New robots line up at Kawasaki open day
Visitors to the recent Kawasaki Robotics UK open day were presented with an insight to the capabilities of its new robots. Over 100 manufacturing engineers from food, automotive and aerospace sectors attended the event at Kawasaki's Warrington facilities.
The BX and BA Series robots proved to be the star attractions amongst the automotive sector illustrating their new 'ground up' arm designs. Both robots, the BX for spot welding and the BA for arc welding, have hollow construction forearms allowing the integration of all pipes and cabling.
Making integration of robots straight-forward and fast, into increasingly compact spaces, is the driving force behind the new designs which both offer large work envelopes with relatively small footprints.
Ian Hensman, Sales Manager of Kawasaki Robotics explained, "Our demonstrations of typical applications attracted a lot of interest; in particular the speed and repeatability achievable of the arm's re-orientation with heavy end of arm tooling. The open days were an opportunity for visitors to see the new products and our facility but in reality we are always an open house and welcome anyone with an interest in making their manufacturing process more efficient."
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Issue reference: Ka-036-A
Issue date: October 2015
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Further information:
Ian Hensman, UK Sales and Marketing Manager, Kawasaki Robotics UK Ltd
Unit 4, Easter Court, Europa Boulevard, Warrington WA5 7ZB
Tel +44 (0)1925 713000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting email: ianhensman@kawasakirobotuk.com
Visit our web site: www.kawasakirobot.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Kawasaki Robotics (UK) Ltd is the UK robotics division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan.
Based in Warrington, Kawasaki Robotics (UK) Ltd occupies a 15,000 Sq. Ft. Building. Its location provides easy access to the main motorway network and is at the centre of its customer base.
The facility centralises all the sales and customer support operations, with areas for customer demonstrations, training, robot test and integration and a large area for stock machines. Over 1,800 machines are now operating in a wide range of industries and applications throughout the UK.
Operating through a network of system partners, automation integrators and also supplying direct to end users, Kawasaki Robotics (UK) Ltd offers experience in the widest range of industry sectors.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries introduced its first industrial robot into the Japanese domestic market in 1969 and since then has developed into a world leader in the manufacture of industrial robots. Renowned world-wide for quality and technology in all its engineering systems and products, this philosophy is continued throughout the Kawasaki Robotics divisions.
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