Your right arm

SMC’s solutions for robotics

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SMC’s solutions for robotics

Index p. 3
Introduction p. 4
The expert’s view – Andreas Czezatke, SMC Austria
Solutions for robotics
Key solutions p. 6
Specific for gripping - vacuum handling - welding - painting p. 9
Another solutions for you p. 14
UR + certified MHM magnetic gripper kit p. 15
Our solutions in your applications
Vacuum handling & Gripping p. 16
Welding & Painting p. 18
Other application examples p. 20

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robots will be running production plants. And
Europe is at the heart of this, boasting the
highest number globally, with the latest statistics
suggesting there are 106 per 10,000 people, as
manufacturers look to stay competitive and keep
production within the continent.

However, robots will never replace the human

ability for strategic thinking, invention and detail,
and yet the two can work hand in hand.

Our customers, our inspiration

We enjoy a close working relationship with
our customers, who inspire us every day as
they harness their creative genius using SMC
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Understanding the needs of our customers and
the type of components they require, means
we have created a range of solutions that are
compact, lightweight and energy efficient. This
is supported by our global infrastructure with
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GLOBAL COBOT PROJECT LEADER CEE

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Key solutions

Avoid the hassle of cables with your robot

With the world’s first integrated Wireless valve system, any robotic application can benefit from both reduced
installation time and costly production downtime. Easier and cost-effective with no industrial communication cables.

Wireless system
EX600-W Series

· Less cables & connectors, less installation & maintenance, less breakage &
disconnection risk – Increase machine availability (OEE improvement)
· Achieve totally reliable, noise-resistant communication – Frequency hopping

less
and data encryption in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.

If you choose a wired solution, we have a range

of Fieldbus systems compatible with your
communication protocols, including IO-Link.

Integrated fieldbus system type Fieldbus system for input/output

EX260 Series EX245 Series

· Mount it directly on your robot arm – Minor footprint and · Reduce your assembly time & wiring – Plug & Play AIDA
cabling with daisy-chain topology push-pull connectors
· Avoid a long connection time – Quick connection Speedcon · Robust and noise-resistant – Fibre-optic communication
connectors. · Speed up your robot tool change – Fast start-up function.

The space saving 3-in-1 electric solution your robot needed

Miniaturisation is a key factor to increasing the productivity of your robot application and that is why we have
designed an ultra-compact solution integrating a linear motor, a linear guide and a displacement sensor.

Card motor Light &

LAT3 Series compact

· Transport, push or measure length with this miniaturised linear motor

· Place it virtually anywhere – The size of a credit card & 9 mm high
· Secure your cycle times – High-speed response and operation.

miniature
6 For dimensions and other details refer to the general
catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Key solutions

Light &
Let your robot move faster; push your productivity compact
Our J Series includes a range of pneumatic solutions specially designed under a weight & dimensions optimisation
concept. This will enable your robot arm to move faster as the inertia loads are reduced, being more productive
thanks to greatly enhanced cycle times.

5-port solenoid valve Speed controller with one-touch fitting

JSY Series JAS Series

· The smallest width 5-port solenoid valve (6.4 mm) on the · Suitable for confined spaces – Height reduction up to 43.3 %
market · Easy to install and easy to operate – Needle adjustment by
· Better flow characteristics and faster response time compared manual push-lock or with a flat blade screwdriver.
with other valve series with a similar valve width.

faster
Parallel style air gripper New
Cylinders
ers
JMHZ2 Series product JCQ/JMGP/JCM/JMB Series

· Minimise the moments of inertia in your robot – Overall length · Suitable for robot manipulation – Up to 69 % lighter with
shortened up to 21% 1) and weight reduced up to 43 % 1) overall length shortened. Improved cycle times
· Enhance your performance – Higher opening/closing stroke · Better utilisation – Compact, guide, tie-rod and round types
and longer gripping point is possible in cylinder one bore Tie-rod type allows intermediate bore sizes for an even
smaller greater optimisation.
· Achieve precise handling – Precision repeatability as low as
±0.01 mm.

1) All comparisons are done with alike models in the market.

