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Sepro unveiling S5 range of beam robots
Sepro America LLC plans to unveil its new S5 range of beam robots at the K 2010 show in Dusseldorf this October. The newest S5-25 model, which suits injection molding machines from 120 to 450 tons, will be displayed, along with the S5-35, which launched in 2009. Both robots offer longer strokes and bigger payloads ...
Electrostatic ground monitoring system
ITW Ransburg’s new Ground Monitor System (GMS) provides a non-contact method for detecting the presence of a ground path on non-metallic substrates. Improper grounding can cause overspray, excess paint build-up, thin film build or ruined parts. The GMS not only delivers a high quality finish, but also cost savings for your operation. If a part, ...
Green Powder
Because its products supply quality that is measured in decades, not years, Starline Windows offers its customers only the most durable coatings possible. It must be doing something right. The Langley, BC, maker of specialized aluminum and vinyl window components for high end, high rise residential projects for builders across Western Canada and the US ...
The Automation Edge
What can automation offer a moulder today? The average shop is looking at tight acquisition budgets and as many gloomy predictions about 2009 as last year there were upbeat ones. And all that means any purchase needs careful justification. Sepro America LLC (Pittsburgh, Pa.), formerly a joint-venture of French-based Sepro with Conair (Pittsburgh, Pa.), is ...
Automation
National Robotics Challenge winner
Watch this video of a fantastic manufacturing cell in action, as designed by engineering students at Indiana Tech University
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Memex hardware and software track machine use and real-time automatic machine status, increasing manufacturing productivity by up to 20%.
The automation edge
What can automation offer a moulder today? The average shop is looking at tight acquisition budgets and as many gloomy predictions about 2009 as last year there were upbeat ones. And all that means any purchase needs careful justification.But equipment suppliers are responding to the changing marketplace, and demonstrating awareness that more than ever, they ...