{"id":577491,"date":"2024-01-17T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=577491"},"modified":"2024-01-16T17:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:29:53","slug":"flexxbotics-enables-connectivity-foba-laser-marking-engraving-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/flexxbotics-enables-connectivity-foba-laser-marking-engraving-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexxbotics enables connectivity with FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flexxbotics’ system is now compatible with FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving equipment. | Source: Flexxbotics<\/p><\/div>\n

Flexxbotics has announced that its robotic technology is now compatible with FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving products for machine tending. This includes communication with FOBA’s integrated camera system for vision-based inspections. <\/p>\n

With Flexxbotics’ robot-driven operation of FOBA equipment, customers can achieve continuous operation, greater throughput, and higher yields, asserted the company<\/a>. In addition, the integration offers closed-loop feedback to the robot for autonomous process control, it said. <\/p>\n

\u201cCombining FOBA with Flexxbotics is particularly valuable in industries with strict regulatory compliance requirements that dictate the highest levels of repeatable precision, such as medical devices and surgical products, along with aerospace, defense, and space,\u201d said Tyler Bouchard, co-founder and CEO of Flexxbotics, in a release<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnvironments that require rapid and accurate processing like semiconductor and electronics operations also benefit substantially,” he said. “With Flexxbotics and FOBA together, customers can optimize cycle time, expand capacity, and increase profit per part.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Compatibility promises more flexibility, faster deployments<\/h2>\n

FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving<\/a>, a brand of ALLTEC Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH, provides<\/a> laser marking systems and laser engraving machines. Its offerings include fiber laser markers and UV laser markers, ultrashort pulse laser markers, CO2 laser markers, and green laser markers for a range of applications and industries. <\/p>\n

Flexxbotics said its patent-pending FlexxCORE<\/a> technology enables robots to securely connect and communicate with FOBA laser marking and engraving equipment. This compatibility includes the FOBA MarkUS control, its digital I\/Os, PROFINET, Profibus\/TCP\/IP, and EtherCAT. <\/p>\n

FlexxCORE can coordinate robot actions with FOBA’s three-stage marking process. This includes part inspection before marking, automatic mark alignment, and subsequent validation of the marking, noted the Boston-based company<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The system uses either the Intelligent Mark Positioning (IMP) or Point & Shoot (P&S) capabilities in the FOBA equipment for precise alignment of the laser marker on the customer’s product. It also allows for vision-assisted workflows if needed for accuracy, said Flexxbotics.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnecting robotic machine tending with our FOBA laser-marking solution using Flexxbotics provides an even greater return on investment,\u201d stated Jeffrey A. Kniptash, FOBA\u2019s sales manager for Americas. \u201cEnabling Flexxbotics robot-driven manufacturing with our FOBA laser marking and engraving equipment to enable autonomous process control can remove bottlenecks and deliver continuous operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n