Until Sterling Stepped in, nobody wanted to touch the job — at least not without tongs and protective
gloves. The job we're talking about involves moving chain saw bars from a hardening furnace to a quench press, then on to a washing station and a tempering furnace. Since it was more than one human with two hands could handle all at once, our engineers figured that five hands might help.
So they built a five-armed robot. Each arm works independently. While Arm 1 captures the blades from the hardening furnace, Arm 5 is busy unloading fixtures at the tempering furnace. Arms 2, 3 and four aren't idle, either.
The result is a work cell where engineers monitor gauges instead of grunting and sweating. Thanks to precise automated handling, bars are heat treated flat within .005 per foot. That means precise control and
better quality.
If you enjoy doing things the hard way, if you like wasting money, and if your customers don't care about quality, you may not need ideas like this.
But if you plan on staying in business, call us.