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The new Clansman Dynamics web site has been revised to provide more information on our range of forge and foundry robots and manipulators. The site will be further developed to become a source of information for applications in both forge and foundry.
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October 2008 - 3 Robots for a new forge in Romania.
The 3 robots load the furnace, descaler, weigher, press and ring mill for a new forge in Romania. 1. The machines are simple, very robust ( all parts are subjected to Finite Element and Fatigue Analysis as with our other manipulators ), use our usual high quality components - double roller spherical bearings ( i.e. no bushes – except for the grippers that go 4500 mm into a furnace), stainless steel oil tanks, Duesterloh motors, Siemens PLC, etc.
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August 2008 - Aluminium Smelting Robot
Clansman Dynamics has just completed final factory acceptance tests on a new robot for the automation of anode handling in an Aluminium Smelter.
Handling the anodes requires precision but more importantly the ability to grip and repeatedly manoeuvre the anode without causing damage to the conductive surface. The robot achieves this using high precision articulated grippers and achieves repeatability better than ±1mm over a 9 meter operating range.
Clansman Dynamics used proven design technology to develop the robot, the first of it type, after being awarded the contract by one of the world’s largest aluminium smelting companies.
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re-conditioned
and highly unbalanced anodes weighing 1 tonne are delivered to the
robot by the same monorail system for loading back on to the now
empty trolley. The entire process is designed to take less than 7
minutes from receipt of a trolley with six spent anodes to the
trolley being reloaded and despatched back to the smelter.