Laser-Texturing Machine The Laser 4000 5Ax laser-texturing machine, the largest in a series of five machines, can handle oversized molds for a wide range of components, including bumpers, instrument panels, door panels, central consoles, and airbag covers for auto industry applications, as well as other large components. Components as large as 3 × 4 m and weighing up to 18 t
be far stronger than standard CVD coatings, making the insert both tough and strong. Techniks
remain stationary on the floor while the machine’s axes move around it, texturing all part sides if needed. Such movement is possible because the machine’s fourth and fifth axes are attached to the Z-axis head. The fully digitized process allows manufacturers to envison a design, preview it onscreen, and reproduce it on the workpiece. GF Agie Charmilles Ph: 800-282-1336 Web site: www.gfac.com/us
PVD Cutting Inserts
Lamina cutting inserts feature a submicron substrate and a thick PVD coating for high-performance machining of most materials. Single insert grade allows users to reduce inventory for machining steel, stainless, cast iron, high-temperature al- loys, and hardened materials. The thick PVD coating is said to
The new Epson C3-V six-axis robots provide resistance to vaporized hydro- gen peroxide (VHP) gas, an aggressive chemical used in aseptic manufactur- ing processes predominantly in medical device, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries where a variety of transporta- tion tasks are followed by aggressive VHP cleaning and sterilization. Slim- Line body and compact wrist design of C3-V robots enable systems to be easily installed in sealed environments such as inside an isolator; IP67-grade water/dust proofing allows C3-V robots to be cleaned and sterilized with aggressive chemical solutions or high-temperature VHP and steam. Robots are available with either Epson’s True PC Based RC620+ controller or the Micro PowerDrive RC180 controller. Both controllers offer ease of use with the RC+ Controls soft- ware and fully integrated options such as vision guidance, .Net support, Profibus, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, and more. Epson Robots Ph: 562-290-5910 Web site: www.epsonrobots.com
Distributed Modular I/O Systems
New generation of Distributed Modular I/O can be used in a cost-effective way to replace standard slice I/O and distrib- uted I/O solutions. Offering IP67 protection and industry- standard connectors, many types of control data can be col- lected. Using the vendor- neutral stan- dard IO-Link, the master block can communicate