Taylor-winfield Technologies, Inc.

Jeffery Bell

Brian Rea

Francis L Deley, Jr

Michael A Gaskill

Jason Garrett Lisko

Lee A Stone

A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector and second end effector, each end effector mountable to a robotic arm and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.

Robotic strapping machine and method

An apparatus () for joining a predetermined geometrical profile shape from a sheet material (SM) includes a positioning assembly () including a base member () and a frame () that is operable to receive the sheet material (SM), to configure the sheet material in a predetermined orientation and to linearly translate the sheet material along a process direction (). A Z-bar () is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge (FE) and second longitudinal edge (SE) of the sheet material (SM) into adjacent alignment along the process direction (). A welding and forging assembly () welds and then forges a seam between the first longitudinal edge (FE) and the second longitudinal edge (SE) of the associated sheet material (SM).

Barrel tank seam welder system

A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector (E) and second end effector (E), each end effector (E,E) mountable to a robotic arm (A,A) and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors (E,E) movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm (A,A) such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop (CH) through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.

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Newton Falls, OH, United States of America

Jeffery Bell