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37 www.smart-molding.com robots controller can be conveniently carried by hand to their place of use and set up. The new, intuitive touch panel has a clearly laid out user interface with graphic symbols, and programming is possible using the "drag and drop" function. This allows even robot begin - ners to create work programs in simple steps. To teach the robot the desired motion sequence, the operator can also manually guide the robot to the appropriate points. Professionals can change the inter - face at the touch of a button and have a traditional teach pendant displayed or, alternatively, connect an iPendant to the CRX-10iA. With teach pendant mode and iPendant, even complex pro - gramming is possible. Regular software updates Another new feature is that custom - ers will in future be able to update the software of the FANUC robot them - selves and extend it with various ap - plication updates. For the adaptation of grippers, sensors or cameras, FANUC provides software development kits to enable quick and easy connection with third party accessories. The CRX-10iA also meets the highest quality standards in terms of reliability. For example, it meets the demanding IP67 industrial standard, which allows it to load and unloadmachines inwhich there is moisture. Even very fine dust particles, such as those produced by polishing applications, are no problem. The controller and tablet are designed to meet the IP54 industrial standard and are therefore also ideally suited for use in industrial production. Service life FANUC will provide the same ex - cellent and comprehensive customer support for the CRX as for all its tradi - tional yellow robots. Two of the com - pany’s most important principles are “lifetime maintenance” and “service first”. This means that FANUC stores sufficient spare parts even of discon - tinued products and keeps providing service for all its products as long as customers continue to use them. The automation specialist maintains an ex - tensive service and support network worldwide, maintaining 264 locations servicing 108 countries. The CRX-10iA comes in two ver - sions: a standard model with a range of 1249 millimetres and a long arm model with a range of 1418 millime - tres. The long arm robot is designed so that it can swing its arm directly over its base. This enables it to pick up parts from a table in front of it, for example, and place them behind it on the table in a straight-line move - ment. In addition to palletizing tasks, the CRX-10iA is ideally suited for au - tomating a wide range of tasks like screwdriving, welding, picking parts out of shelves or from conveyors and packing them into boxes or loading raw parts into a CNC machine and unloading them when finished. FANUC www.fanuc.co.jp About FANUC FANUC City is situated at the foot of Mount Fuji, near Lake Yamanaka. Covering 1.7 million square metres, it is home to all FANUC's unique production facilities. It also includes 12 research and development centres, administration buildings, staff accom - modation, leisure facilities and even a clinic for FANUC employees and their families. FANUC has consistently pursued the automation of factories since 1956, when it succeeded in the development of the SERVO mechanism for the first time in the Japanese private sector. FANUC's business is comprised of three pillars of FA, ROBOT and ROBOMACHINE. The FA business encompasses basic technologies, consisting of NCs (numerical con - trols), servos and lasers, which are also applied to the ROBOT and ROBOMACHINE businesses. In addition, FANUC's flagship IoT product, "FIELD system," which is an open platform, has been introduced as a new business. FANUC also offers services, with a policy for not terminating support of FANUC products as long as they are used by customers. Through such activities, FANUC contributes to the development of manufacturing industry in Japan and overseas, by promoting automation and efficiency in custom - ers' factories. Factories on the Headquarters campus in Oshino-mura, Yamanashi Prefecture