For the first time since beginning direct sales and service to support injection molders in Switzerland, Sepro Group was exhibiting at Swiss Plastics Expo 2020. The company demonstrated a Model 6X-60 6-axis robot and a 3-axis Success 5 unit at the trade fair, which took place 21 - 23 January at Messe Luzern.
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The new Sepro Success 5 offers precise, 3-axis servo performance on injection molding machines from 20 to 80 tons. |
Sepro Switzerland was formed in 2017. Thomas Scherz, Area Sales Manager, maintains an office in Winterthur, northeast of Zurich. From there, he and a full-time service technician serve the German-speaking areas of Switzerland. The French-speaking western region of the country is covered by Olivier Violy, a 25-year Sepro employee who also covers southeastern France. Customers in the Italian-speaking southeast of Switzerland work with Sepro’s Italian distributor, Sverital SpA.
At Swiss Plastics, Sepro was demonstrating two of its smallest robots. The first, a Model 6X-60 six-axis articulated-arm robot, is one of four units developed in partnership with Stäubli. Sized to serve injection-molding machines with up to 100 tons of clamp, it has a maximum payload capacity of 9 kg and an operating radius of up to 920 mm. The 6X-60 can handle almost any automation task, from simple part unloading to more complex operations. Other Sepro 6-axis robots are able to serve IMMs up to 5000 tons.
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Model 6X-60 six-axis articulated-arm robot, is sized to serve injection-molding machines with up to 100 tons of clamp. |
Sepro was also exhibiting its Success 5 robot, the smallest in its “universal” Success line of 3-axis robots for plastics injection molding applications.
The Success 5 is designed to deliver big performance in a compact package, offering precise, 3-axis servo performance for pick-and-place and stacking applications on presses up to 80 tons. Four larger models in the Success line – the Success 7, Success 11, Success 22, and Success 33 – can equip molding machines up to 700 tons.
Visitors to the Sepro stand also had the opportunity to get hands-on experience using the Visual control – the control platform that is used to operate all Sepro robots – and lean about various services including:
• Open integration: offering seamless integration of Sepro’s robots and the controls of any IMM via the “Easy Package” approach
• OptiCycle: the Sepro wizard that helps programmers develop a standardized and optimized robot cycle
• Live Support: a smart-device application that streamlines robot troubleshooting and maintenance to maximize uptime.
