b'machining process. This, he said, al- that its going to be more expensiveducts, were certainly not the low-lows a robot to remove a finishedthan the UR10 just because biggercost leader, he said. But I think part from a machine and then loadcosts more, Campbell said. were going to be more than com-a blank in the same trip instead ofIf you look at all of our pro- petitive.CTEremoving and dropping off a fin-ished part and then coming back to the machine to load a blank, which is necessary when a robot arm is equipped with only a single gripper.You get a big boost in through- Your success is our goalput and productivity by using the 2-up gripper approach rather than the single-gripper approach, hecustomer projectssaid.5 SERVICES TO OPTIMIZEWeve changed the wholeYOUR MACHINING PROCESSarchitecture of the joint Tool evaluationdesign, which allows us Process denitionto push more power into Tool life testthe joint and increases the Process engineering Turnkey solutions & prototypingtorque in the output.YOUR BENEFITSAlthough the UR10 can also be Using the best toolsfitted with 2-up grippers, Campbell said the additional payload capac-Optimizing operations and processesity of the UR20 expands the range Reducing investment riskof parts that can be handled by Saving internal resources by outsourcingdual grippers. For example, two 5 Best results in the shortest timekg parts plus a gripper would be a no-go for the UR10 but not a prob-lem for the UR20.Unveiled in June at the Automat-ica trade fair in Munich, the UR20FIND OUT MORE!will make its first U.S. appearance at this months IMTS. If you want one at your shop, however, you still have a substantial wait ahead of you. At press time, Universal Robots antic-ipated taking orders for the new cobot in the first quarter of 2023.Mikron Corp. MonroeIf this turns out to be the case, theMonroe, CT 06468company said it would be on [email protected] begin shipping in mid-2023.A price for the UR20 has yet to be set, but my expectations are ctemag.com/cteguide.com11MachineTech.indd 11 8/16/22 11:30 AM'