Opiflex

Opiflex is a Swedish company based in Västerås that builds flexible mobile robot solutions for manufacturers. Its systems move an industrial robot between machines instead of fixing it to a single station, which the company presents as a step beyond traditional and collaborative robots. The firm works as a certified global partner of ABB and adapts ABB industrial robots for its customers. Its offer is aimed at small and medium-sized manufacturers as well as large groups that run low-volume, high-mix production.

Mobile robots that dock between machines

The robot sits on a standard docking platform, so it can be moved to another machine to raise productivity or to give an operator manual access.

• Docking platform: standard hardware that lets one robot cell serve several machines.
• Fast programming: the site says an operator with no earlier experience can program a cell in one to five minutes.
• Fence-free safety: a patented solution that the company says meets EN ISO 10218-2 at high speed and high load.
• Compatibility: the site states that its programs are compatible with RAPID.

Applications and industries

Opiflex lists machine tending, material handling, palletising and assembly among its applications. The site names sheet metal, machining, wood and furniture, plastics, automotive and food as target industries. It also describes flexible line configurations that can be scaled up or down as demand changes.

Key facts

• Based in: Västerås, Sweden
• Certifications: safety solution stated to meet EN ISO 10218-2
• Products: mobile flexible robot solutions with a docking platform, ABB industrial robots