Heavy Duty KUKA Titan Robot Stacking Steel Beams

KR 1000 titan: KUKA's muscle man

Mannstaedt GmbH is using six of KUKA's heavy-duty robots to stack steel beams in an impressive display of robotic brawn - carrying up to 2.5 tons at a time.

Mannstaedt is headquartered in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and produces special beams manufactured to customer specifications. The steel beams, which are used in automotive and port construction, reach a weight of 2.5 tons and a length of up to 26 meters. Thus, the first challenge was that the handling of these very heavy and irregularly shaped steel beams was not possible with one robot. To solve this challenge, Mannstaedt employed six KUKA KR 1000 titan robots.

Thanks to the robot-based automation, Mannstaedt is no longer limited to 16 meter long beams and can handle the full required length of 26 meters. Only by using six robots is this possible. The heavy-duty robots are highly accurate and provide incredible repeatability even while handling such large, awkward loads.

"The system is an absolute asset. We can produce faster and more flexibly with simpler methods," says superintendent Marcus Haas of Mannstaedt GmbH. His company has significantly increased business with the new system and it has immediately translated into an enlarged product portfolio.

Read more about solution:
https://www.kuka.com/en-de/press/news/2016/06/kr-1000-titan_heavyweight-champion-from-kuka

More Information about KR 1000 titan: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robot-systems/industrial-robots/kr-1000-titan

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