FANUC R-1000iA/80F

The R-1000iA/80F is FANUC's foundry-rated take on a heavy six-axis arm, built for the heat, splash, and particulate of die casting. It carries 80 kg at the wrist across a 2,230 mm reach, which fits the material-handling and palletizing duty its record lists. On the floor that puts hot castings and stacked layers inside one arm's work envelope.

In machine-tending, the 80 kg rating lets it load and unload sizeable dies or trimmed parts instead of just light blanks. The long reach lets a single arm serve a machine and a nearby outfeed, and the tight repeatability keeps insertions consistent shift after shift.

Repeatability sits at 0.03 mm, so the arm returns to a die or fixture the same way each cycle. Pair that repeatability with the 2,230 mm reach and it works a wide envelope around a casting machine.

You can mount it on the floor or invert it from the ceiling. It runs on the R-30iB Plus controller. Protection is rated IP67 wrist & J3 arm / IP54 body (IP56 optional).

Foundry duty is hard on seals, and the record notes it shortens maintenance intervals on them, so a preventive routine earns its keep. That routine leans on FANUC guides like greasing the J3 and J4 reducers and taking a full image backup, with the oil seal tracked in FANUC's parts catalog. If a servo alarm such as SRVO-046 appears, FANUC's guide to clearing a servo alarm safely walks the recovery.

The standout stays the 80 kg payload carried on a compact base. Held to 0.03 mm across all six axes, that reach-and-load package is what earns it a spot at the hot end of a casting line.