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Volume 29, Issue 5
1 October 2002
Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application Cover Image for Volume 29, Issue 5
Technical Paper| October 01 2002

Robots, vision systems and automatic gages streamline brake drum and rotor manufacturing Available to Purchase

Ron Potter
Ron Potter
Ron Potter is Director of Robotic Technologies at Factor Automation Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Industrial Robot (2002) 29 (5): 404–406.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910210440192

Robot‐equipped machining cells with vision and gauging systems efficiently improve throughput and reduce ergonomic concerns. This paper examines Webb Wheel Products’ installation of four robotic workcells dedicated to producing a family of brake drums and rotors.

Keywords:
Robots, Machining, Vision, Ergonomics
© MCB UP Limited
2002
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