Roboforming is a new manufacturing term where robotic systems form different materials. For instance, roboforming sheet metal, or robotic incremental sheet forming (RISF), is when a robot uses a forming tool to gradually shape a sheet of metal until its desired form. A force measurement system needs to be implemented in order to monitor and control the amount of force exerted on the roboforming tool.
Interface’s 6A40A 6-Axis Load Cell can be installed between the flange and the roboforming tool. When connected to the BX8-HD44 Data Acquisition, the customer can receive force and torque measurements when connected to their control system using BlueDAQ sofware.
Interface’s 6A40-6 Axis Load Cell was able to measure all forces and torques (Fx, Fʏ, Fz, Mx, Mʏ, Mz) and the BXB-HD44 Data Acquisition was able to log, display, and graph these measurements while sending scaled analog output signals for these axes to the robot’s control system.
