A Large Lens Manufacturer’s Robot upgrade Background As part of the manufacturing process, a leading producer of corrective lenses uses a robot to load lenses into the Single Cavity Lens Manufacturing (SCLM) machine. Unfortunately, the original machine, is obsolete and spare parts are no longer available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Review of the Project The client engaged Grantek to supply, program and integrate a new Staubli TS40 robot on the SCLM #2 line. The goal of the project was for the new robot to load lenses onto the machine like the existing robot. The new robot must be integrated to communicate with the SCLM machine’s Siemens PCS-7 system over Profibus. In addition, the project had the following requirements: 1. Safety system must be upgraded to category 3 2.

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