Yamaha Robotics extends its single-axis robot series
Yamaha Robotics announces the expansion of its Robonity series of single-axis robots and motorless single-axis actuators with the addition of a long-stroke type, a timing belt drive type, and a low-profile type with reduced overall height.
The long-stroke type features a maximum stroke of 3,000 mm, a maximum payload of 200kg, and a repeatability of ±0.01 mm, delivering both high-precision long-stroke capability and high payloads. Equipped with Yamaha Robotics’ proprietary Optimal Support Mechanism (patented), it suppresses speed reduction caused by critical-speed and enables operation at a maximum speed of 2,400 mm/sec.
The timing belt drive type achieves a maximum stroke of 4,000 mm and a maximum speed of 3,750 mm/sec, representing the highest speed in Yamaha’s history, enabling high-speed, long-distance transfer between production processes.
The low-profile type contributes to overall equipment downsizing by reducing total height, while its slimmer design still maintains high rigidity and ensures excellent accuracy. All models are equipped as standard with shutters that cover the guides, ball screws, and belts to prevent grease dispersion and foreign-matter contamination, allowing use in today’s manufacturing environments requiring high cleanliness and dry conditions, such as semiconductor and EV battery production.
With products becoming increasingly compact, high-density, multifunctional and diverse, product life cycles are also shortening at a rapid pace. In response, manufacturing sites are facing greater demand for multi-variety, variable-volume production, along with the need for higher equipment efficiency and shorter delivery times. In particular, the global increase in automotive battery production has led to a growing need for transfer systems that can handle copper material restrictions, low dew-point (dry) environments, low dust generation, and anti-rust performance.
To meet these evolving needs, Yamaha Motor launched the Robonity series in May 2019 – a versatile line-up that allows users to choose between motorless single-axis actuators and single-axis robots, suitable for a wide range of applications from positioning to material transfer. Since its launch, Yamaha has continuously expanded the line-up, and the series is now widely used in the automotive components, electrical and electronic, and consumer goods industries, among others.
The newly added long-stroke, timing belt drive, and low-profile types are all compatible with clean manufacturing environments with high air purity. With these additions, the Robonity series now offers 54 models, enabling customers to select the most optimal specifications from an extensive line-up.
