IPR to introduce 7-axis devices for robotic arms at FABTECH 2023
Enforcing the robotic development in Mexico, FABTECH 2023 will present technological developments to create integral automated operations solutions for vertical markets.
One of the exhibitors at the event to be held in May 2023 in Mexico City is the German IPR (Intelligente Peripherien für Roboter), a leading peripheral device for robot manufacturers, such as clamping mechanisms, tool exchangers, compensation modules, and seven axes.
Silvia Pazos, marketing manager of IPR in Mexico, said that FABTECH is the gathering space for leading metalworking companies and their customers through a direct connection and in an optimal environment for disseminating technology and learning about the technique around this sector. “It is important because technology is not distant; we already have it in our hands, and companies that do not get on are being left behind. It is important that technology is accessible and that companies can offer it as an increase in their capabilities.”
IPR has been in Mexico for over a decade, providing “the hands and feet of robots,” Pazos shared colloquially. “We have standard basic tools, or we make them custom-made.” He added that among the markets where they have specialized are welding and casting, where there are very extreme temperatures and are high risk for a person.
He also announced that at FABTECH 2023, IPR will introduce new grippers, tool changers, and 7-axis components with technology with greater functionality for companies seeking greater flexibility and optimization of their manufacturing processes.
Robotics in Mexico is increasingly growing, and companies like IPR have been vital to providing these new technologies and disseminating knowledge and technique related to their applications. “At first, maybe many people did not want that change, even for fear that people would be displaced,” explained the IPR executive, who said that it is precisely people who operate robots. These people only require another technical level for these new jobs. Moreover, new robots allow people to work shoulder-to-shoulder with operators for certain operations, generating faster processes with greater productivity and lower costs. “It is the benefit of automation; we can have safer operations, without errors in repetitive tasks but guaranteeing quality in repetitive tasks, and that for a human is usually tedious and very weary. Robots don’t get tired. “Silvia Pazos warned that in the coming years, there are many opportunities for manufacturing companies as long as they are technologically prepared, so investment in new systems and equipment should not be seen as an option but as something that should be done immediately, that is, in this 2023. Waiting could be the difference between taking on or being left out of new projects.
