The concept of modular standardised control system units is not new. The technique is well established in the solid state electronics field, where it is accepted that ease of servicing and trouble shooting coupled with a standardised application design procedure, is more important than...

The industrial robot when associated with a workpiece magazine or conveyor system loading and unloading one or more numerical controlled machine tools opens a new way for automation in low series production. The possibilities for automatic handling together with machine tools within direct...

Since the beginning of January 1971 when the first Electrolux MHU industrial robot was installed for the production of motor housings for electric motors MHUs have been applied in many different types of production areas and industries in twelve countries.

The Association of Swedish Foundries has recently made an investigation of the possibilities of using industrial robots in foundries. The result is published in a special report: ‘Industrirobotar i giuterier’ (Industrial robots in foundries). This article is based on this report.

Through long experience and tradition as a component producing factory Jonas Øglaend A/S in Sandnes have gained a competence in automated materials handling, which is unique in Norway.

The Metal Box P. H. A. was conceived to meet a need for a simple, yet highly flexible, automatic handling unit having wide application in repetitive pick and place operations. Such operations are found in many branches of industry and include:

Pitching workpieces can significantly reduce the cycle time of industrial robots and extend their workspace. A control method for pitching workpieces by cylindrical coordinate type robots is developed and can be readily implemented by a computer program technique which calculates the minimum...

Industrial robots today are probrammable, memory‐controlled, open‐loop several degree‐of‐freedom machines with grippers or special handling attachments which can hold and operate hand tools, spray guns, welding heads and power tools, as well as perform workpiece and materials handling,...

A Tactile Controlled Robot, ‘HI‐T‐HAND’ Expert 1 with a flexible wrist and delicate feeling that inserts pistons in cylinders with a clearance of about 20 microns faster and more deftly than human hands has been developed.

In medium and small scale series production the aim of the automatic charging of the machines is affected by frequent tool changing. Conventional charging and interlink systems do not offer the sufficient changeability to achieve a profitable and productive application. For this purpose,...