Viper These Cartesian robots — also known as gantry or linear robots — from Engel have a high load capacity, compatible with injection molding machines with clamping forces ranging from 30 tons to 5,500 tons. They feature a vacuum saving circuit.
What’s new? Upgrades, available since Oct. 1, to the Viper 20, 40 and 60, to make them more modular. They now feature axis profiles that allow for flexible combinations of payloads and axis lengths. Also, the next-generation Vipers have an upgraded drive technology on decentralized controllers on the wrist axes, along with a new energy chain routing concept that reduces their overall height in tandem configurations. In addition to those upgrades, Engel now offers as an option new ultra-compact combination wrist axes for the Viper 12 and Viper 20, so they can work in tight spaces.
Benefits Flexibility, reduced investment costs, shortened delivery times and increased manufacturing adaptability with the latest generation. Instead of replacing the robots as applications change, users now can adjust their robots’ individual axes to adapt to new requirements. Also, the new drive technology of the Viper 20, Viper 40 and Viper 60 reduces cabling requirements, simplifies retrofitting and allows the robots to operate energy-efficiently at 48 volts.
Engel Machinery Inc., 717-764-6818, York, Pa., www.engelglobal.com
Vital Statistics
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Clamping force range |
Payload Y-single |
Payload Y-tandem |
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Viper 12 |
Around 31 tons to 562 tons |
33.1 pounds |
26.5 pounds |
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Viper 20 |
Around 67 tons to 1,011 tons |
77.2 pounds |
61.7 pounds |
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Viper 40 |
Around 101 tons to 1,686 tons |
132.3 pounds |
99.2 pounds |
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Viper 60 |
Around 292 tons to 2,698 tons |
N/A |
176.4 pounds |
About the Author
Karen Hanna
Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.