The IRIDIUM is the most flexible entry-level CNC machine automation on the market. With the IRIDIUM, you benefit from a complete robot system at a minimal investment. This allows your team to get accustomed to the process improvements that automation brings with the minimum of fuss. The modular design of the IRIDIUM Series means you retain the value of your investment. This is because the system is modularly expandable at a later date to grow with your business. Efficiency can even be doubled by connecting a second CNC machine to a single IRIDIUM Sideloader.
128 hours per week. These are the average number of hours in which a full-time CNC operator is not on the machine. Some of the time that your CNC operator is present is filled with repetitive work. Work for which your CNC operator is actually overqualified. Recognizable situation?
The innovative BMO Iridium HYBRID has been nominated for the Technishow Innovation Award 2022 by the seven-member jury. For the 4th time in a row BMO Automation is nominated for this coveted award. Proudly we thank the jury for this wonderful recognition.
Your production will run in Single Batch mode as standard. The ideal way to get used to an automated system. The IRIDIUM 25 Sideoader can be upgraded with Multi Batch capabilities. Optionally, the IRIDIUM 25 Sideloader can even be expanded into Hybrid mode.
For business owners who want to obtain even more output from their CNC machines, BMO Automation also offers the option of loading pallets with fixtures in your CNC machine. Both options provide greater flexibility and allows several different product formats to be processed in combination on unmanned machinery. Such versatility enables 24/7 production of product series of various sizes.
The robot is equipped with a gripper exchange system that allows the robot to disconnect its gripper and attach to its pallets:
The standard version of the IRIDIUM 25 Sideloader has a flexible table for product storage. The capacity of the IRIDIUM 25 Sideloader can be increased by opting for 2 flexible product drawers.
Standard product table:
The operator can fill the product table with the material to be machined. After machining, the robot puts the machined products back on the table. The operator can then clear this table filled with finished products.
Optionally 2 product drawers:
The operator can fill this drawer system with the material to be processed. The robot autonomously slides these drawers in order to pick up raw materials and load them into the CNC machine. After processing, the robot places the processed products back in the drawer and slides them to the middle position. The operator can then pull out this drawer to the unload position and empty the finished products with which it is filled. These drawers may therefore be loaded and unloaded during operation without interrupting the production process.
The product drawers can be provided with different grids, optimizing the available space for your products. This allows you to store as many products as possible in the IRIDIUM Sideloader for the highest possible number of spindle hours. The variable drawer system also makes it possible to automate products with different heights.
With product loading from BMO Automation you are flexible, modular and able to gain a guaranteed higher output.
BMO Automation is a total solution provider. In addition to robot automation, we also ensure that your CNC machine is prepared and equipped with a zero-point clamping system which is developed by BMO. This “chuck plate” is equipped with pallet installation control and is tailor-made for the machine table of your CNC machine. The communication between the robot and the CNC machine is provided through a customized interface developed by BMO. In addition, we provide various other options to make the work as easy as possible for the operator.
Simple and User-friendly
The IRIDIUM Sideloader is operated by means of the BMO Intelligent Control System. This software makes it unnecessary to use the robot’s teach pendant. The operator operates the IRIDIUM Sideloader by means of a specially developed Multi-touch screen (IP67) mounted on the front of the robot cell and connected to a high-end control system. No extensive robot knowledge is required to operate the IRIDIUM Sideloader.
Production of a new job is commenced by entering different parameters, product dimensions, product quantities, gripper selection and vice properties. The very intuitive operating procedure is so simple that a new job can be created within one minute. The software not only offers great advantage when initiating the process but also when monitoring it. Remaining times, cycle times and processed products are calculated and, if you opt for the optional mail module, can also be retrieved remotely.
The manual operation of the vice, robot gripper and access door of the cell can also be controlled via the touch screen. In addition, the speed of the robot can be controlled by the software and various software options can be implemented. With the installation of each new BMO robot cell, we provide 2 half-days of training as standard so that all operators can start working with the automation immediately.
To ensure optimal flexibility, BMO Automation offers a choice of many different gripper options. There is a gripper solution for every product.
BMO has developed the self-adjusting gripper to enable the greatest possible flexibility. Selecting this option means that the parallel or three-point gripper is fitted with automatically adjustable gripper fingers. By means of a simple operation, the operator is able to enter the product’s size into the BMO Intelligent Control System, after which the self-adjustable gripper automatically adjusts to the entered size. As a result, multiple product sizes can be loading in a fully automated manner as part of a single continuous process. Gripper fingers no longer have to be switched manually.
With a parallel gripper, products can be grasped in the range of 0 to 164 mm or 109 to 274 mm without the intervention of the operator.
A three-point gripper can grab round products in a range of 3 to 196 mm or 144 to 310 mm without operator intervention.
More and more CNC machines are delivered with an automatic door or can be equipped with this option afterwards. BMO Automation can provide an automatic door module for new and old CNC machines that do not have this option. This can be either the automation of an existing door or the installation of the automatic door module developed by BMO.
At BMO Automation you can enter at any desired level of automation because all our automation systems can be equipped with upgrades and options afterwards. This way you have the possibility to start on a small scale and upgrade your robot automation at a later stage if desired. Below you will find a small selection of our optional functionalities.
BMO Vice Pressure Control
Easily adjust the clamping force of the vice in the software. This can be entered into the BMO Intelligent Control System for every individual job by a simple operation.
BMO Gripper Pressure Control System
This option gives the operator the possibility to program the gripper’s tensioning force in the software. This allows the operator to set the gripping force of the grab for every individual job.
