From storage to shipping, key work steps are being taken over by intelligent
logistics robots, such as automatic storage and retrieval machines and driverless transport systems.
To always work efficiently and reliably, these robots need flexible and particularly compact drive solutions. Speed plays an important role: In the massive warehouses of an online retailer, for example, several thousand orders are processed every day. Therefore, the individual steps must be performed rapidly.
No automation without drive
Logistics robots are used both for storage as well as removal and dispatch preparation.
They optimize material flow, relieve employees and replace, e.g.,
conventional lift trucks or pallet trucks. Autonomous picking robots that allow
individual objects to be precisely accessed are one example.
The computer-controlled machines receive a work order and then move automatically to the
corresponding rack space in order to deposit or collect an item there. A typical picking
robot comprises a lifting column and gripper. As a drive unit, it contains, e.g.,
BX4 series brushless DC-servomotors with integrated motion controller and planetary
gearhead from FAULHABER.
When used in the gripper, this combination ensures precise positioning during storage or retrieval – all during continuous operation with constant load changes.
Wheel drive with high-torque flat motor from the FAULHABER BXT family
Smart solutions for logistics
The demands that modern intralogistics place on the used drives are high: In many instances, they must be capable of releasing tremendous forces under extremely confined conditions, also work reliably in continuous or stop-and-go operation, and oftentimes they must also perform highly precise positioning tasks. Efficiency and speed play an important role, after all, many thousand orders need to be processed every day in large warehouses. And in the future, the fields of application could be even more comprehensive: Through the use of drones and robots, the individual delivery of goods will also become increasingly automated.
Suitable for applications requiring high power,
low weight, and compact design, as well as for
dynamic start-stop operation:
FAULHABER BP4 family
Suitable for applications requiring high power,
low weight, and compact design, as well as for
dynamic start-stop operation:
FAULHABER BP4 family
