Robotized transfer system at a CPT plant

Abstract

During the first half on 1978 Rosenlew delivered and installed 44 industrial robots to the new colour picture tube (C.P.T.) plant of Valco Oy at Imatra, Finland. Together with an extensive conveyor system the robots form a highly automated and integrated transfer system. Although most of the robots are structurally and dimensionally different they are built from a few basic standard modules. The flexibility of the modular robot system and early participation in the plant layout design resulted in simple and economical solutions. In addition to the robots, Rosenlew supplied other production equipment and, in particular, succeeded in solving the problem of automatically assembling the front panel and the shadow mask together using an indeterministic search principle.