Welcome To Pickmaster Powerpac; Introduction - ABB PickMaster Twin - PowerPac Applications Manual

1 Welcome to PickMaster PowerPac

1.1 Introduction

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About PickMaster Twin
PickMaster® Twin is an application product designed for vision based high speed
picking of random flow products on the fly. PickMaster® Twin supports ease-of
use configuration, simulation and operation of a big variation of smaller or larger
line layouts composed of a multitude of robots, cameras, conveyors and fixed work
areas. It comprises all steps in the life cycle of a picking installation from proposal,
engineering, commissioning, operation to maintenance and support.
PickMaster PowerPac can be customized for some of the following special needs:
PickMaster® Twin is a modular product for controlling ABB robots in picking
applications through the robot controller. It is a configurable to perform pick and
place operations of items. A vision system is used to find randomly placed items
on conveying belts. PickMaster PowerPac is the engineering software aimed at
configuring and validating the application in offline simulation with a virtual system
and in online mode directly connected to the real installation. It uses comprehensive
graphical interfaces to configure powerful applications, where it can control multiple
robots picking and placing sensor-detected items on different conveying belts.
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PickMaster Twin comprises the following modules:
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PickMaster PowerPac
Ease of Use software for offline and online configuration and commissioning in a
visual 3D environment, powered by RobotStudio™.
Application manual - PickMaster® Twin - PowerPac
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• With the integrated vision it can be used for full random operation on a
continuously moving conveyors and for absolute accurate positioning on
indexed feeders or trays.
• Without vision recognition it can be used as a tool for the efficient production
with guided product flows on multiple conveyors.
• For efficient quality inspection and product categorization alone or together
with the position recognition.
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