Epson SCARA T6

The SCARA T6 is Epson's value four-axis arm, built for assembly and packaging cells that sit on a bench. It moves a 6 kg payload out to a 600 mm reach, and its planar motion stays fast and flat across the work area. Epson pitches it at cost-conscious lines that want fast, repeatable planar motion without a complex install.

Repeatability lands at 0.04 mm, tight enough for the small-parts assembly and dispensing work these cells run. That kind of repeatability counts when an adhesive bead or a press-fit part has to hit the same spot every cycle.

At 22 kg, the T6 mounts Tabletop, dropping onto a bench or fixture plate right next to the process it serves. That compact base suits machine-tending at a single station, loading and unloading small parts inside its reach. The arm is rated IP20.

On dispensing duty, the flat SCARA stroke holds a nozzle at a steady height over the part, which suits beads and dots laid across a plane. Its four-axis geometry keeps tool orientation planar, so anything that needs tilt out of that plane isn't a good match.

Programming runs through Epson RC+ software, and the record calls the setup straightforward. The controller is Built-in, so the arm and its control ship as one unit rather than an arm plus a standalone cabinet. Epson introduced the T6 in 2018.

The T6 covers a 6 kg payload and 600 mm reach in a Tabletop, four-axis SCARA. For other arms in this size, see ABB IRB 910SC, Omron i4, and Stäubli TS40.