The Smooth Operator - Robot Arm for CNC Machines

Unique Robotic Solution in New Zealand for CNC Machines

Seamless

Integration

User-Friendly

Short Learning Curve

Can be deployed

and run lights-out

Created for

small batch size

SMOOTH OPERATOR 10

SMOOTH OPERATOR 20

SMOOTH OPERATOR 30

Smooth Operator machine centre

Meet The Smooth Operator, our cutting-edge collaborative robot (COBOT), the key to maximising your machine uptime and slashing downtime.

Tackle staffing shortages head-on and free up your team to focus on other tasks, say hello to a new era of efficiency, speed, and precision in machine tending.

Our Smooth Operator solution ensures that your CNC machines will always be making parts unattended.

Fast Deployment

Increase your production hours and reduce downtime with a PLUG ‘n’ PLAY solution that does the work for you. The Smooth Operator can be deployed in hours, and run lights-out.

Fast Payback on Investment

Up with automation, down with product constraints

The Smooth Operator utilises a wrist mounted camera to recognise the shape of your component, no more laser cut templates or table pockets as part of your loading station. Enjoy seamless automation for batch runs of any size and components of any shape, ensuring a speedy ROI

PRESS PLAY & WALK AWAY

No specialist technician is required.

No hardwiring or invasive connection to controller required.

What is the installation process for the Smooth Operator?

Connect sensors to existing machine outputs.
Stack light, cycle start, chuck/vice actuators.
Teach Cobot the start and finish points.

The machine tending software enables an external pneumatic switch to activate the cycle start button. Tower light sensors track the CNC machine’s status throughout the cycle. Upon completion, the robotic arm efficiently swaps the finished part with the next job, rinse and repeat until all your jobs are swiftly completed!

FAQ’s

Is it hard to program?

No, anyone can learn to set up and deploy/redeploy the Smooth Operator, it works very similarly to conversational CNC machine controls in that you outline movement zones and can pick sections of previous programs to use in future setups!

Where are the safety cages and laser grids?

The Smooth Operator is a Collaborative Robot, or COBOT for short, as such it has force sensors built into every joint, as soon as one of these sensors detects an anomaly (i.e. it bumps into something) it will pause to let you clear the obstruction.

But I don’t have an automatic door!

Not a problem, the Smooth Operator can open and close the door of your machine just as an operator would.

Where do the finished parts go?

The Smooth Operator can be programmed to drop finished parts into several places and configurations, such as onto a conveyer belt, into a bin, down a chute, It’s really up to you!

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