Brooks Automation PF3400 Alternatives & Competitors

The IRB 910SC from ABB is a highly capable Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm (SCARA) designed to deliver fast, cost-effective and accurate performance. Its standout feature is its ability to operate within a confined footprint, making it ideal for Small Parts Assembly, Material Handling, and parts inspection. The IRB 910SC comes in three configurations with different linking arm lengths, each with a maximum payload of 6 kg and individual reaches of 450 mm, 550 mm, and 650 mm.

This tabletop-mountable SCARA family is designed for various general-purpose applications that require fast, repeatable and articulate point-to-point movements such as tray kitting, component placement, machine loading/unloading and assembly. Its rapid cycle times, high precision, and superior motion control make it an ideal solution for small part assembly applications, laboratory automation, and prescription drug dispensing.

In addition to Small Parts Assembly, Material Handling, and parts inspection, the IRB 910SC is ideal for screw driving, inserting, assembly/disassembly, mounting, parts transfer, parts handling, sorting, packaging, product inspection, testing, and quality control. The IRB 910SC is also known for its ease of integration, custom interfaces, and modular design, providing a perfect fit for various industries such as Automotive, Electronics, Aerospace and Defense, and more.

The IRB 910SC's customer benefits include short cycle times, high precision, and superb reliability due to the reuse and standard proven components. Its modular design allows easy maintenance and customization, and its tabletop mountable feature ensures that it can be installed in various locations. With its outstanding features and capabilities, the IRB 910SC is a unique option for industrial automation that delivers fast, reliable, and cost-effective performance.

Brooks Automation PF400 is a sample handling robot developed specifically for bench-top applications in life sciences and laboratory automation. It has a four-axis design and is equipped with a servo gripper for handling tubes and microtiter plates. It features a horizontal reach of 433mm (standard) and 588mm (extended), and is available with 400, 750 or 1,160mm vertical reach (Z-axis). The PF400 is easy to set up and program, with configuration and programming done from GuidanceMotion, an easy-to-use web interface, or from GPL, an advanced programming language. It can also be controlled by sending commands via its TCP interface.

The PreciseFlex 3400 is the world's first four-axis SCARA robot, designed to provide fast, safe, and efficient operations. With its collaborative design, the PreciseFlex 3400 is able to achieve speeds and accelerations that are unmatched by other collaborative robots, while still limiting collision forces. The robot is equipped with a maximum horizontal reach of 300 mm (1ft) and a maximum vertical reach of 25 mm (1inch), and is capable of performing pick-and-place cycle times of 1.4 seconds, which is comparable to the speed of human operators. Additionally, the PreciseFlex 3400 has a maximum payload capacity of 3 kg and limits free space collision forces to under 100 N, making it the fastest and safest robot in its class. The robot's controller and connectivity options are also user-friendly, allowing for easy setup and programming through a web interface or advanced programming language.

Designed for assembly and inspection applications in the electronics equipment and automobile components industries, the THE600 SCARA is a powerful automation tool.

Advancing from the specifications of the existing THE400 SCARA, the THE600 has been developed to meet growing demand for fast-cycle automation. The THE600 model includes improvements in synchronised control and tracking precision.

The THE600 is compact in design and offers improved high speed, with 60 per cent higher payload capacity than competing SCARA models in the same price range, making it the price-to-performance leader.

Affordable price, impressive performance.

Next Generation TS5000 Controller

The TS5000 controller has been designed from the ground up to be Industry 4.0 compliant and to provide Shibaura Machine a platform for the next generation of industrial robots. The controller platform has been designed with dedicated edge computing protocols, which, in combination with vibration analytic tools and AI, can generate predictive maintenance profiles unique to each customer application, ideal for reducing or even eliminating downtime. The THE600 is the first model offered with this new TS5000 controller, with more models on the horizon.