Güdel US in Ann Arbor Develops Robot System That Grinds Large Parts

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Güdel US has developed a robot grinding system that expands the workable range of heavy-duty industrial robots. The setup combines vertical and floor-mounted track motion to keep one robot stable across large surfaces and reduce the need for multiple fixed cells. The company says the design cuts capital cost, improves repeatability, and increases uptime in abrasive environments. The application was demonstrated with a FANUC robot and a grinding end-of-arm tool for a major off-road equipment manufacturer. This points to broader automation use cases for large-part grinding and surface finishing.

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