2025

• Combining space-saving design and high-speed performance, enabling easy automated picking without specialized knowledge
• Contributing to automated picking in manufacturing sites with three types of picking feeders: “TRINITTE,” “ROBOCLE,” and “CHOXY”

NTN Technical Service Corporation (hereafter, NTS), a consolidated subsidiary of NTN Corporation (hereafter, NTN) announces the launch of “ROBOCLE,”*¹ a parts feeder developed by NTS for use in machining and assembly processes at manufacturing sites. This product combines a space-saving design with high-speed performance. “ROBOCLE” reduces installation space and enables automatic picking of various workpiece shapes without requiring specialized knowledge. It achieves this by integrating a newly developed picking actuator with “TRINITTE,”*² originally developed in 2021.

NTS will continue to offer three types of picking feeders: the existing high-speed model “TRINITTE,” the space-saving model “CHOXY,”*³ and the new model “ROBOCLE,” which combines the strengths of both. Through these solutions, we aim to contribute to labor-saving and efficiency improvements in manufacturing sites.

1. The name symbolically represents the synchronized motion of the robot and disc sharing the same rotational axis. It combines “robot” and “circle,” reflecting the concept of circular rotation.
2. Press release on September 29, 2021:
   Developed the picking feeder for robots, “TRINITTE”(only in Japanese)
   https://www.ntn.co.jp/japan/news/new_products/news202100063.html
3. A stylish name inspired by the characteristics of “straight movement” and “straight line.”

Development background and overview of “TRINITTE”

In response to a declining labor force and growing demand for higher productivity, manufacturing sites are advancing the automation of picking operations, such as workpiece loading and alignment. Since the 1970s, NTN has been developing and selling parts feeders for supplying workpieces to processing machines and today holds one of the leading market shares in Japan.

Conventional parts feeders require setup changes according to workpiece shape. However, as multi-variety, small-lot production becomes more common, there has been growing demand for parts feeders capable of picking diverse workpieces without setup changes. To meet this need, NTS developed the picking feeder for robots, “TRINITTE,” in 2021. TRINITTE places workpieces on a rotating disc and integrates a camera with a picking robot, enabling stable picking regardless of workpiece shape or orientation. The system is now being adopted in various fields including electronic components and automotive parts.

Configuration of “TRINITTE”

Although “TRINITTE” has received high praise, the space required to install the picking robot, the need for a robot with sufficient capability, and specialized knowledge for robot teaching have been barriers to adoption. To provide more customers with the same capability for automatic picking of diverse workpieces as “TRINITTE,” we have now developed “ROBOCLE,” which offers space-saving and enhanced usability.

Overview of “ROBOCLE”

“ROBOCLE” is a picking feeder that combines “TRINITTE” with a newly developed picking actuator. It is the ideal solution for customers who found it challenging to adopt the conventional configuration of “TRINITTE” with a picking robot due to the required installation space and the need for specialized knowledge of robot teaching.

Unlike “TRINITTE,” which places the picking robot around the main unit, “ROBOCLE” mounts the newly developed actuator at the center of the unit, reducing installation space by approximately 25% while ensuring smooth picking. In addition, its dedicated user interface enables easy teaching without specialized knowledge.

Configuration of “ROBOCLE”

Features of “ROBOCLE”

Overview of “CHOXY”

“CHOXY” is a picking feeder that combines the “Mono-Drive Two-Way Feeder”*⁴ (with a proven track record of over 5,000 units delivered), a linear conveyor, and a picking robot. Compared to “TRINITTE” and “ROBOCLE,” it offers the most space-saving design and the simplest setup, making it ideal for customers looking to easily automate picking.

In “CHOXY,” a single linear feeder first accurately aligns the workpieces, then transfers them via a linear conveyor to the collaborative robot or other robot, the robot picks them up. Switching between workpiece types and operation modes is also simple, allowing users to install and operate the system without specialized knowledge.

1. A compact return feeder that enables storage, alignment, and supply with a single linear feeder.

“Mono-Drive Two-Way Feeder”

Configuration of “CHOXY”

Features of “CHOXY”

NTS offers three types of picking feeders—“TRINITTE,” “ROBOCLE,” and “CHOXY”—to deliver optimal solutions tailored to customers' environments and needs, contributing to automated picking of various workpieces and to labor-saving and efficiency improvements in manufacturing sites.

These three picking feeders will be showcased at the “2025 International Robot Exhibition,” held at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan from December 3 to 6.

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