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Monthly Archive for: ‘February, 2010’

Industrial Robots in the Electronics Industry

Integrating robotics into electronics applications is amongst the most rewarding tasks that we face at TM Robotics. Toshiba Machine’s fast, accurate and high repeatability robots are ideal for tasks such as PCB manufacture, mobile phone assembly and hard disc production as well as other pick and place functions in electronics applications. Normally, the reason our electronics industry customers give for …

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Assembly Machine for Mobile Phone Screens

PAK Automation have recently completed a project for a well known manufacturer of mobile phones. The order involved the assembly of five machines for the production of mobile phone screens. The screens are placed in a jig by the operator and the pick and place picks the screen and places them accurately onto a gasket which is indexed under the …

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Robotic Pallet De-stacking Cell

PAK Automation have recently completed the successful installation of a Kawasaki Six Axis Robot model FP 20N. The Kawasaki Robot in this cell is picking and placing empty containers from a pallet and placing them onto a conveyor that transports the bottles into a liquid filling, capping and labelling station. Upon removing a layer of bottles the end of assembly …

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Robotic Palletising Cell for 15 kg boxes.

Lifting heavy packs presents a Health & Safety risk, palletising can raise other significant problems with employees claiming for injuries that could be avoided. The introduction of a Kawasaki palletising robot can not only reduce the Health & Safety risk but also improve your line efficiencies and produce a neater pallet. PAK Automation have recently completed the successful installation of …

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Multilane Printing onto Tyvek

Pak Automation Ltd. have recently completed the successful installation of two off Open Date Thermal Transfer Overprinters for overprinting directly onto Tyvek on two Thermoforming machines in a medical device company. One application is a three lane machine and the other was a two lane machine. The printers were mounted upside down inside the existing web path and mounted onto …

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Robotics in Industry

“Falling robot prices – together with increased labour costs and rapidly improving technology – are major driving forces behind increasing investment in industrial robotics. This, along with the possibility of a Return-on- Investment sometimes as short as one year, proves that this technology needs to be embraced.” Michael McHugh, Chief Executive of Automation & Robotics Irl. . Automation & Robotics …

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Small Footprint Palletising Cell

Small footprint, high speed palletising cells ideally suited for high volume, high repetition product lines, in a 3 or 2 shift environment. PAK Automation has developed a unique high speed palletising cell ideally suited for the Food Processing Industry, in particular for packing and palletising chilled/frozen products. The system uses an industrial robot on a skid mount heavy duty base, …

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Robotic Palletising Cells for Ready Meals Producer

PAK Automation recently won a major contract with a Global Food Company who manufacture Ready Meals in a Plant in Dundalk in the Republic Of Ireland. The Project was awarded to Pak Automation Ltd to supply and install four complete systems amidst stiff competition but the small footprint of the systems as well as the highly reliable Kawasaki FD50 Palletising …

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Robot controller is versatile and expansive

Allowing more effective and intuitive operation, a highly functional and versatile robot controller offers high level of expansion and easier operation and maintenance. In keeping with its role of one of the leaders in industrial robot technology, Kawasaki Robotics has launched a new robot control system allowing more effective and intuitive operation of the robot. The result is the new …

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Superior design gives power and accuracy

Kawasaki’s latest robot is the ‘M series’ which offers a maximum payload of 500kg and incorporates a compact profile design with long reach and high wrist torque of 3920Nm. Its superior design gives it the power to lift and manipulate heavy loads with great ease and high performance accuracy. High payload robots conventionally require a large counterbalance weight which increases …

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