Articulating Arm

The articulating arm like the manipulating arm is suspended from a vertical axis column which can be floor, overhead, carriage or bench top mounted. The parallelogram of this unit also maintains the attitude of the work load throughout the vertical travel of the arm. The articulating arm always has three vertical axis pivots, this includes a pivot at the vertical column, and the end of the parallelogram, this end of arm pivot has a horizontal extension with a pivot mounted to the end of the extension. These three pivots allow the arm to fold up on itself and eliminates the need for a bridge when suspended from overhead runways. The options for an articulating arm includes end of arm pivots, rotates, and leveling plates which support the tooling or end effector.