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Designed to endure your robot’s movements
Robot applications usually need to withstand fast and complex movements. Here you have our proposal to increase
the life of your products forgetting about being continually on the lookout for maintenance.

endure
Wear-resistant tubing Rotary one-touch fittings Rotary joint
TUZ Series KS/KX Series MQR Series

· Avoid sliding motion abrasion with this · Ideal for oscillating or rotating sections · Makes it possible to supply air to
special polyurethane tubing in robots – Ball race bearing rotating and sliding components (up
· Be sure it will last – Maximum abrasion · Eliminate wear at fitting and tubing – to 16 circuits)
0.16 mm after 10 million cycles Tube rotation prevention mechanism · It will keep up your robot’s rhythm:
· Fit it in narrow piping spaces – Small · Specific version for high-speed allowable rpm: 200 to 3000
bending radius. applications (KX Series). · Long service life: Up to 1 billion
rotations.

Changing your robot’s tools has never been easier

When several tools have to be used in the same robot application, don’t hesitate, take a look at our next product.

Auto hand changing system

MA Series

· Automatic exchange of robot hand tools without requiring adjustments or teaching

· Integrate it into a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)
· Taking into account safety – Built-in failsafe mechanism for drop prevention when
there is air pressure loss.

exchange
8 For dimensions and other details refer to the general
catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Specific for
Specific for

Do you have a gripping challenge? We are up for it!

Pneumatic, electric or what you never imagined, a great variety of options with which SMC allows you to handle
whatever you want with your robot.

Pneumatic grippers Electric grippers

MH Series LEH Series

· Pick up whatever – Available in parallel style with 2, 3 and 4 · Great variety of mechanics to choose from – Tailored electrical
fingers, in angular style solution
· Mount them wherever, however – High degree of mounting · Total speed, force & position control – Digital I/Os or fieldbus
flexibility plus a variety of dust covers commands, including IO-Link
· Achieve precise handling – Precision repeatability as low as · Ensuring you grip what you need to – Gripping check function
±0.01 mm. to identify workpieces with different dimensions
· Always with safety in mind – Workpiece drop prevention
function.

g
ripping
Magnetic gripper UR+
Double gripper reversing unit
MHM Series certified MHS Series

· Performs optimally, where others don’t – Holds ferromagnetic · Mount our 3-finger air grippers on the reversing unit to
workpieces with holes and uneven surfaces operate in limited spaces – Reduction of the turning diameter
· Handle with reliability and safety – Holding force up to 120 N, required by mounting the air grippers in parallel
plus it guarantees gripping the workpiece even when the air · Downsize your machines – The stroke of the equipment
is shut off shutters can be reduced.
· Increase your productivity – Reduce your cycle times.

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Build up your complete vacuum solution
If vacuum is a must for your robot application, we have a great offer: lightness, reduced response times, integration or
a variety of materials and shapes, everything you could need can be found in our vacuum section.

Vacuum pads
ZP Series

· High flexibility to handle workpieces of different sizes, shapes,

weights and/ or materials – Wide portfolio of pad types plus a
selection of mark-free, antistatic, FDA compliant and for disk
adsorption or panel holding
· Easy mounting – Very short overall length, compact buffer
body, wide selection of piping and disassembly.

vacuu m
Vacuum ejectors Light &
ZU/ZH/ZK2/ZL Series compact

· Improve your cycle time – Great variety of light and compact

vacuum generators
· Handle anything – different sizes, shapes, weights and/or
materials
· Flexibility of use – Available with control valves, silencers,
filters, digital pressure switches and/or even energy saving
function.

10 For dimensions and other details refer to the general

catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Specific for

Vacuum pad with ejector Vacuum saving valve

ZHP Series ZP2V Series

· Place it easily in confined spaces – Vacuum ejector and pad · Avoid switching operations and simplify your control circuit –
are integrated Closes the suction line of the pad when there is no workpiece
· Simplify the mounting and reduce your maintenance – Daisy- · Save energy – Almost no loss associated with pads sucking
chain piping and lock-plate structure no object orr sucking irregularly.
· Ease the separation and disposal of workpieces – Shot-
blasted pads with groove on the adsorption surface.

handling
Vacuum sensors Non-contact grippers
ISE20/ZSE20 Series XT661 Series

· Gain control of your process without adding weight – Sensor · Transfer and leave no marks – No physical contact with the
as little as 30 mm x 30 mm x 31.5 mm workpiece
· Fast and flexible – Easy setting and short delay time · Handle different sizes, materials & shapes gently – Cyclone
· Increase process efficiency and improve machine and Bernoulli grippers
availability – IO-Link compatible. · Minimise installation & maintenance efforts – Possible to be
disassembled and cleaned on the inside.

