Arburg Reveals Future Product Plans.The German parent company of Arburg, Inc., Newington Newington, town (1990 pop. 29,208), Hartford co., central Conn., a residential suburb of Hartford; settled 1670, inc. 1871. Its industries include milk processing and the manufacture of airplane parts, ball bearings, tools, and plumbing supplies. , Conn., recently unveiled some new products it plans to roll out in the next year: * Arburg is moving up to machines larger than 300 tons. First up will be a press of 352 tons and tiebar Tie´bar` n. 1. A flat bar used as a tie. spacing of 720 mm (28 in.). It will be followed by a 440-tonner with 820-mm (32-in.) tiebar spacing. * By the time of the K 2001 show in Dusseldorf next October, Arburg will introduce a hybrid press with modular hydraulic and electric drives and a clamp clamp (klamp) a surgical device for compressing a part or structure. rubber dam clamp a metallic device used to retain the dam on a tooth. clamp n. force of 88 tons. After studying all-electric machines, Arburg decided to focus on hybrids. * Arburg's new Multilift H side-entry robot will be followed by a top-entry Multilift V. The robots also will be adapted for more sophisticated applications, such as palletization pal·let·ize tr.v. pal·let·ized, pal·let·izing, pal·let·izes To store or move (freight, for example) by means of pallets. pal . |
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