Mobile Robots Components
Automated Mobile Robots offer 24/7 automated capabilities that provide advanced picking and sorting services for logistics, retail, agricultural, and manufacturing automation applications. Miki Pulley’s BXR and BXR-LE brake options ensure worker safety and improve AMR flexibility to help increase profits.
Power Off Brakes for Automated Robotics
AMRs offer 24/7 asynchronous transportation capabilities and allow for automated transporting, picking and sorting in warehouses and industrial operations. In order to ensure safety and optimize the efficiency of AMRs (automated mobile robotics), it is imperative that AMRs are equipped with high quality brakes and components. Miki Pulley is a manufacturer of premium clutches and brakes that are used in a range of high-performance applications within various motion control industries worldwide. Since the BX models are power–off engaged brakes, they do not consume power when stationary – only when in motion. This optimizes battery power management, a very important factor in mobile robots. Our brakes help ensure worker safety and improve AMR flexibility to help your operation become more profitable. Whether it’s Factory Automation Equipment or Materials Handling, we have a solution to meet your needs.
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Automated Mobile Robotics Brakes by Industry
Logistics
Miki Pulley’s BX brakes are popular in AMRs that focus on material handling and transportation. This can extend to distribution centers, warehouses, assemblies, line-side supply and delivery and more. Our brakes are frequently used with autonomous forklifts subject to long operation cycles and high repeatability.
Retail
Our brakes are often used in AMRs that transport products in a facility, sort items and assist in picking processes. They can also aid in restocking shelves, cleaning floors and providing assistance to customers in retail stores. By using brakes that ensure efficient automated operations, you can better optimize work output in your retail facility.
Agricultural
Miki spring actuated brakes offer controlled positioning and emergency braking on agricultural AGV's, while keeping energy economy in check.
Manufacturing Automation
Miki Pulley is a trusted distributor of brakes used in AMRs in machine tending, assembly and inspection in manufacturing plants. Our brakes hold up to the rigorous demands of manufacturing processes, from small pick and place operations to heavy duty assembly.
Automated Mobile Robot BXR Brake Applications
Our brakes are electrically actuated but are specifically designed to halt & hold torque mechanically. Miki Pulley provides precision-engineered brakes, shaft couplings, and clutches for industrial robotics. Featured BXR Model Brakes include:
AMR Brake Advantages
With decades of experience, our designs have been tested and refined for unparalleled quality and reliability. Our brakes feature high holding torque and stable, reliable braking power. Miki pulley provides spring actuated EM brakes in different variants, including slim profile / low-weight designs. Electrically Actuated (Power-On) Brakes are ideal for applications requiring quick stops and are offered in shaft or flange mounting styles. Additionally, our Electromagnetic Micro-Brakes have a compact design for small precision equipment such as ATMs, copy machines and optical machines, where fluctuations in torque and response cannot be tolerated.Automated Mobile Robot Brake Applications
With offices, production facilities and partner companies across the globe, we have experience sourcing brakes for AMRs and other robotic components for Automated Mobile Robots, Automated Guided Vehicles and additional equipment in most industries. Specific machinery includes but is not limited to:- Linear Motion Z-axis
- Robotics
- Servo and Stepper Motors
- Factory Automation Equipment
- Packaging and Food Processing Equipment
- Material Handling Equipment
- Gaming Equipment
BXR Brake Advantages for Autonomous Mobile Robots
Miki Pulley’s BXR brakes are power-off engaged designed; they do not consume power when stationary, only when the robot is in motion. This feature optimizes battery power management, ensuring worker safety and improving AMR flexibility. Additional BXR Brake advantages for AGVs include:- Power-off engaged brake, which optimizes battery power management by not consuming power when it is stationary
- BXR model brakes save space and are roughly two-thirds the thickness of other similar brakes
- Lightweight construction reduces idling wear
- Can be installed on the output face of a motor, providing a significant advantage when the overall assembly must be contained in a small envelope
- Power-off functionality ensures the brake will engage to stop and hold movement on command or if there is a power failure.
Automated Guided Vehicle Systems
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are critical computer-controlled equipment found in fulfillment centers, industrial farming facilities, and other large-scale operations. Most AGVs are battery-operated and can require frequent recharging. Some AGV brakes also use significantly more power than others, exhausting battery life even faster and affecting productivity.Automated Guided Vehicle System BXR-LE Brake Applications
With an ultra-compact and thin design that reduces energy consumption, lowers heat emissions, and provides higher torque for longer service life, Miki Pulley’s BXR-LE Brakes are ideal for various AMR applications. The BXR-LE Brake is designed to work as a holding brake or as a dynamic or emergency brake and features internal compression springs that halt and hold the rotor disc when the stator coil is re-energized.Another key feature is the BEM power control module, which uses 24 VDC of power for a split second to overcome inertia, then only 7 VDC during operation.
BXR-LE Brake Advantages for Automated Guided Vehicle Systems
Some of the most significant benefits of utilizing BXR-LE brakes for your application include:- Lighter, slimmer design
- Extended battery life
- Responsive holding
- Fail-safe emergency braking
- BEM power control module (24 VDC of power initially, then only 7 VDC during operation)
Industrial Robotic Arms
Positive control and safety are essential in all facets of the robotics industry. In a catastrophic power failure, robotic arm movement must be captured and stopped to prevent mechanical collapse and equipment damage. Brakes for robotic arms should also be lightweight to minimize cantilevered loads and meet your technical requirements for backlash and torque.Robotic Arm BXR Brake Applications
BXR Model robotic arm brakes feature low-inertia rotors that dramatically reduce both mass and drag wear while providing more than adequate strength. These robotic arm brakes have a lightweight design that significantly reduces idling wear and offers 5 Nm to 55 Nm of braking torque. The thin profile is roughly 2/3 the thickness of other industry-standard brakes, streamlining the articulating joint housing design.Robotic Arm BXR-LE Brake Applications
BXR-LE Model robotic arm brakes have an ultra-compact design with a built-in power controller. This in-line controller decreases the voltage from 24 VDC to 7 VDC after a fraction of a second. This enables the BXR-LE to maintain continuous operation at a lower voltage, optimizing power consumption and minimizing heat buildup. These robotic arm joint brakes offer 0.06 ～ 3.20 Nm braking torque. With 3 new sizes added, (06, 08, & 10), this expands the LE lineup to 16.0 Nm, but with a continuous low voltage mode of 12 VDC.BXR Brake Advantages for Industrial Robotic Arms
Benefits of utilizing BXR and BXR-LE brakes for your application include:- Highly responsive
- Fail-safe emergency braking
- Low backlash performance
- Precise positioning
- Small and streamlined design
