Kane Robotics and Ferrobotics to Demo Sanding, Grinding, Finishing Cobot Solution at Automate 2023

Automate.com, May 22, 2023

Kane Robotics launched a collaborative robot (cobot) solution that dramatically improves productivity, reduces health risks and solves labor shortage issues on manufacturing shop floors. It will demo the solution with FerRobotics GmbH’s ACF-Kit cobot end-effector to sand and polish various industrial components at Booth #3813 during Automate 2023, the nation’s largest automation event, May 22-25, 2023, in Detroit.

The first cobot solution innovated specifically to solve challenges in composites sanding, Kane’s GRIT^TM cobot works alongside humans to perform sanding, grinding, polishing, deburring and other labor-intensive material removal for any size manufacturer in a variety of industries.

The GRIT cobot solution has helped manufacturers complete jobs such as:

• sanding primer from machine components
• removing coating and sanding surfaces for paint preparation or repairs on helicopter main rotor blades.
• polishing fighter jet canopies to remove coatings and achieve optical clarity [see video]
• deburring metal castings and other parts

Robotic surface finishing solutions must be flexible and sensitive. FerRobotics’ ACF-Kit cobot end-effector used on GRIT combines both – a variety of tools to perform tasks like those mentioned above and FerRobotics’ patented Active Compliant Technology® (ACT) that maintains the defined contact force following the surface. Even when sanding on complex-shaped geometries. FerRobotics’ autonomous contact intelligence, plus a sensationally adaptable stroke of 35 mm, simplifies job modulation for every GRIT user and reduces programming effort.

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