www.abb.com/robotics 7 sand casting By Tom Sullivan Photos Carl Johan Erikson Doubled A robotized foundry enables Sweden’s largest manufacturer of sanitary fittings to raise productivity and stay ahead of competitors. April 2008, boosting the capacity of an older cell, in operation since 2005, and doubling the foundry’s output of castings. While five to six workers used to produce 200,000 pieces per year with manual machines, the robot cel

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