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Control Engineering, December, 2004
Machine vision and robot handling system investments at its Swiss foundry have allowed R. Nussbaum AG, a manufacturer of drinking water distribution systems, to achieve a range of benefits in a short time.
The company's metal "core" production operation and intermediate batch storage process was a highly labor-intensive and costly procedure. Nussbaum wanted to improve production flexibility for small-to-large volume batches and attain clear process quality benefits to comply with ISO 9001/14001 certification requirements.
Nussbaum contacted Laempe GmbH to develop an automatic, machine-vision-controlled palletizing system comprising a robot cell for handling the "core" boxes, a machine-vision system based on the Cognex In-Sight 4000 Vision Sensor, and...
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