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Gantry robot from China

A gantry robot is built to your stroke lengths and load, so the hard part is that its stiffness, accuracy and speed depend on beam size and drive choices you cannot see on a quote, and a gantry that sags or shakes at full stroke misses every pick.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 1 October 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Handling or process gantry

Many listings called gantry robot are welding, painting or panel cleaning machines. A handling gantry for loading, stacking or box moving is a different build; confirm which one is quoted.

Axes, strokes and payload

Two axes for machine loading, three or more for picking and stacking. Ask for payload at full stroke with the gripper, and the beam deflection at that load.

Drive per axis

Belt, ball screw or rack and pinion, with servo motors. Belts are fast on long strokes, ball screws accurate on short ones. Ask per axis.

Controller and interface

A robot controller or a PLC with motion cards. Ask how positions are taught and how it talks to the machine it serves.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Work envelope: the X, Y and Z strokes, and the height available under your ceiling or crane.
Heaviest part with its gripper, and the positioning accuracy needed.
Cycle time per pick, from the machine or line it serves.
What it serves: a CNC machine, a moulding machine, a pallet or a conveyor.
Guarding and access for the operator.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

Picks are short, fast and light, on a small table.

A SCARA or delta pick-and-place robot, faster and smaller for the same job.

The part must be turned, tilted or placed at an angle.

A six-axis articulated robot, since a basic gantry moves in straight lines and turns only on an added axis.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 12Twelve priced gantry robot listings on one marketplace, checked October 2026, asked from US$5,000 to US$150,000 a piece or set. Eight were welding, painting or panel cleaning gantries; the four handling gantries asked US$5,000 to US$150,000. Asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 1One pick and place gantry loader, checked October 2026, stated a 5 kg payload and a 2,700 mm stroke at US$8,000 a set.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Pick and place robot. Choose it for short, fast, light picks on a small footprint.
Robotic palletizer. Read it if the gantry would stack pallets, where an arm is the other option.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Material handling page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European gantry robot: what differs?+

Beam sections, linear guides, drives and the controller. Compare deflection and accuracy at your load, not the headline stroke.

What is on a gantry robot inspection checklist?+

Repeat picks at full stroke and load with positions measured, beam deflection, guards and interlocks, and the emergency stop on every axis.

Which standards apply to a gantry robot?+

Ask whether the supplier treats it as an industrial robot under EN ISO 10218, and for the risk assessment and declaration covering the cell.

Who is the EU importer?+

The company placing the gantry on the EU market. It checks the declaration and adds its name and address.

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