b'gripping heads with adjustable fin- couple of months and then produc- out on flexibility and profit. In the gers: one head for rough parts andtion runs for many years withoutend, our customers find that it costs one for finished parts. If the strokechanging the process. less to have a robot for each CNC of the gripper is not the exact sizeAt a machine shop, you can havethan to have a robot capable of for each part operation, the robotmultiple setups per day and losehandling two machines.CTEsystem has to be equipped with a servodriven gripper. This op-tion is expensive and has a limited payload.Installation and interfacing. Instal-lation requires more engineering and development time to commu-nicate reliably and safely between CNCs. This becomes a very cus-tomized integration and leads to higher costs, a longer initial startup and an increase in integration risk.There are few cases when one robot loads multiple machines as a profitable solution. One example we see often is at automobile fac-tories where there is mass produc-tion. However, these are highly cus-tomized solutions in which an in- achieve optimal resultstegrator programs the parts for ain iso material drilling about the authorapplications. Craig Zoberis is founder and Fusion | Robo- president ofGEN3SYS XT ProJob-USA in Burr Ridge, Illinois.Replaceable Insert High Penetration Drilling SystemFor more infor-0.4311" - 1.3780" (11.00 mm - 35.00 mm)mation about CNC automation and integration services, con-tact [email protected] or visitwww.robojob-usa.com. Increase tool life with a coolant configuration that increases coolant flow & directs additional ctemag.com coolant to the cutting zoneTo view a video of this robotic automation at www.ctemag.com, scan the QR code with your smartphone or enter this URL on your web browser:330.343.4283 | www.alliedmachine.comqr.ctemag.com/1gu2sctemag.com/cteguide.com17RoboticsResults.indd 17 3/16/23 11:28 AM'