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New Applications for Industrial Robotics

Robotic Applications for Small-to-Medium Manufacturers: October 27, 2010 In the past, most industrial robots were designed for capital-intensive, large-volume manufacturing industries.  These systems, which are costly, complex and inflexible, were unsuitable for smaller, discrete manufacturers, who require low cost systems that are quick to install, simple to operate and can be quickly reconfigured to support small production volumes.  Suppliers of …

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Kawasaki Delta Picker at EasyFairs 2010

Kawasaki’s ‘Y Series’ robot was on show at easyFairs’ PACKAGING INNOVATIONS IRELAND at the RDS on June 16th and 17th, 2010. Featured at the PAK Automation stand, the new robot designed for fast pick and place operations garnered a lot of interest from visitors to the event. The new ‘Y Series’ Delta Picker is ideal for the movement and placement …

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PAK TAKES STAND AT easyFairs 2010

Stand H9 is the stand to visit at this year’s easyFairs’ PACKAGING INNOVATIONS IRELAND show at the RDS on June 16th and 17th.  With an exciting display of the latest in automated machinery, packaging technology and robotics PAK Managing Director Michael McHugh will be on hand to answer questions you may have about processing technology and the benefits automation can …

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PAK ATTENDS TOTAL PROCESSING & PACKAGING 2010

PAK Automation Ltd was at the NEC in Birmingham between the 25th and 27th of May for Total Processing & Packaging 2010. Total Processing & Packaging 2010 is the UK’s leading integrated processing & packaging exhibition, showcasing production line solutions from beginning to end. Covering all the major sectors including food & drink, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, household products and chemicals, there …

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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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