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System Description External Axes
Product Manual 23
6 External Axes
Not valid for IRB 340(r)!
External axes are controlled by drive units, mounted either inside the controller or out-
side in a separate enclosure, see Figure 16.
The maximum of drive units mounted inside the controller is one or two, depending on
robot type.
In addition to drive units from ABB, it is also possible to communicate with external
drive units from other vendors. See Product Specification RobotWare for BaseWare
OS 3.1.
Figure 16 Outline diagram, external axes.
IRB
Not supplied on delivery
Alt.
Not supplied on delivery
Measurement
System 1
Drive System 2 inside
external axes cabinet
Measurement System 2
Drive System
1, inside
robot cabinet
Contains
no CPU