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robotics

Versatile robotic dispensing…. benchtop or gantry system

10 January 2012 dispensing

With low cost robotics playing a significant part in cost-reduced/quality-upgraded small scale production, the new Fisnar Unitop F5200N will interest production engineers in all industries, especially as it has the ability to be used as a gantry, as well as a benchtop robot. The F5200N is a compact dispensing robot with all moving axes above [...]

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Precision volumetric dosing for highly accurate, repeatable dispensing

3 October 2011 adhesives

High precision, accuracy and repeatability in dispensing is becoming ever more important to our customers. Consequently INTERTRONICS, in partnership ViscoTec, will now be supplying UK industry with the latest in preeflow precision volumetric, positive displacement, dosing/dispensing systems. Preeflow volumetric dosing equipment, manufactured by ViscoTec, is capable of dispensing adhesives, pastes, form-in-place gaskets, sealants, etc – in dots, [...]

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Dispensing onto round, circular or cylindrical objects

21 June 2011 dispensing

Are you looking for an efficient method for dispensing in a circular pattern? The IJF RT404-FLEXI II Rotary Table for Dispensing is the answer. The RT404-FLEXI II allows you to dispense circular patterns on a wide range of parts, including those with areas that are difficult to access. The Z-axis tilts to allow controlled rotary [...]

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Robotic dispensing from under £4,000

2 June 2011 adhesives
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Strong comeback of the global robotics industry

13 April 2011 robotics

A heartening article on the website of our friends at EMT WorldWide: they report on a strong comeback of the global robotics industry. In 2010, with more than 115,000 industrial robots shipped, the number of units sold worldwide almost doubled, with 2009 being the lowest year since the early ’90s. The growth in UK manufacturing [...]

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We will be at the MEDTEC 2011 show this week

5 April 2011 adhesives

This week, we will exhibiting at MEDTEC UK in April (6-7th) at the NEC. Along with UV, cyanoacrylate and epoxy adhesives, we will showing  UV curing equipment, dispensing, application and mixing equipment. This will include the THINKY mixing range, a Fisnar benchtop dispensing robot and a DYMAX LED Prime UVA spot curing lamp demonstrating the fast curing of medical grade, ISO [...]

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