Industrial Robot: Volume 12 Issue 1

Advancing sensor technology into industry

Formed just over a year ago the UK company Meta Machines has set its sights on advanced technology products. Brian Rooks reports on its first two product lines

Robots prove their worth in advanced manufacturing

A multi‐robot line is now producing advanced design radiators at Llanelli Radiators' plant in South Wales. Brian Rooks has been to see the line in operation

Heavy duty handling robot performs in the wet

A Lamberton heavy duty robot has been installed at a South Yorkshire company to palletise refractory tiles.

Cooperation helps solve the TIG welding problem

OTC from Japan is working closely with Norman Butters of the UK on developing TIG robot welding systems

Finding a niche in the robot applications market

A new British company has just introduced a robot designed principally for adhesive laying application. Its principle features are low cost and easy programming.

Hitachi leads the move off‐line

Hitachi, Fanuc and Nachi have developed off‐line programming systems. John Hartley reports

Steady growth for robots in 1984

The British Robot Association has just published its annual robot statistics. This report looks at how the UK is proceeding and brings in figures from other countries for…

Going where others have not gone before

The revolutionary Spine robot has now entered the very competitive spray painting market.

Cutting out new applications for the industrial robot

Air‐plasma cutting is a new application for robots. Torsteknik have installed a complete system to cut chassis parts at one of Volvo's plants in Sweden

Sealing and glueing robots head for growth

With more than 200 applications already in use worldwide, the use of robots for applying sealants and adhesives is set to increase rapidly

How and where industry uses its robots

G. Spur, I. Furgac, W. Felsing, J. Brown, P. O'Gorman

The industrial robot has now become accepted in almost every sector of manufacturing industry as this review of robot applications and specifications shows.

Sony: Moving into the assembly robots business

John Hartley

With a wealth of experience in the assembly of small electronics assemblies, Sony has introduced a very fast SCARA‐type robot