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Robotics, Handling and Storage
News Release from: TM Robotics (Europe) | Subject: SR-654HSP and SR-854HSP
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2004
Robots aim for food industry
applications
TM Robotics has joined forces with systems integrator AMT and Union Food Machinery to launch the Toshiba Machine SR-654HSP and SR-854HSP robots to the UK food industry.
TM Robotics has joined forces with systems integrator AMT and Union Food Machinery to launch the Toshiba Machine SR-654HSP and SR-854HSP robots to the UK food industry The robots have arm lengths of 650 and 850mm, respectively, providing the wide working envelopes required in food processing applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The industrial robot represents one of the best ways for food processors and packaging companies to improve productivity", said Alan Wanstall of AMT.
"But in order to do this, it is vital that end-users select the right robot, with sufficient speed and payload".
"Many of the applications I'm invited to work on demand cycle times of less than a second, meaning the speed of the robot is vital", continued Wanstall.
"The alternative is wasted product which comes whizzing down the production line and lands in a pile because the robot can't keep up".
"A robot, such as the TH-250 or TH-350, can cope admirably with the constantly changing demands of a food production line", said Malcolm Burgess, Managing Director of Union Food Machinery.
"Indeed a robot's only limitation is the skill and knowledge of the human programming the machine". Request a free brochure from TM Robotics (Europe) ...
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