A43 / CELL 1 / FANUC CONCEPT / OCTOBER 18, 2026
FANUC cell · planned industrial arm What changed Capacity Full itemized cost
reBot B601-RS Ordered · Oct 21 est. FANUC LR Mate Planned · distributor call Oct 19 Software & team prep Fixed roll tooling · same robot grip 9.5 s target budget · unproved 8 modules need ≤9.596 s for 10M/year* *Assumptions
Whole module 8 modules Top Pickup NEW · Shaker tray Camera & vision Controls / air Deburr Kick Roll
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LIVE CLOSE-UP · SAME GRIP
CAM 1 · overhead 1 camera + 2 lights · no wrist camera
THE TRAY MOVES. THE FRAME STAYS STILL. 350 × 275 mm deck · usable area ≈330 × 255 mm
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CYAN = camera / view · WHITE BARS = lights
GRIP OPEN Pick once
ROLL DETAIL ▶ Play roll only 1 · Above gap 2 · Tab hooked 3 · Mid-wrap 4 · Wrapped 5 · Lifted clear
▶ Play one-grip cycle Restart Next motion Playback ¼ speed ½ speed 1× target budget 2× speed
Scrub the motion
ONE PILOT · ORDERS PLACED Loading… Recorded totals exclude two Amazon orders with unverified amounts. FANUC is not ordered. View itemized buying list Orders & expected arrivals Everything Ordered / partly ordered Still to order / make
Explore a component One camera, two jobs Overhead camera → vision PC → robot controller. It locates the blank and classifies the visible face. The robot then runs taught station paths.
Try a different pickup Vision decision Punched face up Burr face up → wrist flip Unknown face → no pick
Show orientation Simulated decisions; no trained vision model. Existing size-04 band mesh. Geometric bending preserves the same gripping land; it does not predict forming loads, springback or final dimensions. Collision clearance and robot joint limits require validation. No final inspection in this cell.
Close CONTINUOUS-GRIP CONCEPT One part stays in one pair of jaws. Pick and orient: camera classifies the face; wrist turns only if required. The pneumatic tray shakes only when vision finds no acceptable pick. Separate A/B valves excite it across and at an angle, then stop before imaging. Use Shaker tray to inspect the mechanism.Deburr: arm holds the blank on the fixed upward brushes. Separate station gripper and feed slide removed.Kick: die and hold-down support the band while the free tab bends up. Robot retains the stationary land.Roll: kicked foot hooks into a fixed gap. The arm sweeps the other end around the stationary former. No moving roll hardware.Withdraw and release: robot lifts vertically out of the top-open slot, carries it to the bin and opens its jaws.The green dot marks the same material grip point throughout. The close-up follows the gripper. Use the timeline to examine any moment; station buttons pause at the relevant operation.
This is a motion simulation, not a proven machine cycle. The narrow finger tips, full-wrap access, forming loads and control compliance still need a physical trial. Longer blanks may require top backing with brush-clearance windows. The exact final tooling diameter and springback compensation remain open.
Close ASSUMED TIMING · NO MEASURED PERFORMANCE 9.5 seconds is a target budget. The animation follows one part from pickup through return. All arm-served processes occur sequentially. There is no parallel-station capacity credit.
Modules Seconds / completed part 8-hour shifts / day Days / year Run rate % Downstream yield %
Illustrative allocation Seconds Pick and orient during transfer 1.30 Approach + brush contact + lift 1.70 Transfer + supported kick + tool return 1.65 Transfer + horizontal wrap + release from mandrel 3.05 Carry, drop and return empty 1.80 Complete serial cycle 9.50
At these assumptions, eight modules produce 10,101,221 accepted parts/year, giving only about 1% arithmetic headroom. Seven produce 8,838,568. At 10 seconds, eight produce 9,596,160 and nine are required. Do not duplicate equipment on the strength of this animation.
85% run rate is the user assumption; 98% downstream yield is a planning allowance. Set yield to 100% if quality is already included in the 85%. Feeding, retries, changes, stops and replenishment must fit the run-rate allowance. Real controls wait for grip/tool feedback, not the animation timer.
Close CURRENT BUYING LIST · ORDER STATUS Components and purchase status. Gross order totals are shown on the main board and include charged tax and shipping before any pending refunds. The rows below show merchandise prices: verified unit prices where recorded, otherwise the prior sourcing estimate. They do not form a new all-in project quote. The RS and matching power kit are owner-purchased; the combined order total is $2,281.57. The camera order total is $293.61. Itemized tax, shipping and coupon allocations are not shown. FANUC and its software package remain unpurchased.
Product / model Supplier Qty Unit Line total
In-house laser-cut parts
Component hover totals share some catalog parts. This master list counts each buying line once. Existing kick press, fixed roll tooling and bins are reused. Stamping, heat treatment, coating, final inspection, cushion fitting and the deferred dust collector are outside this list.
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Close A43 / CELL 1 / TEAM PREPARATION Two arms. One process to develop. Feed and locate a blank → hold it through deburring, supported kicking and fixed-tool rolling → release to the WIP bin. Aluminum and steel are in scope; the current detailed fit study covers WDG04 only.
reBot B601-RS · ordered Lower-cost development arm, approximately $2,000 before tax, plus the $99 matching power kit. Both have an Amazon delivery estimate of Wednesday October 21 . Final invoice amounts are pending.
Start with MotorBridge / Python for connection and zero verification. Seeed’s current planning tutorial uses Ubuntu 24.04, ROS 2 Jazzy and MoveIt 2 , with CAN communication. Prepare the model and simulate first. The purchased Protectli is the vision-PC candidate; controller-host performance and storage still need checking.
The proposed process tool uses the purchased SMC gripper and a custom adapter/fingers. The included stock gripper is useful for bring-up but is not the tool represented in this fit model.
Seeed quick start and calibration ROS 2 / MoveIt 2 setup Official code, CAD and robot description
FANUC LR Mate 200iD/7L · planned Industrial-arm candidate, approximately $15,000 hardware budget . Eli plans to call the distributor Monday October 19 . No order or delivery date is confirmed; final matched controller, pendant, cables and landed cost need agreement.
Proposed stack: HandlingTool / teach-pendant motion , with external PC vision through KAREL R632 + User Socket Messaging R648 . Ask the distributor to confirm installed options and license rights. ROBOGUIDE / HandlingPRO and the KAREL compiler are a separate development-license question.
FANUC external-PC interface overview FANUC ROBOGUIDE
The FANUC animation is a concept layout, not a joint-limit or collision-validated simulation of the specific used robot.
Before the boxes arrive Review the two layouts and the delivery list; prepare the RS software environment and virtual motion; review the camera, PLC and gripper handshakes; finish the custom jaw/adapter and fixture dimensions. After arrival, verify actual geometry and run slow dry cycles. Force assistance can come from actuators or backstops as needed.
Four guarding SKUs are ordered but backordered. Two additional SBC-18N silencer packs are still unpurchased. In-house fabrication, robot mounting/services and commissioning are separate from receiving purchased components.