Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Stefan Karlinger

Alwin Berninger

Rainer Krumbacher

Andre Reekers

Jürgen Heitz

Frank Rohé

Melina Nasradini

Vladimir Kurmyshkin

Jorge Torres

A cable guide device for guiding at least one supply cable along a robot arm includes a supply cable and a spring system configured to automatically return the supply cable from an extracted state into a retracted state. The device, has a front end section in the direction of extraction of the supply cable, and a rear end section in the direction of extraction of the supply cable. The device further includes a spring system seat permanently connected to the supply cable and on which the rear end section of the spring system is mounted, an abutment seat on which the front end section of the spring system is mounted, a fastening device configured to fasten the cable guide device to a link of the robot arm, and an adjustment device carrying the abutment seat and configured to mount the abutment seat for movement with respect to the fastening device.

Cable device of an industrial robot

The invention relates to a conducting line protection device for an industrial robot having at least one power line, having a basic ring section, a hollow cylinder section whose diameter is matched to an inside diameter of a pipe component of the industrial robot that rotates relative to the conducting line protection device, an inner edge rounding section whose rounding radius is matched to a diameter of the power line, and a radial bearing section for rotatable support of the conducting line protection device relative to the pipe component of the industrial robot. The invention also relates to an industrial robot having such a conducting line protection device.

Cable protection device for an industrial robot and industrial robot with such a cable protection device

A device () is proposed for guiding elongated, flexible elements () along parts () of a machine () movable relative to one another. The flexible elements () can e.g. be power supply cables bunched in a hose for a tool of a multiaxial industrial robot (), which are guided along the axes of the latter. A device () according to the invention is characterized by a sheet blank () located on the surface of a machine part () for creating a fixing face () for machine attachment () spaced from said surface. At least one flexible element () is held and guided in a gap) between the surface and the fixing face (). As a result of the thus created, layered or superimposed arrangement of machine attachments () and flexible elements () guided on the machine space conflict between the same is avoided.

Device for guiding flexible elements along movable machine parts

A clamping element with a sliding block is provided for fixing in an undercut groove with a narrower insertion area and a wider groove base, as well as a device for fixing cam rails to a machine part, with a clamping element having the sliding block and with grooved rails having the undercut grooves. The vertical spacing of two second parallel side surfaces of the sliding block corresponds to the width of the undercut groove base. There is a blocking member connected to the sliding block. The dimension aor bgenerally being selected with a reduction within the tolerance range compared with the dimensions a or b. The blocking member may have a stop face for a cam rail and in particular the blocking member may have a groove for the positive lateral fixing of a cam rail. An area corresponding to the blocking member can also be constructed in one piece on a cam rail.

Clamping element and device for fixing cam rails

A compact, simple design of a device for guiding a hose, in which the device has a channel with a lateral, longitudinal opening.

Device for guiding a hose

A wearing ring, particularly for protecting a cable guide hose on a robot, with an inner ring and an outer ring having in each case two half-shells is characterized in that the half-shells of at least one of the rings can be locked together.

Wearing ring

A robot with at least partly externally located cables, particularly robot tool supply cables having a length reserve in the area of the A axis of the robot is characterized by a base part located on the robot and having elements for guiding the supply cables and with a leg pivotable against the latter on which is located at least one of the elements for supply cable guidance.

Holding arm for energy supply

A protective hose, particularly cable guidance hose, for a robot having at least partly externally positioned cables, particularly supply cables for robot tools is characterized by a flexible hose end piece terminally positionable on the protective hose and whose wall thickness at least zonally differs over its length, its wall thickness having a minimum value in the central area.

Highly flexible hose end piece

The invention relates to a multiaxis robot with at least one gear associated with a robot axis and having a gearbox with positional retaining strips for fixing control cams for monitoring the swivel angle of the robot axis, the retaining strips having a substantially arcuate construction with an inner circumference roughly corresponding to the outer circumference of the gearbox and the retaining strips can be frontally braced against one another for fixing on the gearbox.

Robot with a retaining strip which can be placed on a gearbox for fixing control cams

A robot with at least one at least partly externally positioned protective hose, particularly a cable guidance hose receiving robot tool supply cables has a winding guide located in the vicinity of a tool assembly flange for winding and unwinding the protective hose length necessary as a function of the tool positions.

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Augsburg, Germany

Stefan Karlinger