ACF - Active Contact Flange

Product catalog summary

Overview
The Active Contact Flange (ACF) is a patented technology designed to automate tasks requiring sensitivity and flexibility, ensuring short cycle times and high economic ROI. It is compatible with all robots, facilitating easy retrofitting and maintaining high-quality standards.

Applications
The ACF is suitable for surface treatments such as sanding, polishing, cleaning, laminating, stripping, brushing, deburring, and ironing. It can handle various materials including steel, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, carbon, plastic, wood, ceramic, and coconut fibers. It is also effective in contact-sensitive handling tasks like pick & place, insertion, joining, packing, assembly, gluing, component testing, and quality inspection.

Key Features

Defined Contact Force: Ensures consistent contact force with interactive compensation for surface tolerances up to 100 mm.
Integrated Gravitation Compensation: Maintains constant process force regardless of orientation changes, eliminating the need for additional programming.
Passive Security and High-Speed Control: Features a mechatronic actuator and sensor element for robust process security.
Simple System Integration: Utilizes standard interfaces for easy integration and provides constant feedback on contact situations.

Specifications
The ACF is available in various models with different specifications:

Max Force (push/pull): Ranges from 100 N to 800 N.
Stroke: Varies from 11.5 mm to 98 mm.
Max Overturning Moment: Ranges from 25 Nm to 350 Nm.
Max Torsional Moment: Ranges from 30 Nm to 350 Nm.
Power Supply: Standard DC 24 V / 2 A, with optional service of 24 V / 4 A.
Protection Class: IP 40 and IP 65.
Communication Interface: Standard Ethernet TCP/IP, with optional interfaces including Ethernet IP, DeviceNet, Profibus, ProfiNet, CANopen, Analog I/O, Modbus TCP, and Ethernet XML.

Product Variants

ACF XS: Designed for small robots, 60% less weight, suitable for workspaces within 1000 mm, ideal for bonding, pressing, insertion, marking, ironing, and lamination.
ACF HD: Offers shorter payback time, 6 times higher load capacity, larger removal rate, and low weight.

Catalog excerpts

ACF ACTIVE CONTACT FLANGE Our patented technology instantly automates jobs with a high demand for sensitivity and flexibility. It guarantees extremely short cycle times and radical economic ROI, even with delicate applications. The ACF automates problematic manual work and guarantees high standards of quality. It works with every robot. This even makes retrofitting unbelievably easy and persuasive. Surface treatment: Sand, polish, clean, laminate, strip, brush, deburring, iron All materials: Steel, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, carbon, plastic, wood, ceramic, coconut fibres… Contact-sensitive handling: Pick & place, insert, join, pack, assembly, glue, component-testing, quality inspection PATENTED TECHNOLOGY perfect feeling

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Defined contact force Interactive compensation for surface tolerances up to 100 mm with guaranteed consistent contact force. No adaptation of the robot tracks. Integrated gravitation compensation The process force remains constant even with changing orientations. No additional application programming required. Passive security and high-speed control Mechatronic actuator and sensor element with a high degree of process security using a robust mechanical construction with integrated passive safety and high-speed control. Simple system integration - highest quality standards Cleverly simple integration...

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