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Product Marketing
Flexible Feeding Solutions
Adept Technology, Inc.
NASDAQ: ADEP
Founded in 1983 – Silicon Valley
Over 57,000 systems installed
$57M Annual Sales / 175 employees
Reducing Global Cost of Manufacturing
Operations by Providing High Performance
Robots and Pre-Engineered Platforms
World Leader Vision-Guided Conveyor Tracking
Industrial Robots
Global Delivery Model with Operations in 9
Countries and 200 Partners
Global Delivery and Support
Over 57,000 systems installed backed by 24/7 support
DistributorsTechnical CentersSales
18,70023,200
12,400
1,700
Intelligent Hand-Eye Coordination
“Hard tooled”Conventional part feeders
Adept Technology Simplifies Flexible Feeding & Reduces Cost
Market Drivers
Existing capabilities reaching plateau
High speed applications for flexibility of custom or traditional machinery
Total cost of integration and ownership for new applications
Short product life cycles
Better interaction with people and robotics
Collaborative, Teaching without Programming
Increasing product variations,mass customization
Vertical applications and solutions focus
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Adept’s Portfolio
ACE Operator Interface & ACE PackXpertFlexible Automation Solutions (Adept PAC, OctoMation Cells, etc.)
SCARA, Articulated, Cartesian, and Delta Robots
Conevyor-Tracking SystemVision-Guidance and Inspection System (ACE AdeptSight)
Mobile RobotsFlexible Feeding Solutions(Adept AnyFeeder)
FoundationSmartVision EXSmartController CX Teach PendanteV+/ Adept ACE Camera KitsePLC
Technology Focused on Variability
Managing production Variability key enabling technology
High Speed Robotics
Vision Tracking & Inspection
CollaborationApplication Software
Gripping Solutions
Flexible Feeding
Part Feeding Requirements and Challenges
Large global install base of flexible feeding systems
Flexibility and Agility• Leveraging the ability for automation and labor to work
cooperatively• Quickly adapt to addressing competitive offerings• Increase speed to market to support growth
Minimize Costs • Eliminate manual intensive work• Increase accuracy/eliminate errors to reduce fines• Improve lead times
Increased Productivity• Predictable production by eliminating variability• Maximizing throughput per square foot of production space• Increases Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) through the
implementation of flexible automation
Adept Solution
Adept’s Focus for Flexible Feeding
Feeder - Vision - Robot
Coordination
“The vision-guided robot is the key element in this
type of system. It’s principal function is the
acquisition, orientation, and placement of parts
to a target matrix or assembly fixture.”
- Bud Ross, RPM Flex Feeders
Why Adept for Part Feeding Applications?
High-throughput: Seamless integration of AnyFeeder, Robots, and ACE
software for Vision-guided flexible feeding solution
Flexibility: Feed bulk parts of various shapes, colors, textures, and materials
with fast product changeovers
Repeatability: Part feeding jobs demand high consistency and Adept offers
portfolio of robots with high repeatability
Precision: Cost of poor quality is high and robots need to work with high
accuracy; Adept portfolio is designed for high precision jobs
Foot print efficiency: Adept system provides a high foot print efficiency
maximizing the work envelope
Safety: Part feeding jobs can be hazardous. Adept adheres to all the safety
regulations to ensure the safety of operators
Flexible Feeding Components
Expectation vs. Reality
“Flexible parts feeding is a lot like education
spending. Most folks want only the best schools and
the best teachers for their children. But, when it
comes time to pay the piper, the enthusiasm quickly
evaporates.”
- John Sprovieri,
Senior Editor, Assembly Magazine
Major Components
Method of presenting parts (AnyFeeder)
Method to locate and recognize parts (Vision)
Method of picking and placing parts (Robot)
Method of programming the feeding solution (Software)
ACE AdeptSightAdept AnyFeed Adept Robot
+ + +
Application Software
Adept AnyFeeder
“The Adept AnyFeeder is a compact,
programmable part feeder to separate and flip
parts without the use of conveyor-belts or
recirculation“
Abilities:
• Variety of parts
• Part changeovers quickly and easily
• Process multiple parts simultaneously
Key Features: Adept AnyFeeder
Driven by 2 brushlessservo motors
Integrated bulk part feeder
Parallel or serial communication
Backlight drawer
Stainless steel design
Quick change feed surfaces
Anti-static or textured feed surfaces
Fast feed and flip with excellent control due to servos
Internal vibration damping
Benefits of Adept AnyFeeder
Adept ACE™ software to deploy your applications through a user-friendly
interface
High flexibility for production runs with high mix of parts and short productions
cycles
Brushless servo-drives and conveyor-less design feed parts without part jams
Integrated backlight option for advanced vision guidance capabilities
The feed surface option enables feeding parts with different sizes, colors, or
shapes
Feeds a variety of parts with no fixturing requirement
Vision-Guidance Integration
AdeptSight™ is intelligent software designed to perform
vision guidance and inspection applications through a
single interface
• Single point of control for vision-guidance applications
• Wizard-based user-friendly interface to calibrate and teach
the robots
• Supports “vision-on-the-fly”
• High-speed and high-quality inspection of parts with
tight tolerances
Robot Integration
The Adept SmartController and ACE software is capable of
integrating any of the robots with Adept AnyFeeder:
• SCARA
• Cartesian
• 6-Axis
• Hybrid / Custom
ACE Software Integration
Identify, calibrate, teach, and manage AnyFeeder, robot, and vision
through a single interface
Rapid deployment of applications with multiple robots for high-
throughputs, multiple AnyFeeders to handle multiple parts, and
multiple cameras for vision-guidance and inspection
PLC Integration
ePLC software from Adept enables flexible feeding
solution to be integrated with Allen Bradley’s PLC
integration
Integration enables users to program and manage
AnyFeeder and robot through Allen Bradley’s PLC
Flexible Feeding Success Story
Philips (Netherlands)
Challenge
• Assembling products that nobody knows for sure
how they will look and work in the future
• flexible automation components from one source
• Multiple small lines for maximizing throughput,
flexibility, and availability
Solution
• 50 AnyFeeder and 140 Robots (SCARA and
Articulated)
• ACE software to seamlessly integrate the system
with vision-guidance capabilities
Application Video
Robot – Vision – AnyFeeder Integration
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