Carclo Technical Plastics has
achieved production
validation for the delicate
assembly of a new diagnostic
life-sciences product. Said to
be an impossible task to
perform manually, a six axis
FANUC Robotics robot is used
to assemble, and in-process
check, each component.

Carclo Technical Plastics
injection moulds the main
body of a multi-compartment
cuvette and, adding value for
its customer, performs an
assembly task before delivery.

Engineered by Hi-Tech
Automation, a delta
configuration robot (FANUC
Robotics M-1ia) handles a
weight of less than 5gm and
has 1kg payload.

Alan Hogan, manufacturing
engineer, says: “The FANUC
Robotics M-1ia robot does
more than just place the filter
into the moulding; we use the
full flexibility of its six axes to
manoeuvre the part into
place.”
Control of the entire cell is
through FANUC Robotics’
intelligent R-30iA controller
with integrated functions
including iRVision.