FANUC M-900iB/700

The M-900iB/700 is FANUC's heavy-payload giant, rated to move 700 kg out to a 2,832 mm reach across six axes. The tagline puts it on press tending and casting work, and the summary extends that to large body-in-white transfer. It's a floor-mounted arm, so a cell gets designed around a fixed base and its full reach.

Even with a heavy load on the wrist, the arm holds repeatability at 0.1 mm, which the record credits to a rigid cast structure. At 2,800 kg it's a big machine, and the record calls out a large footprint and foundation requirements when you site one. That weight and the loads it carries make leveling and a solid base plate a real part of the install.

The R-30iB Plus controller drives it, and among standard six-axis arms 700 kg sits at the very high end of payload. Protection is IP67 wrist & J3 arm / body standard (opt. IP54 / IP56).

Heavy, continuous duty keeps the wear items on a schedule. Routine service shows up in guides like greasing a reducer and checking axis backlash. When a servo fault trips, alarms such as SRVO-062 show up on the pendant, and routines like clearing a servo alarm safely walk through the reset.

Day to day the arm lives in material handling and machine tending roles, the two applications the record lists. Holding 0.1 mm over years of that duty comes down to staying on schedule with reducer greasing and backup discipline through full image backups.