Force Compliance Devices

Robotic Force Compliance Devices allow you to automate processes and give an industrial robot a "human" touch. Their sliding carriage allows the process equipment to maintain contact with a part's surface with a specific force. This technology is a closed-loop system that works independently of the robot arm. Unlike, force torque sensors, our device does not have to compensate for the mass of the robot arm. Instead, we only deal with the weight on the end of the sliding carriage. This makes our robotic force compliance devices more accurate, precise, and easier to use than any other equipment on the market. This is critical when dealing with material removal applications (grinding, sanding, deburring, weld shaving) where consistency is key to achieving a beautiful surface finish.

ACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Automated Active Compliant Tools utilize internal closed-loop, feedback control along with internal force, acceleration and position sensors to accurately apply the desired force to the your part. Accurate force is maintained over contours, in any orientation. Just tell it what force you want and an Active tool will apply it up, down, sideways or any orientation in between.

PASSIVE TECHNOLOGY
Automated Passive Compliant Tools are simple, less-expensive, open-loop devices. They rely on external, customer-supplied air pressure regulators to set the applied force. While they may lack the ultra-high precision and flexibility of Active compliance, they work extremely well for less demanding flat or prismatic parts or more specialized processes like Weld Shaving where high-accuracy force control is unnecessary.