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Volume 27, Issue 3
1 June 2000
Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application Cover Image for Volume 27, Issue 3
Technical Paper| June 01 2000

Tool changer integration utilising fieldbus

Richard Piggin;
Richard Piggin
Senior Research Fellow for the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1203 528 962; Fax: +44 (0) 1203 524 307; E‐mail R.S.H.PIGGIN@WARWICK.AC.UK
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Ken Young
Ken Young
Principal Research Fellow at Warwick University Manufacturing Group, International Manufacturing Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Industrial Robot (2000) 27 (3): 200–205.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910010323950

Fieldbus has been used to control self drill drive screw (SDDS), spot clinching and self pierce riveting tools mounted to a single robot with a tool changer. This has reduced wiring complexity and enabled more robust cable dressing. The network, tool operation and tool changer are described.

Keywords: Fieldbus, Robots
© MCB UP Limited
2000
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