FANUC FANUC Robot Applications & End-of-Arm Tooling

Question 1

Which FANUC robot series is most commonly used for arc welding applications due to its slim arm and hollow wrist design?

Accepted Answer

ARC Mate series

Answer

M-2000iA series

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LR Mate series

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CR-35iA series

Question 2

What is the purpose of a Force/Torque (F/T) sensor mounted at a FANUC robot's wrist?

Accepted Answer

To measure contact forces and enable force-guided assembly, polishing, and insertion tasks

Answer

To weigh the workpiece for quality control only

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To calibrate the tool center point automatically

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To monitor joint motor temperatures

Question 3

In FANUC spot welding applications, the term 'equalization' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The servo gun automatically compensating for electrode wear and part thickness variation

Answer

Balancing the robot's payload to prevent joint overload

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Equalizing the current between two welding transformers

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Synchronizing two robots on the same part

Question 4

Which gripper design is preferred for FANUC palletizing robots handling fragile or irregularly shaped objects?

Accepted Answer

Vacuum (suction cup) gripper with multiple independently controlled zones

Answer

Two-finger parallel gripper

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Magnetic gripper

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Rigid mechanical clamp

Question 5

What FANUC software option is used to automatically generate optimized palletizing patterns and positions without manually teaching each pallet layer?

Accepted Answer

FANUC PalletTool

Answer

FANUC Line Tracking

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FANUC Coordinated Motion

Answer

FANUC iRCalibration

Question 6

When a FANUC robot performs a dispensing or sealing application, which motion type is most commonly used to maintain consistent bead width?

Accepted Answer

Continuous path motion (CNT=100) with constant speed override

Answer

Point-to-point (FINE) joint motion between each seam segment

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Free-running joint interpolation

Answer

Cartesian step motion with manual triggers