What stays on the machine
The body stays on the machine. The robot moves the matching pallet. Buy A024 or B024 as a pair, in the same family.
BDS is a compact datum system. The body stays on the machine, the trunnion, or the setup station. The pallet is what the robot carries. A vise or a nest bolts to that pallet.
The table is tight, or a 5-axis platter or the gripper needs a short stack? Start with BDS. The fixture is wide and the cut is heavy? Look at a large zero-point plate or a set of receivers.
Same pull-down, not the same tip
Both catalogs list a pull-down of 60,000 N and reseat below 0.003 mm. That is the spring pulling the pallet down, and how close it sits again. It is not side load. It is not how a high center-of-gravity fixture resists tipping.
Choose by table space, the load and center of gravity of the whole stack, and the span between the contacts. The robot's rated payload is not the whole answer.
A024 and B024, side by side
| Item | A024 | B024 |
|---|---|---|
| Body code | NT-S1100P120A | NT-S1100P160B |
| Pallet code | NT-S1100P240A | NT-S1100P240B |
| Body size | 320 × 240 × 50 mm | 330 × 267 × 50 mm |
| Body mass | 24 kg | 29 kg |
| Pallet mass | 7.5 kg | 10 kg |
| Pull-down | 60,000 N | 60,000 N |
| Reseat | Below 0.003 mm | Below 0.003 mm |
| Landings | Four 90° positions | Four 90° positions |
| Unlock air | 0.5–0.8 MPa | 0.5–0.8 MPa |
Unlock air is 0.5–0.8 MPa on both. Both land at four 90° positions. An A pallet is not a spare for a B body.
Four slots, then the bolts
Mount with four Ø13 slots. Clean the face, then bolt the body down. The BDS positioning datum page is this pair.
Before you order
Both list 60,000 N. Do they tip the same way?
No. That figure is spring pull-down, and reseat below 0.003 mm is how close the pallet sits again. Tipping depends on table space, the load and center of gravity of the whole stack, and the contact span.
Can an A pallet go on a B body?
No. An A pallet is not a spare for a B body. Buy the pair in the same family.
When do I skip BDS?
When the fixture is wide and the cut is heavy, look at a large zero-point plate or receivers. When the table is tight, or a 5-axis platter or the gripper needs a short stack, start with BDS.
A024 or B024
Send the table, the stack, and which way you lean
Name A024 or B024 if you already lean one way.
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