- Factory Automation Systems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 3276
TOKYO, April 23, 2019 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will release the "MELFA Smart Plus Card Pack" and the "MELFA Smart Plus Card" with upgraded predictive-maintenance and enhanced force-sensor functions for upgraded functionality in MELFA-FR series industrial robots on April 26, 2019. The new functions incorporate Mitsubishi Electric's original compact AI technology, Maisart®,1 to realize 60% reductions in both takt time and system startup time to contribute to increased productivity at manufacturing sites.
- 1 Mitsubishi Electric's AI creates the State-of-the- ART in technology
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MELFA Smart Plus Card
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Insertion into MELFA-FR series
Product Features
- 1) Reduces downtime by detecting abnormalities in advance (predictive maintenance)
- The predictive-maintenance function uses Maisart to detect and provide early warnings of abnormalities in drive-system products2 incorporated in robots, helping to reduce downtime.
- Highly accurate predictive maintenance is realized simply by inserting the card into the robot controller, without having to add any other device or sensor.
- 2 Gearboxes, motor encoders, and batteries to maintain position-information memory
- 2) Shortened cycle time with automatic parameter adjustment (enhanced force sensor)
- Maisart automatically adjusts the parameters of systems that utilize force sensors3.
- Takt time is reduced by 60%4 compared to a conventional method by controlling pressure exerted on target items, thereby helping to achieve higher-speed operations similar to those performed by skilled human hands.
- 3 Gearboxes, motor encoders, and batteries to maintain position-information memory
- 4 Compared to reference value for connector-insertion operation based on conditions set by Mitsubishi Electric
- 3) Shorter startup time though automatic program generation (enhanced force sensor)
- Operation start and end points need only be entered to automatically generate a program for the shortest-possible operation time.
- Shortens system startup time by 60%4 compared to a conventional method.
Release Schedule
Product Name |
Model Name |
Main Specification | Price | Release Date |
FY2019 Sales Target |
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MELFA Smart Plus Card Pack |
2F-DQ520 | Equipped with all seven functions5, including predictive maintenance and force-sensor expansion functions | Open price | April, 26 | 200 units |
MELFA Smart Plus Card |
2F-DQ521 | Any one of MELFA Smart Plus Card Pack functions5, such as predictive maintenance or force-sensor expansion. | Open price |
- 5 See Function of MELFA Smart Plus table in the full document
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