Side by side

ABB IRB 4600-60/2.05 vs Comau NJ-60-2.2

Two industrial arms a buyer shopping for machine tending would honestly weigh against each other, with the manufacturer-published figures in one table and a plain reading of what the differences mean on a floor. We sell across brands, so we have no reason to tilt it.

	ABB IRB 4600-60/2.05	Comau NJ-60-2.2
Class	Industrial arm	Industrial arm
Payload	60 kg (132 lb)	60 kg (132 lb)
Reach	2050 mm	2258 mm
Sold as collaborative	no	no
Applications listed	machine tending, material movement, press brake tending, palletizing	machine tending, material movement, press brake tending
Specs checked	2026-08-22	2026-08-22

Every figure is a manufacturer-published claim, checked on the date shown against the maker's own material, and not one of them survives contact with your part, your rate and your floor without an applications review. Prices are deliberately absent: quotes are prepared by our team and confirmed with the manufacturer.

What the numbers mean on the floor

Payload is effectively a tie at 60 kg and 60 kg. The gripper and the part decide it, not the arm: rated payload is measured at the wrist with no tool on it.
The Comau NJ-60-2.2 reaches 208 mm farther than the ABB IRB 4600-60/2.05. That matters for pallet height, bin depth and machine door clearance more than it matters at a bench.
Neither is sold as collaborative. Both need guarding and an integrator's risk assessment before a person shares the floor with them.
Both are listed for machine tending, material movement, press brake tending. The ABB IRB 4600-60/2.05 is also listed for palletizing.

What a spec sheet cannot tell you

The gripper, the fixture and the integrator decide more of the outcome than the arm. Cycle time on your part is a test, not a datasheet figure. Service footprint, spare parts and who answers the phone at 2 AM differ by brand and by state. And the price difference between two arms in the same class is usually smaller than the difference between two integrators' quotes for the same cell. A model number is not a specification, and the gripper is the project.

From our matrix

ABB IRB 4600-60/2.05. Highest payload of the 4600 family; cleanroom option covers the 40 and 60 kg models.

Comau NJ-60-2.2. General six axis; supports 20 kg additional forearm load.

Also on the shortlist for machine tending

Ask about these two for your job

Free, about two minutes, no phone number. Joe will tell you which belongs on your shortlist, what beats both, and what has to be true for the math to work.