Six axis robots help plastics moulders meet intense competition
Tom Petit
(Automation Sales Manager, ATM, Winchester Avenue, Blaby Industrial Park, Leicester LE8 4GZ, UK)
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Abstract
Recent trends in the plastic moulding industry that now mean it can be beneficial to apply six axis robots to tasks previously undertaken by simpler beam or Cartesian robots are described. The six axis robots are also able to undertake many additional assembly and finishing tasks that could not be attempted by simpler robots. Also described are “Soft Float” and collision detection features now available on six axis robots.
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Citation
Petit, T. (2002), "Six axis robots help plastics moulders meet intense competition", Industrial Robot, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 35-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910210413093
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited