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ROBOT New product: New Robot M-950 with a Payload Capacity of 500kg

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M-950iA/500

FANUC has introduced the new M-950iA/500 robot, with a payload capacity of 500kg.

The M-950iA/500 expands FANUC’s extensive lineup of heavy-duty robots with payloads over 200kg, including the R-2000iC, M-900iB, M-1000iA, and M-2000iA.

Features & Benefits

Serial Link Mechanism

The M-950iA/500 is a serial-link robot offering a wider range of motion compared to standard parallel-link robots, and is able to extend its arm upright then rotate backwards with minimal interference – allowing flexible equipment build by enabling to install of high payload robot in tight workspaces.

Adopting New Motor and Spring Balancer

One axis may be driven by two motors when payload increases. In a single arm of a serial link, the second axis burdens the highest load, but for the M-950iA/500, a new compact motor was developed to drive the robot with single motor. The spring balancer has also been optimized to build a simple structure for the robot, achieving well balanced mechanical unit with high reliability.

Strong Wrist, High Rigidity

  • The strong wrist and the higher payload make the new M-950iA/500 an ideal solution, for automotive industries shift to giga-castings and EVs. The M-950iA/500 has the strongest allowable wrists moment and inertia in its payload class, making it suitable for transporting not only dimensionally large parts but also heavy parts like batteries.
  • In addition, the high rigidity of the robot contributes to high quality automation in friction stir welding (FSW) and robot machining, for which demand has been increasing in recent years. The robot’s absolute accuracy improvement function, can be used for applications where trajectory is important.

The M-950iA/500 can be powered by the FANUC R-30iB Plus Controller and the new R-50iA Controller. For installation on an existing line, the current controller can be selected, and for the new line, the new controller can be selected along with the other robot models.

The new M-950iA/500 will start mass production in January 2024.

（January 2024）