > Manufacturing
  • #DeburringAutomation
  • #EOAT
  • #IndustrialRobot
  • #KUKA
  • #LaborReduction
  • #QualityConsistency
  • #SurfaceFinishing

This application automates deburring using a KUKA KR16. After receiving a request from a customer site where the existing installed process was no longer usable due to low-quality deburring results, the previously installed robot was repurposed and the end effector was redesigned to match the product’s deburring features. Multiple tool types were deployed by deburring area, and the process quality was improved through programming and commissioning.


Project Background and Objectives

  • Automate deburring operations using an industrial robot by reusing an existing installed robot

  • Redesign the EOAT to match product-specific deburring features and improve process quality

Components

Robot

KUKA KR16

  • 6-axis industrial robot

  • Payload: 20 kg

  • Reach: 1,612 mm

  • Weight: 245 kg

  • Repeatability: ±0.04 mm

  • IP65

Peripherals

  • EOAT (product gripper)

  • Deburring booth

  • Controller and related equipment

Workflow

STEP 1.
Grip the product at the transfer station
STEP 2.
Move to the deburring booth
STEP 3.
Perform deburring (hole deburring, edge processing, side 1st/2nd processing, brush processing)
STEP 4.
Unload the product

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