Modular gearbox kit for low cost automation

"With our Low-Cost Automation solutions, we enable design engineers to cost-effectively take part in the future of service robotics," says Adam Sanjurgo, who is responsible for Low Cost Automation solutions at igus UK. "This stimulates new ideas in the area of automation: robots or cobots that serve coffee or empty the dishwasher at home, that can be used in nursing and care applications as well as in industry."

The gearboxes play an especially important role here, as they are the heart of any modern robot. igus introduced a new generation of tribo strain wave gearboxes for movement on the fifth robot axis last year, where friction and wear are minimised by means of lubrication-free tribo-polymers. Plastic components allow for a compact design and cost-effective production. The drygear strain wave system can be used along the last axis of an articulated arm, linear robot or delta robot, for example, to operate different gripper systems.

The modular gearbox kit comes in sizes 80 and 105. Inside the gearbox, there is a tribo wave generator, a tribo flex ring with external teeth, and a brushless DC motor with external rotor.

An individual robot can also be configured as a cobot with the help of joining links attached to the gearbox and additional electronic components built into the design. 

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