... KMT acquires I-R waterjet cutting business Keywords: Waterjet, Cutting Ingersoll-Rand has withdrawn from the waterjet cutting industry. In October 2003, it announced the sale of Waterjet, its US-based business making high pressure water pumps and other waterjet cutting products...

...Michel Defaux This paper presents a selection of new welding and cutting robots. Also describes software developments that allow for easier programming and the use of synchronisation to allow multiple robots to carry a single load. From the robot builders' point of view, global competition...

... is not capable of carrying more than a few kilos, it can only transport small items such as tools. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Nuclear industry Robots Inspection Handling Cutting Welding, Based at Fontenay‐aux‐Roses, just south of Paris, the French Atomic Energy Commission’s (CEA) main centre...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Robots Lasers Cutting Keywords: Robots, Lasers, Cutting ABB, has launched a high-precision robot- based system for laser cutting which offers up to ten times more precision than other robots on the market today. The New ABB system offers...

... Esab Cutting Systems of Florence has a new plasma cutting head that promises to eliminate the meandering inherent in bevel cutting. The company's new head combines a tactile sensor with a CNC controller that has been programmed to compensate for variation in the cut. The tactile sensor...

... Ensuring ultra-reliable performance of the cell is an IRB 2400 or IRB 4400 robot, fully enclosed within a soundproof structure, while facilities for the removal of dust and chips can also be included.   Plate 3 The Compact-Machine automated cutting solution for plastic parts from ABB...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Plasma Cutting Keywords: Plasma, Cutting Sertec Group Holdings Ltd has announced the purchase of Andover based Contour Cutting Technologies, enabling them to provide plasma cutting technology alongside their extensive specialist presswork...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Iran Cutting ABB Keywords: Iran, Cutting, ABB The Manchester-based UK sales operation of ABB I-R Waterjet Systems AB has won an order for a new Cutting Box Original III waterjet cutting system from Azin Khodro Mfg Co., one of the largest...

... Off-line programming increases waterjet cutting productivity Keywords ABB, Cutting, Waterjet According to ABB I-R Waterjet Systems, off-line programming of the industrial robots used in the company's products can significantly increase waterjet cutting productivity (see Plate 2...

... Messer Industrie GmbH, Konigstein, the holding company of the Messer family have taken over all the cutting and welding activities of the Messer Group in the form of Messer Cutting & Welding AG (see Plate 3). The previous owners, Messer Griesheim GmbH, has long been preparing...

...Brian Rooks The current state in the application of lasers for cutting and welding is reviewed. Most cutting operations are performed on specifically developed laser machine tools such as the Trumpf Lasercell and its application in the development of trim shapes and low volume panel production...

... Motoman laser cutting system Keywords: Cutting lasers, Motoman, Robotics, High speed, Cutting Motoman has inroduced its new ProfileStar enhanced profiler for robotic laser cutting. Integrated with a Motoman laser cutting robot, ProfileStar provides fast and accurate cutting...

...Terry D. Alkire The past five years have seen a significant improvement in the reliability and the acceptance of two‐dimensional abrasive waterjet (AWJ) cutting systems. Across all of the major industrial countries in Europe, one can now find any number of job shops or custom cutting centres...

...Jack Hollingum Discusses the forthcoming installation of an ABB Flexible Automation beam preparation system at an offshore platform construction company in Scotland. Using a six‐axis robot suspended from a boom, the system will be able to cut beams to any length with any desired end profile using...

...Thomas R Kugler Describes an automated laser cutting cell used in the automotive industry. The cell has the benefits of fast throughput because of high cutting speeds, adaptability of height sensing, safety of crash protection and flexibility of part modifications via robot path and program...

...Bo Assarsson Outlines the background of robotized waterjet cutting and its advantages over traditional punching and manual cutting methods. Discusses the development of the modular cutting box which can be adapted to the customer’s requirements covering the water pressure, the size and speed...