Assembly Planbook - March 2009 - (Page 39) Just because a stand-alone system is small, that doesn’t mean it isn’t powerful. This multi-tasking Cartesian system first dispenses a precise amount of adhesive and then places a sensing chip inside a housing. Photo courtesy Dispense Works Inc. wide range of welding technologies and is portable enough to be loaded into the back of a small truck. At one shop with just 16 employees, the eCell is used to help produce rollers used in the heavyequipment industry. Finally, Fancort Industries offers a number of SCARA and Cartesian systems that perform soldering operations on printed circuit boards and other components. In addition to storing multiple programs for use with a variety of model types, the systems can accommodate a number of different technologies, including noncontact microflame and laser soldering. A Motors installed an RX130 six-axis robot from Stäubli Robotics (Duncan, SC). Throughput has since increased 25 percent, raising part production from a low of 2,500 to a steady 3,700 parts a day. Along these same lines, Fanuc Robotics and welding equipment supplier Lincoln Electric (Cleveland) are collaborating on what Lincoln Electric calls its eCell, a self-contained, twostation welding cell that is specifically designed to allow smaller fabricators to implement welding at minimal cost. Featuring a Fanuc ArcMate 100iBe robot, the system can accommodate a ASSEMBLY ONLINE For more information on automated assembly, visit www.assemblymag.com to read these articles: Automation Profiles: System Assembles Family of Car Latches Robotics Notebook: Robots Improve Molding Processes www.assemblymag.com March 2009 / ASSE M B LY 39 http://www.assemblymag.com http://www.item.info/us http://www.item.info/us http://www.assemblymag.com
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