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Our withstanding solutions for your welding robot
We have current-resistant solutions at your disposal for the fixing and positioning of the material to be welded, as well
as a wide range of tubes suitable for the welding sector where the environments are exposed to harsh spatters.

Power clamp cylinder Pin clamp cylinder

CKZT Series CKQ Series

· Ensure your clamping operations in welding · Positioning and clamping at the one time in environments
environments – Spatter-proof construction. Rounded cover exposed to magnetic fields
design and release button with minimal protrusion reduces · Welding-friendly, but still light and compact for use in robot
weld spatter accumulation arms
· Do you need to clamp small workpieces? Light and compact · Guarantee safety – Lock mechanism to prevent the dropping
specific model – As light as 580 g and as little as 34 mm wide of workpieces during emergency stops.
and 192.4 mm high.

elding
Flame-resistant tubing
TRS/TRBU/TRTU Series

· Suited for arc and spot welding – Flame-resistant resin tubing (equivalent to
UL-94 Standard V-0)
· Wide variety of flame-resistant tubing:
- TRS Series: the simplest SMC flame-resistant tube
- TRBU Series: double layer design with outer polyurethane flame-resistant
tube
- TRTU Series: the three-layer polyurethane tubing that improves spatter
resistance by inserting an aluminium layer between the outer layer and the
inner tube. TRTU performs best in the harshest environments.

12 For dimensions and other details refer to the general

catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Specific for

When quality in painting is a must

We make your painting application easier with a variety of silicone-free products, a suitable choice for automotive and
paint industries to avoid detrimental effects on paint adhesion.

Valve for water and chemical base fluids VCC Ideal match – Stainless steel fitting
VCC Series Light & VCK Series

+
compact
· Perfectly designed for your robot arm – space-saving Resists painting chemicals – SUS316L stainless steel
& light valves through a resin body with reduced paint · Assures reduced residual liquids – Resin surface sealing
deposit · Easy installation and removal in tight spaces, piping
· Antistatic manifold applicable for water/chemical base volume reduced – 40° swivel elbow.
paint and cleaning with solvent/air
· High reliability and long service life (2 million cycles).

paintin
Fluoropolymer tubing High purity fluoropolymer fitting
TH Series LQ Series

Perfect to use in extreme conditions – Highly resistant to harsh · Avoids impurities within painting circuits for car bodies on
fluids and solvents up to 200 °C, as well as the possibility of painting lines in car industries – New PFA material virtually
being used at high operating pressures. eliminates particle generation and TOC (total organic carbon)
allowing confident use in the most demanding applications
· Resistant to harsh fluids and solvents up to 200 °C
· Strong resistance to tube bending and deformation.

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Another solutions for you

Thermo-chiller Digital gap checker

HRS/HRSE/HRSH Series ISA3 Series

Get peace of mind with your welding applications by Use it for presence, placement and proximity confirmation of
installing the best thermo-chiller for them. By maintaining the raw materials before welding, reducing breakdowns
ng break
kdo
d wns ddue to
temperature within strict limits you will boost weld quality, precision errors.
reducing spatter and extending the life of the tips.

Improve cooling by adding

Directly operated 2-port
solenoid valve
VXZ Series

accuracy
Digital flow switch for water
PF3W Series

tranquility
Air dryer combination Safety valve
AF + AFM/AFD + IDG Series VP-X555 Series

Ensure quality painting by supplying quality air into the robot, Introduce safety in your application (especially relevant in
combined with an air filter, mist separator
p and dryer. handling operations) – Residual pressure release in the event
of an emergency.

safety
paint quality
Electric actuators Pulse blowing valve
LE Series AXTS Series

Motion in your power with SMC’s Electric Actuators that adapt Improve your energy efficiency in your robot’s blowing
to you and provide the flexibility your robot needs. applications – Automatically turning on/off air flow.
Give your portal robot freedom to move in three linear
directions by controlling it in the best, most appropriate way,
also via Fieldbus IO-link.
ldbus or IO link.

energy
efficiency
flexibility
14 For dimensions and other details refer to the general
catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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UR + certified
UR + certified MHM magnetic gripper kit

Performs optimally, where others

don’t

When traditional methods of vacuum

systems or mechanical grippers are not
viable solutions this gripper, that absorbs
and holds with a magnet, is the best option
for transferring workpieces that have an
uneven surface, are porous or susceptible
to damage.

