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Press Releases
These are a selection of the press releases we've issued. Click on any of the links below to read the full story.
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May 2007 --
Astra Seat Frame Arc Welded by Robot
-- Automotive component manufacturer, Wild Springs & Wireforms chose
Motoman to supply a
twin-robot MIG welding cell with powered turntable - January 2007 -- Pizza Cartons Palletised by Robot -- Up to 320 cases per hour are palletised around the clock at the end of the second production line at Charnwood Foods, Leicester
- October 2006 -- 13-axis robot to assemble flanges with guidance of 3D vision systems -- A dual-arm MOTOMAN-DA20 robot with double 3D-vision - one vision system per arm - has been sold to MOTOMAN's system partner KP-Industry in Denmark. The robot system will assemble flanges onto cogwheels in order to meet the strong competition from the Chinese market, where the main part of cogwheels are produced.
- June 2006 -- Rapid Payback for Robotic Food Palletising System -- A 160 kg payload Motoman palletising robot has replaced the arduous job of stacking cardboard cases of food products by hand at the Wednesbury factory of Red Mill Snack Foods in the West Midlands.
- June 2006 -- Investment in Robot Insertion Press Cell Makes Handling Large Panels Easier -- Robot cell installed at Texol Technical Solutions plc, Dundee speeds production and reduces labour costs.
- June 2006 -- New Controller for Synchronous Control of Four Robots -- 10 years ago Motoman was the first to introduce and patent the simultaneous control of two robots; now the NX100 controller can handle 36 axes simultaneously.
- December 2005 -- Robotic Oiling of Concrete Moulds Cuts Wastage and Improves the Environment -- Aerated concrete block manufacture at two of Tarmac Concrete Products' factories has been dramatically improved using robots
- December 2005 -- Robots Feed Lathes Economically 24/7 -- Motoman robots installed at GKN Driveline in Walsall for the manufacture of Landrover propshafts.
- December 2005 -- Automated Welding Helps Subcontractor To Fight Overseas Competition
- December 2005 -- Robotic Welding Helps Automotive Pressworker To Prosper -- Motoman ArcSystem 6000 installed at West Bromwich Tool & Engineering
- November 2005 -- High Profile Appointment In Robotics -- Dave Walsh has been appointed Sales & Marketing Director of Motoman Robotics (UK) Ltd.
- January 2005 -- Robotic Automation of Prescription Lens Cutting -The Norville Group has introduced robotic automation into the production of prescription spectacle lenses.
- November 2004 -- Robotic Production of Sanitary Products Combats Overseas Competition - Twyford Bathrooms has automated a large part of its Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent factory with six cells based on Motoman robots.
- September 2004 -- New production cell for welding Discovery exhausts - new robotic facility enters production at Unipart Eberspächer Exhaust Systems (UEES), to manufacture stainless steel exhausts for the Land Rover Discovery 3
- January 2004 -- New Robots Launched at Weldex - Motoman unveil two new robots designed specifically for automated welding
- January 2004 -- Linked Robotic Cells Automate Bending and Welding of Lights - Two linked robotic cells provide a high degree of production automation at Designplan Lighting, Sutton, Surrey.
- October 2003 -- Single-Lift Robot Cells Delivered and Installed the Same Day for Welding Honda Car parts - UYS Ltd chose Motoman supply robot cells to support CRV production owing in part to the speed with which they could be installed.
- June 2003 -- Standard Cells for Robotic Water-Jet Cutting - Two new cells for automated water-jet cutting, suitable for three-dimensional as well as two-dimensional machining applications, have been introduced.
- June 2003 -- Off-the-shelf Arc Welding System has Small Footprint - Automated production welding for a modest capital outlay and on short lead time.
- January 2003 -- Compact Robotic Handling of Mushy Peas - At the Derbyshire factory of Lockwoods, the leading manufacturer of frozen mushy peas, Motoman robots have taken over packing of bags into cartons in one of two cells serving the palletising area, which itself was robotised in 1998
- August 2002 -- Typhoo Cuts Tea Blending Costs by a Quarter - Two turn-key Motoman robot cells have been installed at the Typhoo production plant to take over from manual sack handling - "We looked at six or seven potential suppliers but Motoman was the only one that could demonstrate the capability to tackle the job and offer solutions.."
- June 2002 -- Motoman enters Body-in-White Welding Sector at Honda - The number of Motoman robots in use at Honda's Swindon plant has more than doubled following Honda's "Taikai" initiative.
- May 2002 -- New Robots for Paint Spraying -Motoman announces the introduction of a new range of dedicated paint spray robots.
- April 2002 -- € 1.5 Million Robotic Welding System Order - Motoman has won a €1.5 million order to supply heavy duty gantry systems for Caterpillar.
- November 2001 -- Efficient Robotic Packing Speeds Soft Drink Manufacture - Three robotic packing cells have been installed at Calypso Soft Drinks.
- September 2001 -- Robots are Four Times Faster at Polishing - Motoman has provided automated polishing for W&G Sissons - "The list of advantages of robotic polishing seems almost endless".