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Kochan, Anna - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 22 (1995) 6, pp. 22-23

418 robots have been installed at Vauxhall Motors’ plant in Luton as part of a £136 million refurbishment project to … prepare the factory for the launch of the new Vectra. The bulk of the robots are employed in the body‐in‐white area, with 50 … per cent performing handling operations and the rest for spot welding, stud welding and the application of adhesives …

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First turnkey delivery of robotized assembly lines for car engines and cylinder heads

Kimmelmann, Walter; Wolbring, Friedrich - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 27 (2000) 1, pp. 44-48

The robotized cylinder head and engine assembly lines at the Opel car factory in Kaiserslautern, Germany, make it one of the most advanced of its kind in the world. Designed and installed by ABB as a turnkey system, the project has set new standards for logistics, floor‐space requirements,...

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CO 2 pellet blast tyre mould cleaning off‐line with an industrial robot

Young, Fred - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 28 (2001) 2, pp. 116-118

Describes the use of robot guided CO 2 pellet blast jets for the cleaning of automotive tyre moulds. The mould is …

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Robots get the measure of car body inspection

Rooks, Brian - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 28 (2001) 2, pp. 125-130

A new application for the industrial robot has emerged, inspection, with two players emerging, Stäubli and Amatec Robotics of the Kuka Roboter Group. Both companies’ systems and their competing benefits are discussed. Until this new development, car bodies were inspected on‐line with arrays...

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Robots help Peugeot meet targets

Kochan, Anna - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 6, pp. 500-502

PSA's plant in Sochaux began building the Peugeot 307 last year, using a brand new body shop where the role of robots … body shop operates and the functions that robots undertake. …

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A new approach to robotic safety: SafetyBUS p at BMW

Piggin, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 6, pp. 524-529

Availability, reliability, flexibility and comprehensive diagnostics are the most significant demands placed upon safety systems today. Increasing payloads, work ranges and cycle times of robotic processes necessitate a different approach to safety, particularly other than that offered by...

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FlexPlace: watchmaker precision for robotic placement of automobile body parts

Picard, Marie‐Pierre - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 4, pp. 329-333

‐effectiveness in auto body assembly. Robots with FlexPlace use sensors and pattern recognition to automatically assemble the larger …

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Pane relief: robotic solutions for car windshield assembly

Mazzocchi, Enrico - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 30 (2003) 2, pp. 166-169

Just looking through a car's windshield does not give us much reason to wonder about how it is made. The idea that special manufacturing expertise might be required can hardly occur to anyone, but that is exactly what is needed to ensure crystal‐clear visibility, not to mention a perfect fit...

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Robots carry the load at Scania

Kochan, Anna - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 22 (1995) 4, pp. 36-38

automation package includes 40 PCs, 26 robots and 15 AGVs. The PCs are linked up to an Ethernet LAN which connects to the factory … management system. IBM’s Plantworks software co‐ordinates the entire operation. Describes how the robots were chosen and how they …

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Rover avoids robots in new paint shop

Hollingum, Jack - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 22 (1995) 6, pp. 24-25

, automatic electrostatic spray and manual spray but no spray‐painting robots are used in the new plant. It was felt that their … were seen as being costly and imposing an additional burden on maintenance costs. Painting robots may be used in the future …

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