ABB IRB 1200 robot with SafeMove2

ABB Australia has announced that SafeMove2 is now available for IRB 1200, the smallest ABB robot to feature its safety-certified monitoring and control software.

SafeMove2 enables people to work safely alongside ABB robots with payloads ranging from 6 to 800 kg, without compromising productivity. It also provides an optimum level of collaboration and flexibility to higher speed and throughput applications which typically require more insular, intrusive levels of safety.

SafeMove2 includes a range of cutting-edge safety functions, including safe speed limits, safe standstill monitoring, safe axis ranges, and position and orientation supervision. It allows robots and operators to work more collaboratively and closer together by restricting robot motion to precisely what is needed for a specific application.

SafeMove2 simplifies production scenarios and provides tools that speed up the commissioning workflow for faster set-up and validation. The innovative software option also integrates safety fieldbus connectivity into ABB’s IRC5 robot controller family as well as the IRC5 Single, Compact and Paint controllers.

First introduced in 2014, the IRB 1200 addresses the needs of the material handling and machine tending industries for flexibility, ease of use, compactness and short cycle times while still maintaining a large working envelope.