Special return modules for cost-saving return line design

The modular LCMR200 system lets integrators build actively positioned transport for assembly and packaging with directly driven, traceable sliders. Capable of carrying loads up to 30kg, the LCMR200 modules permit processes such as screwdriving, dispensing, push-fitting and palletising directly on the slider for speed and simplicity.

The standard LCMR200 modules move the sliders at up to 2500mm/s, with programmable speed, acceleration, and stop positions that enhance flexibility and eliminate mechanical stoppers or sensors. Featuring a rigid guide to support the sliders, all module types ensure mechanical tolerance within +/-30 micron and positional repeatability within +/-5 micron. The full portfolio ensures flexibility for system integrators by offering horizontal and vertical circulation units, as well as a traversing unit that facilitates production-line branching, bypassing, and sampling.

The new LCMR200 Free Module is a variation of the LCMR200 linear module without the drive unit and sensors. It comprises the standard guide frame and top cover, machined to the same fine dimensional tolerances as the driven modules. While guiding sliders with equivalent precision, these Free Modules are available with the same stroke variations from 200mm to 1000mm. Users must create a separate feed mechanism, for example using Yamaha Robonity actuators, to move the slider on the Free Module. Since the Free Module does not require electrical power, an optimised external drive can be used to reduce energy consumption.

The elimination of the drive unit and sensors significantly extends the service life of the Free Module. Fewer active components reduce maintenance intervals and spare parts requirements. Since the Free Module does not contain any drive components, it is less sensitive to environmental influences, for example in welding or heat treatment applications. Yamaha and its distributor partners are ready to support customers creating flexible transport solutions with the LCMR200 system, combining the new the Free Modules with existing standard modules, circulation units, traversing unit, and accessories.