KUKA Roboter GmbH - KUKA Robotics called by Encobotics Inc. to accommodate 6 arbor PC based apprentice for plastics routering cell

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Clinton Township, Michigan — July 31, 2006 – KUKA Robotics Corporation, a arch all-around architect of automated robots, today appear it has been called by Encobotics, Inc. of Derby, Kansas to accommodate 6 arbor robots for new plastics routering cell. The corpuscle the aggregation has called the Robo-Router, combines quick change applique with the PC based 6-axis KUKA KR6 apprentice to accord plastics barter an added able adjustment of routering plastics articles while abbreviation costs, atom ante and agent injuries.

“Encobotics’ charge to engineering arete has helped their barter become added acknowledged for abounding years,” said Kevin Kozuszek, administrator of business for KUKA Robotics Corporation. ”This new cell, accumulation our simple to affairs apprentice and Encobotics’ quick apparatus alteration solution, will abundantly account any companies acid plastics or wood.”

“The aberrant achievement and believability of KUKA robots is what our barter accept appear to apprehend from our systems,” said David George, admiral of Encobotics. “We are consistently analytic for above solutions to advance our customer’s accomplishment processes and this corpuscle is a abundant archetype of just such a solution.”

The Robo-Router is a accommodating motion routering corpuscle that utilizes a quick-change applique arrangement and a KUKA KR6 PC based robot. The corpuscle allows the chump to amount artificial acme on to 5 simple to body exhaustion fixtures. The locations about crop a few abnormal to amount and about four account to run. While the locations are accepting routered the abettor is accumulating the allotment just off the machine. The corpuscle has the abeyant to cut assembly times by half, annihilate atom locations and cut processing costs by two thirds. Additionally, agent injuries consistent from repetitive motions are around eliminated.

Encobotics was accustomed in 2002 and is a awful admired turnkey automation integrator. Their articles ambit from accepted to custom automation beef advised to accommodated manufacturer’s assembly challenges. More advice on the aggregation and its articles can be begin on their website at www.encobotics.com.

KUKA Robotics Corporation, with its ancestor aggregation KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, Germany, is one of the world's arch manufacturers of automated robots, with an anniversary assembly aggregate abutting 10,000 units, and an installed abject of over 60,000 units. The company’s 5 and 6 arbor robots ambit from 3kg to 570kg payloads, and 635mm to 3700mm reach, all controlled from a accepted PC based ambassador platform. KUKA robots are activated in a assorted ambit of industries including the appliance, automotive, aerospace, chump goods, logistics, food, pharmaceutical, medical, branch and plastics industries. KUKA robots are begin in a aggregation of applications including: actual handling, apparatus loading, assembly, packaging, palletizing, welding, bending, joining, and apparent finishing. For added advice acquaintance KUKA Robotics at 866-873-5852 or appointment their website at www.kukarobotics.com.

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About KUKA Robot Group

KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, is a affiliate of the IWKA Aktiengesellschaft Group (Karlsruhe) and ranks a allotment of the world’s arch suppliers of automated robots. Core competencies are the development, assembly and auction of automated robots, controllers, software and beeline units. The aggregation is the bazaar baton in Germany and Europe, and the amount three in the world. The KUKA Robot Group employs about 2,000 humans worldwide. Of these, 1,200 are active in Germany, either at the KUKA Robot Group address in Augsburg, or at assorted subsidiaries. In 2005, sales totaled 340 actor euro. Over 20 subsidiaries accommodate a attendance in the blow of Europe, the US and Asia. www.kuka.com

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