Automation roll handling

Colvin, R., Automated Roll Handling Boosts Cast Film Operations Cost Plays a Secondary Role to Improved Productivity, Quality, and Safety, MP Nov. 2000. 

Adhesives can be applied as drops or beads, roll coated, sprayed or screen printed. The application equipment ranges from simple hand guns, bottles and tubes to highly sophisticated six-axis robots with automated parts handling. 

Thermal Wrap - an easy to handle aerogel fabric blanket delivered in rolls that provide multiple options for rapid and automated installation in various applications. The wrap is compressible and conformable, without sacrificing tensile strength and resilience (Figure 38.9). 

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