Flexxbotics now compatible with Hexagon in-line inspection equipment.
Flexxbotics has expanded its advanced in-line inspection robotic machine connectivity, which is now compatible with all of Hexagon’s inspection equipment. This expansion allows users to utilise robot-driven manufacturing with Flexxbotics while using Hexagon equipment, which can help them achieve precision quality with six sigma consistency.
Robots use the FlexxCore technology to communicate with Hexagon’s machines, receiving closed-loop feedback based on automated inspection results. This feedback informs any real-time adjustments to the CNC machine programs. Flexxbotics can control factory robots with in-line inspection to achieve continuous unattended operations.
“We believe in-line inspection technologies make autonomy in the smart factory possible, providing the closed-loop coordination necessary for autonomous process control,” said Tyler Modelski, CTO & Co-founder of Flexxbotics. “That’s why we have focused on making inspection equipment interoperable with CNC machines and the production robots which control and coordinate robot-driven manufacturing.”
Key benefits of Flexxbotics’ expanded compatibility:
- Faster cycle-times.
- Precision quality with six sigma consistency.
- Higher yield number.
- Improved throughput.
- Greater profit per part.
- Production can continue both online and offline, with or without internet access.
- Compatible with the following business systems: CAD/CAM, DNC, SCADA/HMI, IIoT, MES, ERP, PLM, and more.
“We see the inspection equipment in the smart factory as the ‘eyes & ears’ of the robots running lights out manufacturing,” said Tyler Bouchard, CEO & Co-founder of Flexxbotics. “By connecting Hexagon’s inspection capabilities to production robotics with Flexxbotics, global companies are able to achieve next-generation manufacturing at unprecedented scale.”
Flexxbotics is compatible with the following Hexagon technologies: PC-DMIS CMM for bridge and gantry CMMs, the TEMPO robotic-enabled CMM system, NC measuring software, the full Q-DAS product line for Statistical Process Control (SPS), and Intelligent Machine Control (IMC).