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SAS heated gate cutters suit brittle plastics
SAS Automation has introduced its Heated Gate Cutter for plastics degating.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 November 2009
Internal Diameter Gripper holds irregular parts
SAS Automation has introduced an Internal Diameter Gripper (IDG) for parts that are heavy, fragile or have an irregular shape.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 October 2009
SAS offers Eoat workbench
SAS Automation has unveiled an Eoat Workbench for building grippers.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 August 2009
Stainless-steel fingers for harsh environments
A specialised EOAT is often used to palletise woven plastic or paper bags containing many products including grain, chemicals, dog food, minerals and plastic resins.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 May 2009
SAS guarantees GRF-20 gripper fingers for life
SAS Automation has announced a lifetime guarantee on all of its GRF-20 spring-return single-acting gripper fingers bought after 1 January 2009.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 February 2009
SAS unveils heavy-duty pneumatic toggle clamp
SAS Automation has introduced the HDC heavy-duty pneumatic toggle clamp, designed for harsh manufacturing environments.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 February 2009
SAS unveils vacuum handling line of robotic EOAT
SAS Automation has introduced a vacuum handling system line of robotic end-of-arm tooling (EOAT).
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 October 2008
RFID tags match the tool to the process
RFID provides a low-cost means of avoiding robot, tooling and part damage because it quickly ensures the correct tooling is running.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 July 2008
Custom grippers come in kit form
Jaw kit will provide moulders with the ability to easily interchange and configure the jaw size by ordering kits of the same size to customise their gripping requirements.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 June 2008
Lightweight arm gets a grip
Lightweight, yet durable gripper arm is designed to help reduce robot wear and tear.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 May 2008
Clamps mount securely on the arm
Long angle clamp features improved design for end of arm tooling.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 June 2007
Plier design updated
This new GRZ 20-16 with removable screws offers production plants the ability to interchange the existing jaws for various size jaws.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 April 2007
Gripper secures difficult parts
Pneumatically controlled spring return gripper is used to secure the more difficult parts with more force by the secure attachment created by the positioning of the gripper finger.
News from Engineeringtalk, 29 November 2006
Programmable tools make robots more productive
Programmable end of arm tooling assists moulders and manufacturers in cost reduction and efficiency.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 August 2006
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