gantry-type robot

gantry-type robot

[′gan·trē ¦tīp ′rō‚bät]
(control systems)
A continuous-path, cartesian-coordinate robot constructed in a bridge shape that uses rails to move along a single horizontal axis or along either of two perpendicular horizontal axes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Gantry-type robots used for loading charges into vertical compression presses and unloading molded parts; feeding thermoplastic sheet blanks into a preheated oven; and transferring parts from station to station in post-molding operations.
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Gantry-type robots used for loading charges into vertical compression presses and unloading molded parts; feeding thermoplastic sheet blanks into a preheated oven: and transferring parts from station to station in post-molding operations.
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Gantry-type robots used for loading charges into vertical compression presses and unloading molded parts; feeding thermoplastic sheet blanks into a pre-heated oven; and transferring parts from station to station in post-molding operations.
Plastics technology: manufacturing handbook & buyers' guide 1995/96
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