The road to grinding process automation starts hereThe need to meet increasing productivity and quality demands has many manufacturers wishing they could automate their grinding application. Few have the abrasive process experience to do it – until now. KUKA has partnered with 3M, a trusted leader in abrasives, to leverage the two companies’ capabilities and take the uncertainty out of automating weld grinding applications.

Discover the best of both worlds with KUKA ’s ready2_grind

ready2_grind combines the unmatched performance of a KUKA KR 60 robot with 3M’s abrasive process expertise and materials to provide a low risk implementation that delivers consistent, high quality grinding while increasing productivity. Each pre-confi gured robot system is equipped with an integrated controller, end-of-arm tooling and intuitive user interface for faster programming and shorter time to adoption.

ready2_grind at a glance:

KUKA KR 60 robotIntegrated 3M force control unit & rotary tool

Pre-confi gured controllerSimplifi ed user interface to program the robotMiller Coolmate™ 3 and kit

3M abrasives kit2 days of 3M application engineering support for proof of concept and abrasives process recommendations

Powered by a KR 60, the KUKA ready2_grind is performance personifi edThe KUKA KR 60’s robust design enables it to operate reliably and accurately over long periods of time, making it the perfect fi t for ready2_grind. With high stiff ness to compensate for occurring process forces, the dynamic, 6-axis robot comes furnished with a number of hardware features:

_Robot dress kit _Robot control panel _EtherCat I/O module with cables _Tool changing sensors

Support for each step of the grinding automation journeyThe KUKA ready2_grind comes with two days of 3M application engineer support that includes developing a proof-of-concept trial for the customer’s part at the 3M CAM Center. In addition to connections with KUKA and 3M’s extensive community of trained system integrators, each system is backed up by on-call service from KUKA ’s worldwide fi eld team.

The KUKA KR 60’s robust design enables it to operate reliably and accurately over long periods of time, making it the perfect fi t for ready2_grind. With high stiff ness to compensate for occurring process forces, the dynamic,

Support for each step of the grinding automation journeyThe KUKA ready2_grind comes with two days of 3M application engineer support that includes developing a proof-of-concept trial for the customer’s part at the 3M CAM Center. In addition to connections with KUKA and 3M’s extensive community of trained system integrators, each system is backed up by on-call service from KUKA ’s worldwide fi eld team.