Wide igus® product range in Brightpick Autopickers

Problem

Brightpick's Autopickers (autonomous mobile robot pickers) are in use every day, travel many thousands of kilometres per year and must be reliable and accurate at all times. Repeated strokes day after day. Even if the warehouses in which they work are clean and well maintained, dirt in the form of dust or corrosion will eventually accumulate due to the humidity in the environment. We therefore need components that are both reliable and robust, as well as corrosion-free and fail-safe against dust.

Solution

Thanks to the plastic polymers in the igus® components, they do not need to be lubricated. This prevents the accumulation of dust in the otherwise necessary grease and saves time. This is something that characterizes all igus® components and makes them valuable for use in Autopickers. In addition, the data collected by igus® in the test laboratory can be used to determine the service life of the components. This again saves time, as the maintenance intervals are clear and the fact that the linear carriages, plain bearings and energy chains are robust and durable means that they can cope well with the warehouse environment. The ace up your sleeve is the weight. Because the components are made of plastic, they are lighter and therefore save electricity. So you could say: a win-win-win situation consisting of lubrication-free feature, weight and time savings.