Staubli TS40

The Staubli TS40 is a SCARA arm built on four axes, with a 400 mm reach and an 8 kg payload. That envelope covers small parts and the light grippers or dispensing heads that carry them across a bench. As a SCARA it moves in the horizontal plane, so it gives up the orientation flexibility of a six-axis arm in exchange for a simpler, faster motion pattern.

Repeatability is rated at 0.01 mm, tight enough for the small-component assembly the TS40 is built around. At that precision, placement into tight mating fits and populated fixtures stays consistent shot after shot. The same precision carries into dispensing work, where consistent positioning is the point.

The arm mounts to the floor or a wall, so integrators can hang it over a conveyor or set it beside one. It weighs 46 kg, which puts it at the light end of the industrial range. Motion is coordinated by the CS8C controller.

Across its work-envelope, the 400 mm reach and 8 kg load keep the TS40 in bench-scale and light packaging cells rather than full-line spans. Its body carries an IP54 rating. It's aimed at clean, light-industrial production, consistent with its small-parts precision.

For teams sizing it up, the clearest fit is assembly, packaging, and dispensing that stays inside a 400 mm reach and an 8 kg load. Worth remembering that four axes limit approach to parts that don't need tilted orientation. Within those bounds, the TS40 holds its 0.01 mm precision across fast, repeating planar cycles.