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Gearing Up for Robotics
Jim Ness -- Nidec-Shimpo America
Nidec Corporation
- $13.5B in annual sales
- 130,000 employees
Nidec-Shimpo
- $440M in annual sales
- 2400 employees
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
Planetary Gearing for Robotics Applications
• 1-3 arc-min of mechanical backlash • Relatively noisy • Vibration • Velocity ripple • Good stiffness • Steel construction -- weight
Planetary Gearboxes in Robots
Delta Robots AGVs / Warehouse Robots Social / Security Robots
Cycloidal Gearing for Robotics Applications
• 0-1 arc-min of mechanical backlash • Relatively noisy at higher speeds • Moderate Vibration • Moderate velocity ripple • Good stiffness • Steel construction -- weight
Cycloidal Gearboxes in Robots
Strain Wave Gearing for Robotics Applications
• No backlash • Relatively quiet • Very little vibration • Low velocity ripple • Moderate stiffness • Relatively low weight
Strain Wave Gearboxes in Robots
Market for Strain Wave Gearing 2016 - 2018
• Demand has doubled over a two year period
• Deliveries have gone from a few weeks to half a year or more
Nidec-Shimpo Plant Capacity
September 2015 -- 5,000 units per month (1 factory) January 2018 -- 12,000 units per month (1 factory) September 2018 -- 25,000 units per month (2 factories) June 2019 -- 60,000 units per month (3 factories) December 2019 -- 100,000 units per month (3 factories) Locations: Kyoto Japan, Nagano Japan, Subic Philippines
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