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News Release from: TM Robotics (Europe)
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2004
TM Robotics, Union Food Machinery, AMT
collaborate
TM Robotics, the European sales partner of Toshiba Machine, has joined forces with systems integrator AMT and Union Food Machinery to launch the Toshiba robots to the UK food industry.
TM Robotics, the European sales partner of Toshiba Machine, 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 650mm and 850mm respectively, providing the wide working envelopes required in food processing applications
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Composite speeds are 5.15m/sec and 5.29m/sec, meeting the demanding requirements of the food industry.
In both cases, payload can be up to 10Kg and repeatability is +/-0.02mm.
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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." About TM Robotics - TM Robotics is Toshiba Machine's European partner for the supply of industrial SCARA and Cartesian Robots.
About Union Food Machinery - Union Food Machinery is a private company established in 1986 to identify and satisfy automation requirements for Food manufacturing companies.
Its principal areas of expertise lie with size reduction and blending, with equipment from Laska of Austria and Inotec of Germany, packaging from Reepack of Italy, and Cooking,smoking, sterilising/pasteurising and cooling from Schroter of Germany, Steritech of France and Mauting of the Czech Republic.
About AMT - AMT is a systems integrator that works across several different sectors of manufacturing.
It offers particular expertise in the integration of robotics into applications in the food industry. Request free introductory details about products from TM Robotics (Europe) ...
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