1. Palletizing the Easy Way
PickMaster 5.0

2. Content ABB Packaging Software System overview Use of software
Features
Customer values
When and how can it be ordered?
How to get trained

3. PickMaster- The ABB Packaging software
Packing
Palletizing
Picking

4. Line control Product in feed operated by line controller
Typically PLC
Not included in PickMaster 5
Products defined in line controller and PickMaster 5
PickMaster 5 requests products from line controller for palletizing operation
Line controller acknowledge when ready
Request by pre defined I/O signals
Projects started from GTPU
From PLC using I/O signal event handling

5. PickMasterTM workflow
Offline Configuration
Transfer
Operation

6. System configuration Maximum, 1 robot per controller
32 controllers per PickMaster 5
4 and 6 axis robots

7. Optimize your Production Line
Configure the whole layout of the palletizing cell
PickMaster 5 Line configuration
Size and positions
In-feeders
Pallets
Slip sheets et.c.
Supports 32 controllers
15 work areas per controller
The PickMaster line configuration describes the palletizing cell and is the same regardless what products are palletized

8. Easy to find optimum pattern
Integrated pallet pattern generator
Open for third party palletizing pattern software
Internal Library
Calculation of optimal robot motion
Approach angles
Facings
Multi pick/place for max throughput
Grippers included in configuration
We calculate different patterns depending on box sizes, then you choose one. There is a Library in which the user can store patterns. We do also have possibillity to import MS.

9. Define the product Shapes Item
Physical dimensions of a box, bag, slip sheet, pallet et.c.
Item
Refers to an actual shape
Max speed, acceleration, rotation
Weight
Facing

10. Flexible Application Concepts
Mixed product in-feed formats
Product distribution to multiple production stations
Mixing of multiple products to one stack
Bi-directional – Palletizing/De-palletizing
Logical Flow Control allows user to instantly change infeed for a product
Alternative infeeds can be configured for an out feed pallet
We are flexible to palletize between stations. One infeed is not locked to one out feed

11. Ease of Use Operation
Efficient operation from ABB’s graphical FlexPendant
Production information
Control of individual production cycles
Start project
Stop project
Resume
Acknowledge
On line tuning and error recovery will be introduced in 5.01.

12. Open Interface to Line Control
Best fit to Station Logics PLC’s
Generic Station Signal Interface
Request
Status
I/O Communication configured for
Grippers
Conveyors
AGV´s
Quality inspection
Bar code reading

13. Loaded With Features
Individual speed and acceleration control of products
Integrated tool configuration with activator zones
Manually adjustments of individual pick & place operations
Early request
RS simulation
Stack height checking
Collision avoidance
Flow
Backwards compatible

14. Handled with care Set maximum speed, acceleration and axis 4 rotation
The configuration is linked to the actual product regardless what in-feed / out-feed it is using
Pick & place activation
Pick & place time
Advanced motion control

15. Integrated tool configuration
Grippers configured in PickMaster 5
I/O control of individual activator zones

16. Manual override of calculations
Improve calculated pick & place operations
Manually adjustments
Facing
Approach angle
Numbers of products

17. Utilize the Robot Performance
ABB motion control for the highest speed performance
Early requests ensures highest possible robot utilization
Minimize wait time for boxes
Robot may start movement even before pick up target is confirmed

18. Simulate With Real Virtual Controller
Check cycle times
Check boundaries
Visualization
Does not run directly from PM. Needs to download into RobotStudio. No library for boxes et.s. and they are not inclufded in the RS. Can not check box heights et.c.

19. Collision avoidance
Built in automatic avoidance of work objects in the cell
Possible to add safe points for the robot to pass through
Avoids collision with other fixed equipments

20. Logical Flow Control Improve system redundancy
Let the robot adapt to where you want to feed the products
Choose what in-feeds you want to use for what products on daily basis
Optimize robot utilization
Use two in-feed stations for one out-feed
Mix different products from different in-feed stations

21. Backward compatible
Changes done on GTPU can be saved back to PC and transferred to other lines

22. Market trend Focus on hardware cost
It used to be about………
Now it is………
Focus on hardware cost
Maintaining high skilled programming competence at SI
Specialized robot programming
SI developing own semi standard software
Production changes needs re-programming by SI
Reduce programming cost
SI focusing at developing smart solutions for end customers
Ease of use tool for robot integration
Standard software with full customer support
End customers performs production changes with standard software

23. Lower the engineering cost
No need for costly robot programming
PickMaster 5 creates all the robot moves from the PC configuration

24. Untie your human resources
An Ease of Use software can be handled by a general competence
No need for dedicated robot programmers
More flexible use of companies human resources

25. Manage quick changes Product changes requires Ease of Use products
Changes easily re-configured with PickMaster 5
No need for specialists with detailed robot code about the actual installation

26. Flexible for late changes
Late changes in layout is managed by configuration changes
No need for complete re programming

27. Global Support
ABB supports standard products globally over the complete product life cycle

28. Cut the software maintenance cost
Large volume product loaded with application tools
Continuously developed by ABB to meet customer requirements
Avoid “Inventing the wheel”

29. Multi application software
PickMaster is an Ease of Use software for picking, packing and palletizing
Uses the same graphical concept for all applications
Reduces maintenance needs

30. Add flexibility directly at the robot cell
Improve system redundancy
Let the robot adapt to where you want to feed the products
Choose what in-feeds you want to use for what products on daily basis
Optimize robot utilization
Use two in-feed stations for one out-feed
Mix different products from different in-feed stations

31. When and how can it be ordered?
Sales start may 14
Option “Prepared for PickMaster 5” must be specified on robot controller
IRB 2400 and IRB 4400 on request
Multimove not supported
The PC software is ordered on specification form for PickMaster 5

32. How to get trained
Robot University has a 3 days training on PickMaster 5
In depth training for technicians
Technical sales training
Training for sales and technical sales support
Sales-Support