Fixation cylinder on the gripper
With a fixation cylinder on the gripper, the product is pressed when it is set down and is pressed before it’s picking up, to make sure the operation is always accurate.
BMO Jobmanager
The BMO Jobmanager adds extra functionality to your machine. It allows the robot to perform multiple jobs in a row.
Product turning station
The turning station offers the operator the possibility to program the robot to reverse the product and to place it back into the machining process. With the turning station it is possible to mill all sides of the product.
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Produce light’s out the whole weekend
“At the moment it is no longer enough to produce unmanned during the week at night. We, as Stabro AG, also have to be able to manufacture unmanned with up to 72 hours during the weekend. We have invested in an automation solution from BMO Automation to fulfill those challenges.”
The system is very easy to use
“The operation of automation systems is always crucial. Ideally, such a system should be as easy to use as a toaster. I have to give my compliments to BMO for the way they made the system so easy to use.”
The combination of pallet and product handling provides a lot of flexibility.
“We try to combine product families, but due to the standardization in tools and the flexibility of the robot cell, we also make three or five products unmanned. This allows us to switch quickly. With a repeat order where everything is the same, you are quickly up and running ”
A robot automation of BMO Automation offers an enormous flexibility!
“With an automation from BMO Automation it doesn’t really matter what you want to produce. You get a huge flexibility. The layout of the drawers and the user-friendly software. It is almost infinite, it simply offers so many possibilities.”
“I sometimes compare your user software with an iPhone. Intuitive and direct to use. “
“Take a good look at user-friendliness, if something is too complicated to configure then your employees won’t work with it. If you want to automate at a high level then you also want to run single pieces or small series on the robot. That only works if you can program very easy and quickly. That goes perfectly with your operating software “
Pallet & product loading immediately pays off!
“In the short time that we are working with the BMO automation, we see that it immediately pays off. The combination of pallet and product handling makes that possible for us.”
Shorter delivery time for our customers!
If our customers require us to deliver their products faster we must have a short production cycle time. The sophisticated automation solutions of BMO Automation helps us to achieve this.
More sales and confidence through the robot from BMO!
The robots from BMO Automation did not only result in an increase in turnover, they also created a certain degree of calm. You just know that everything will operate well. It makes me feel calm when I can tell the customer: your order will be ready tomorrow.
The Platinum 50 provides more flexibility and enables a complete 24/7 production!
We chose a quadruple zero-clamping system with a medium passage and pallets with machine clamps on top. In order to operate these clamping tools without a robot, it is also possible to manually operate the machine clamp and zero-clamping system with two integration kits. The first results show that expectations have been entirely fulfilled.
Automated production with variable products, a perfect solution!
The major advantage of the solution from BMO is that we can run a number of products at the same time, which does not limit you to one type of product in one size. You can fill the whole robot cell with different types of products of different sizes, weights and materials.
Flexible thanks to the expansion possibilities through unique and fantastic modules!
The self-adjusting gripper is a fantastic solution because gripper changes become a thing of the past, since this gripper can automatically seize different products at the right diameter.
Fast and easy to use, a great solution!
The strongest point at BMO is thinking from the perspective of a craftsman. A robot must be a tool, not a weight around my neck. Our employees are millers and not robot programmers. The most important aspect is that the robot is quick and simple to operate. This is why I chose BMO.
Precision and reliability are extremely important to us!
The combination of robot and machine must continue to produce in a dimensionally stable way in our climatised production hall 24 hours a day. We are convinced that by choosing a robot cell from BMO Automation we can achieve an even greater precision and process reliability.
Simple programming, the rest goes by itself!
One of the reasons why Wolters chose the automation solution from BMO Automation is the simple programming of the robot cell. In particular, in the unmanned machining of very small series rapid creation of the robot program is important. BMO also offers as an option that the robot experts in Nederweert (NL) can take over the programming over an Internet connection, if problems arise. As long as there are no mechanical faults, they can quickly rectify faults or initially support the routers during programming.
A robot that works and has been well considered!
The software system from BMO Automation is really easy to use. Everything is already preprogrammed, the position of the power clamping blocks is known. Actually, you do not really need programming anymore, you only have to enter a number of variables, such as the height of the raw material and product, the height of the jaws in the clamping block and the number. The rest is regulated by the software on its own.
Easy to use, flexible and fast!
You can program fast and can quickly set the machine, you have the flexibility required to produce small series in a cost-effective way. Fast programming and quick setting; this is exactly what BMO focuses on and does very well.
Exactly how I wanted that!
I want to have serial production to fill the night-time hours, but the robot must also be able to handle five or ten parts efficiently without complicated programming. I have been able to achieve this special form of automation in cooperation with BMO Automation.
An investment that pays off!
Employees are now familiar with machine controls and CAM systems, but programming a robot is something completely different. However, BMO has made the operation so easy that anyone with common sense can learn it in ten minutes. This drastically reduces the inhibition threshold when working with a robot. I realize that automation costs money. However, if you can buy a complete machine for the price of a robot cell, the step towards automation will be more difficult. Then you prefer to stay that way. BMO has recognized this and offers a product with a fair price.
BMO did a great job!
We, “Nordson Benelux b.v.” automated one of our 5-axis cnc milling machines with a robot cell from BMO. It was a turn key project, installed in 1,5 weeks. After the installation we run 5 unmanned night per week without any problems. BMO did a great job. We will do our next project with BMO fur sure. If you are interested, let me know and you may convince yourself.
