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KUKA Robotics Australia has extended its Arctic range of palletising robots with the introduction of the new 700kg payload model. This extension follows the re-release of the Arctic sub zero range of palletising robots in the 120kg to 240kg category in 2014.

The new 700kg payload layer palletising robot in the Arctic range can quickly and efficiently palletise full layers of ice cream, meat, fish or any frozen products, and also comes with a huge 3,320mm reach and hollow gearbox wrist for higher reliability.

KUKA has also extended the zero degree operation to its entire range as standard, from the ultra-high speed 40kg capable of 56 cycles per minute, through to the medium 120 to 240kg class, and now the 300, 470 and 700kg models, with no change in price. The upper temperature range of 55°C remains the same.

KUKA’s palletising robots have been able to achieve this new zero degree operation without the need for suits, heat bands or other additional extras, enabling dairy producers to keep their product below 4°C even while palletising to ensure food safety.

Augsburg, March 2014 – It needs no protective suit and can nonetheless work at temperatures way below zero: the new KUKA KR QUANTEC PA arctic. Its immunity to cold temperatures makes the robot ideal for the food sector – right down to -30 °C.

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Every one of the robots in the KR AGILUS series is compact, precise, agile and fast, and they deliver top quality. What’s more, the new waterproof variant is also immune to dirt and water – ideal for the harsh conditions both outside and inside machine tools.

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division and KUKA Roboter GmbH have announced a comprehensive cooperation at EMO in Hanover. The central pillar of the cooperation is integration of KUKA robots and Siemens machine tool solutions (CNC) for loading machine tools

On the next EMO 2013 exhibition in Hannover KUKA Roboter GmbH will show the newest flexible solution for metal fabrication equipment.

SCHUNK enlarges its standardized robot accessories program to allow users the full use of small robot’s efficiency potentials. The extremely flat quick-change system SWS-001 with less interfering contours is currently the smallest automatic robot-changing system on the market.

In accordance with decision number 880 of December 9, 2011 Commission of the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community on 1 July 2013 in the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation shall enter into force on the technical regulations of the Customs Union «On Food Safety» (TR TC 021/2011 ) [8]. According to the regulations implementing HACCP principles for organizations involved in the food chain becomes mandatory