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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
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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
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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".
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