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IAI's Continuity Inspection Tool - CT- Effects Application Example

Posted by Kelly Howe

Jul 23, 2015 9:24:25 AM

This post is brought to you by IAI.

Labor Cost Reduction ⇒ $9,000/year.

One Operator
*Labor $18.00/hour 8 hours/day
*Overtime work 2 hours
*250 operational days/year

*Exchange Rate: 1(USD)=100(Japanese Yen)

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Topics: IAI, CT Effects, Continuity Inspection Tool

IAI's Alignment of the Resin Block Application

Posted by Kelly Howe

Apr 6, 2015 10:16:54 AM

This post is brought to you by IAI America.

In a system for performing the alignment of some resin blocks, the ROBO Cylinder was adopted. The company’s products include designer plates to be used on the floor of a house by bonding resin blocks.  Previously, an air cylinder was used, this was changed to ROBO Cylinder which improved the cycle time and reduced the occurrence of Choco-Tei events.

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Topics: IAI, ROBO Cylinder, CT Effects, Resin Block

IAI's Spot Welding Application Example

Posted by Kelly Howe

Mar 31, 2015 9:00:00 AM

This post is brought to you by IAI America.

Defective Products: 10 pieces/day ==> 0/day (Zero)

Production Amount: 1920 pieces/day ==> 5,236 pieces/day

Production Efficiency is Increased by 2.7 times

Personnel Expenses: Cost is Down by $20.000*/year

*Exchange Rate 1 (USD) = 100 (Japanese Yen)

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Topics: IAI, actuators, ROBO Cylinders, Spot Welding, CT Effects