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The productivity platform is a prefabricated robotic machine-tending cell designed to link one, two or three machine tools and various secondary-process devices into a single, lean production unit. Available from Interface Innovations, the cell incorporates Motoman or Fanuc robots with payload capacities ranging from 13 to 1,500 lbs (6 to 700 kg).
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Provisions for multiple end-of-arm tools facilitate multi-operation processing of single parts or multi-part processing in the same cell. In addition, five types of inboud/outbound parts conveyance support long periods of unattended production, the company says. The diamond-plate flooring that spans the entire cell is supported byÌýa structural steel base, which is plumbed with air and wired with Ethernet connections to provide flexibility for secondary processes.
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