Product profile
IRB 4600
IRB 4600 is ABB Robotics' compact industrial robot family for high-density manufacturing and logistics cells. ABB lists variants with 20 to 60 kg payloads,...
Facts
- Company
- ABB Robotics
- Product type
- industrial_robot_arm
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- compact industrial manipulation
- Website
- https://one.robotics.abb.com/Robots/p/IRB-4600
About IRB 4600
IRB 4600 is a six-axis industrial-robot family covering payloads from 20 to 60 kilograms and reaches from 2.05 to 2.55 metres. Its compact base and slim upper arm allow dense cell layouts and access around machines and fixtures.
Variants support arc welding, material handling, machining, dispensing and machine tending. ABB offers Foundry Plus protection and LeanID internal dresspack routing for demanding processes. OmniCore controllers and RobotStudio provide motion control, simulation and production integration.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Industrial arm
Core: 60 kg payload
Function: Factory automation
Audience: Manufacturers
Specifications
- arm_reach_m
- 2.55 m maximum reach m
- max_payload_kg
- 60 kg maximum payload kg
- path_repeatability_mm
- Path repeatability as low as 0.09 mm mm
- reach
- Reach variants from 2.05 to 2.55 m
- repeatability_mm
- 0.05 mm position repeatability mm
Operations
- Environment
- manufacturing, logistics, handling and machine-tending cells
- Primary user
- manufacturers, automation integrators and production engineers
- Role
- fast handling, tending and process automation
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- stationary industrial robotic arm
- Product detail
- robotic_arm, robot, Industrial Arm, industrial_robot, Industrial Arm, industrial_robot, industrial_arm, industrial_robot
Research, Articles and recent verified events
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