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Fanuc Robots Automate Green Pallet-Handling System Fanuc Robotics has revealed that two of its robots are being used in a Green Solutions system that manufactures pallets made from paper pulp. The manufacturing process is automated from the input stage, where the paper is in a slurry form, right through to the output stage where the finished pallet is ready for use. Central to the process are two Fanuc Robotics robots, which handle the mould and moulded pallet and also control the system process. Green Solutions supplies the complete manufacturing system to businesses requiring either one-way or multi-transport pallet use for their product deliveries. As systems can be supplied anywhere in the world, sourcing a reliable handling solution for the moulding process was important as it forms the core of the process. Samey, an Icelandic automation business, worked with Green Solutions to design the handling system. Thorkell Jonsonn, managing director of Samey, said: 'Robots were the...

ABB has signed a frame agreement to deliver 2,100 industrial robots to BMW Group over five years, beginning in 2010, to support the carmaker's operations in Germany, the UK and the US. The robots will be applied in parts handling, gluing and spot welding on car-body assembly lines for BMW's one-series, three-series, X5-series and Mini models. ABB's technology convinced BMW in endurance tests during the tendering phase. ABB's industrial robots are reliable, strong, accurate and easy to maintain. ABB will supply and commission a variety of robot models for BMW, including the IRB 6640, 6620, 7600 and the new mid-range robot IRB 4600 - a compact, light-weight industrial robot with the longest vertical reach in its class.