Its design prevents deformation of

workpieces and accidental adsorption of a
second workpiece, plus a varying bumper
thickness that allows an easy adjustment of
the holding force.
Flexibility, easy integration and fast operation are 3
requirements that industry increasingly demands for Other interesting features include a
automation, the same 3 features that collaborative reduced cycle time with minimum residual
robots – or cobots – achieve. holding force when the workpiece is
released and safe handling of pieces even
UR wants to drive production into the future by
when the air is shut off.
designing cobots for direct interaction with humans
at a shared workspace for businesses of all sizes. MHM, being UR+ certified and including
By certifying products as UR+, they are verified to an URCap plug-in, it is easy to integrate
work plug-and-play with such cobots. and programme.
SMC graduated as UR+ developer with the
magnetic gripper, MHM series. Like the rest of UR+ Applications
certified products, MHM offers you the benefits of
this exclusive qualification: - Packaging
- Assembly
- Easy programming & fast setup – Highly reduced - Pick & Place
deployment time and quick operation
- CNC
- Flexible automation – Lightweight, space-saving, - Machine tending.
and easy and fast re-deployment without changing
production layout

- Collaborative and safe – Operation with no safety

guard after risk assessment.

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Applications

Thanks to many years of experience, we can optimally adapt our solutions and thus deliver an
excellent product to meet your specific requirements. Benefit from our high speed and frequency,
compact, light and reliable solutions for the most common applications such as pick & place,
boxing, casing, cartoning or palletising.

Vacuum handling
Multi-stage ejector
ZL112A Series

Compact pad
ZP3E Series

Wear resistant tubing

TUZ Series

16 For dimensions and other details refer to the general

catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Vacuum handling & Gripping

Gripping
Parallel type air gripper
MHZ Series
Wide type parallel
style air gripper
MHL2-Z Series
Compact cylinder
JCQ Series

Compact speed controller

with one-touch fitting
JAS Series

Wear resistant tubing

TUZ Series

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Take advantage of our specialised solutions for robots in vehicle production. From among several
processes, we can highlight our products for welding, improving weld quality and avoiding breaks
in production. Whilst with painting we ensure a reliable and quick application of the paint to
produce high product quality.

Welding Power clamp cylinder

CKZT Series Compact 5-port
solenoid valve
JSY Series

Thermo-chiller
HRSH Series

FR three-layer
polyurethane tubing
TRTU Series

18 For dimensions and other details refer to the general

catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
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Welding & Painting

Painting
Stainless
Fluoropolymer tubing steel fitting
TH Series VCK Series

Wireless remote
EX600-W Series Valve for water and
chemical base fluids
VCC Series

Wireless base
EX600-W Series

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Other application examples

glass handling Adsorption marks must not

be left on workpieces in
glass handling applications.
To this end, use our mark-
free vacuum pads – ZP2
series

vacuum manipulation
Space is a must for vacuum
generation assistance.
Benefit from daisy-chain
piping with our vacuum pad
with ejector – ZHP Series

vertical handling
Vacuum pads cannot
be used to support
ferromagnetic workpiece
with holes and uneven
surfaces. Instead, use our
magnetic gripper – MHM
Series

20 For dimensions and other details refer to the general

catalogue for each series in www.smc.eu
 SMC’s solutions for robotics
Other application examples

wrapped food transportation

Adsorbing unstable, soft
film-wrapped workpieces
with high speed spider
robots in the food industry
require a highly adaptable
pad skirt. To this end, use
our FDA compliant blue
vacuum pads – ZP3P Series

semi-conductor &
electronics transfer Scars or suction traces
must not be left on
workpieces in electronics or
semi-conductor industries.
Alternatively, use our non-
contact pads – XT661
Series

energy-efficient packing
Energy efficiency is a must
in continuous packaging
processes. As such, obtain
the most efficient results
thanks to the energy saving
function of our all-in-one
vacuum ejector – ZK2
Series

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