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News Release from: AGI - American Grippers | Subject: AGP-6-OR, AGP-8-OR
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 03 March 2008
Automated O-ring installation avoids RSI
Both the AGP-6-OR and AGP-8-OR O-ring installation tools are designed to facilitate part ejection and part seating and are suitable for applications where an ejector is needed after part placement.
AGI has released tools that automate O-ring installation Both dual-motion gripper products offer O-ring and seal positioning capabilities for assembly lines and single-station hand assists
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Companies, as a result, suffer soaring medical costs and production losses.
AGI President, Peter Farkas, said: "One great advantage of implementing O-ring installation assembly tools is that workers place less stress on their hands".
He went on to say, "A direct result is that repeated stress injuries are reduced, something both workers and their employers benefit from".
AGI's O-ring assembly tools are available in two sizes to accommodate placement applications ranging from 76 to 305mm.
Both the AGP-6-OR (which has six jaws) and the AGP-8-OR (which has eight) are designed to facilitate part ejection and part seating and are suitable for applications where an ejector is needed after part placement.
They are both equally functional when a seal needs to be placed down a long shaft.
As a result of independent piston technology and double-acting spreading jaws, O-rings that are stretched by these pneumatic grippers suffer considerably less deformation than they would if installed through traditional assembly methods.
And there is no risk of over-expansion, as the opening stoke can be precision-adjusted.
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