The Danish company Kassow Robots is expanding its product portfolio with the KR1018, a new, particularly strong model with a payload capacity of up to 18 kilograms, which weighs just 34 kilograms due to its lightweight construction - and therefore meets a basic requirement for flexible automation solutions. The target group for this fifth 7-axis cobot is industrial companies from the metal industry and other sectors such as the food industry. With this lightweight robot, employees can be relieved of heavy physical tasks in the future and entrusted with other tasks.
The Kassow Robots product family now includes five 7-axis cobots, which have been on the market since 2018 and offer a payload of up to 18 kilograms and a reach of up to 1.80 m - all at a speed of up to 225 degrees / second and a dead weight of just 38 kilograms: KR810 (850 mm reach / 10 kg payload), the now newly introduced KR1018 (1000mm / 18 kg) as well as the cobots KR1205 (1200 mm / 5 kg) KR1410 (1400 mm / 10 kg), KR1805 (1800 mm / 5 kg). Each of the five cobots can be used in an almost infinite number of industrial applications in human-robot collaboration (HRC) - also thanks to the 7th axis, which can reach around corners.
Five times 7 axes (from right to left) : The Kassow Robots product family. KR810 (850 mm reach / 10 kg payload), the KR1018 (1000 mm / 18 kg) newly launched in September 2020, KR1205 (1200 mm / 5 kg) KR1410 (1400 mm / 10 kg), KR1805 (1800 mm / 5 kg)
"Compact, very strong - and yet with a low dead weight! This is how Kristian Kassow wanted to design his cobots for flexible use in industry, and he and the team implemented this as planned. The five models now available were already outlined in the business plan and industrial customers can now buy them all. All five models offer a unique combination of power and speed and are easy to operate and program," emphasizes Dieter Pletscher, Head of Sales at Kassow Robots. The KR1018 with a payload capacity of up to 18 kilograms and of course the 7th axis can, for example, take over the loading and unloading of heavy metal parts for companies in the metal industry and thus relieve employees who could be deployed elsewhere in the company in a much healthier way. It is also particularly suitable for physically demanding tasks involving palletizing and labelling, for example in the food industry.
For SMEs, it is worth starting with or expanding lightweight robotics solutions. "Everyone is familiar with the intuitive, user-friendly tablet technology from their private lives. This makes it easy to get started with programming our cobots, even for SMEs that have never had anything to do with robotics before," says Pletscher.
Kristian Kassow, founder and CEO of Kassow Robots, the Danish manufacturer of lightweight cobots with 7 axes
Dieter Pletscher, Head of Sales at the Danish cobot manufacturer Kassow Robots, which has five 7-axis models in its portfolio.
Pletscher emphasizes how important it is to him when selecting sales partners that they speak the same language as potential end customers. "Our sales partners are medium-sized companies themselves and are very familiar with the end customers' issues. They are available as contacts if there are any queries or when it comes to integrating cobots into existing automation solutions."
