| Introduction : |
With the ever increasing use of plastic in manufacturing, molding machine manufacturers are striving for faster and faster cycle times. Significant savings in cycle time can be achieved with the reduction of mould opening travel, together with the use of automatic de-moulding of finished parts. It is therefor, not suprising that Fanuc Limited have brought both technilogies together by applying their smallest LRMate 100i Robot to the unloading of the Fanuc Roboshot Alpha-15C ( below left ). |
| Fanuc Roboshots with LRMate 100i robots : | |
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| In the U.K. : |
Here in the U.K., Mitsui Fanuc - sole distributors for Fanuc Autoshot moulding machines - are striving to offer the automation benefits to existing as well as new customers. Demonstrations have been successfully carried out with the help of Robotix - an example of which can be seen in the photograph below. The Fanuc LRMate 100i robot can be seen de-moulding ( unloading ) the clear plastic lenses for mobile phones. |
| LRMate 100i robot de-moulds mobile phone lenses : |
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