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PickMaster 5.0Palletizing the Easy Way

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Content

ABB Packaging Software

System overview

Use of software

Features

Customer values

When and how can it be ordered?

How to get trained

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PickMaster- The ABB Packaging software

PalletizingPalletizing

PackingPacking

PickingPicking

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Line control

Product in feed operated by line controller Typically PLC

Not included in PickMaster 5

Products defined in line controller and PickMaster 5 PickMaster 5 requests products

from line controller for palletizing operation

Line controller acknowledge when ready

Request by pre defined I/O signals

Projects started from GTPU From PLC using I/O signal event

handling

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PickMasterTM workflow

Offline ConfigurationOffline Configuration

Transfer

OperationOperation

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System configuration

Maximum, 1 robot per controller

32 controllers per PickMaster 5

4 and 6 axis robots

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Optimize your Production Line

Configure the whole layout of the palletizing cell PickMaster 5 Line

configuration

Size and positions In-feeders

Pallets

Slip sheets et.c.

Supports 32 controllers 15 work areas per controller

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Easy to find optimum pattern

Integrated pallet pattern generator Open for third party palletizing

pattern software

Internal Library

Calculation of optimal robot motion Approach angles

Facings

Multi pick/place for max throughput

Grippers included in configuration

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Define the product

Shapes Physical dimensions of a box,

bag, slip sheet, pallet et.c.

Item Refers to an actual shape

Max speed, acceleration, rotation

Weight

Facing

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Flexible Application Concepts

Mixed product in-feed formats

Product distribution to multiple production stations

Mixing of multiple products to one stack

Bi-directional – Palletizing/De-palletizing

Logical Flow Control allows user to instantly change infeed for a product Alternative infeeds can be

configured for an out feed pallet

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Ease of Use Operation

Efficient operation from ABB’s graphical FlexPendant Production information

Control of individual production cycles

Start project

Stop project

Resume

Acknowledge

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Open Interface to Line Control

Best fit to Station Logics PLC’s Generic Station Signal

Interface Request Status

I/O Communication configured for Grippers Conveyors AGV´s Quality inspection Bar code reading

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Loaded With Features

Individual speed and acceleration control of products

Integrated tool configuration with activator zones

Manually adjustments of individual pick & place operations

Early request RS simulation Stack height checking Collision avoidance Flow Backwards compatible

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Handled with care

Set maximum speed, acceleration and axis 4 rotation The configuration is linked to

the actual product regardless what in-feed / out-feed it is using

Pick & place activation

Pick & place time

Advanced motion control

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Integrated tool configuration

Grippers configured in PickMaster 5

I/O control of individual activator zones

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Manual override of calculations

Improve calculated pick & place operations

Manually adjustments Facing

Approach angle

Numbers of products

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Utilize the Robot Performance

ABB motion control for the highest speed performance

Early requests ensures highest possible robot utilization Minimize wait time for boxes

Robot may start movement even before pick up target is confirmed

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Simulate With Real Virtual Controller

Check cycle times

Check boundaries

Visualization

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Collision avoidance

Built in automatic avoidance of work objects in the cell

Possible to add safe points for the robot to pass through Avoids collision with other

fixed equipments

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Logical Flow Control

Improve system redundancy Let the robot adapt to where

you want to feed the products Choose what in-feeds you

want to use for what products on daily basis

Optimize robot utilization Use two in-feed stations for

one out-feed

Mix different products from different in-feed stations

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Backward compatible

Changes done on GTPU can be saved back to PC and transferred to other lines

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Market trend

Focus on hardware cost

Maintaining high skilled programming competence at SI Specialized robot

programming

SI developing own semi standard software

Production changes needs re-programming by SI

Reduce programming cost

SI focusing at developing smart solutions for end customers Ease of use tool for robot

integration

Standard software with full customer support

End customers performs production changes with standard software

It used to be about……… Now it is………

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Lower the engineering cost

No need for costly robot programming PickMaster 5 creates all the

robot moves from the PC configuration

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Untie your human resources

An Ease of Use software can be handled by a general competence No need for dedicated robot

programmers

More flexible use of companies human resources

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Manage quick changes

Product changes requires Ease of Use products Changes easily re-configured

with PickMaster 5

No need for specialists with detailed robot code about the actual installation

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Flexible for late changes

Late changes in layout is managed by configuration changes No need for complete re

programming

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Global Support

ABB supports standard products globally over the complete product life cycle

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Cut the software maintenance cost

Large volume product loaded with application tools Continuously developed by

ABB to meet customer requirements

Avoid “Inventing the wheel”

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Multi application software

PickMaster is an Ease of Use software for picking, packing and palletizing Uses the same graphical

concept for all applications

Reduces maintenance needs

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Add flexibility directly at the robot cell

Improve system redundancy Let the robot adapt to where

you want to feed the products Choose what in-feeds you

want to use for what products on daily basis

Optimize robot utilization Use two in-feed stations for

one out-feed

Mix different products from different in-feed stations

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When and how can it be ordered?

Sales start may 14

Option 642-2 “Prepared for PickMaster 5” must be specified on robot controller IRB 2400 and IRB 4400 on request

Multimove not supported

The PC software is ordered on specification form for PickMaster 5

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How to get trained

Robot University has a 3 days training on PickMaster 5 In depth training for technicians

Technical sales training Training for sales and technical sales support

Sales-Support SEROP/SEROP/ABB@ABB