Issue 2 (2012)
Issue Highlights:
Witter Towbars continues investment in robotic automation
Witter Towbars, the UK’s leading towbar manufacturer, has continued its investment in robotic technology by installing 10 new ABB welding cells for arc welding at its plant in Deeside, North Wales/UK. The company cu...
Short Messages
Airgas, Inc. from Radnor, PA/USA, announced that its Red-D-Arc Welderentals subsidiary has partnered with Key Plant Automation Ltd., Liverpool/UK, to become their exclusive global distributor of Key Plant weld-posit...
Electron-beam facilities based on plasma-cathode guns
This paper is concerned with facilities based on plasma-cathode (PC) electron guns which are intended to produce stable focused electron beams. The principle of operation, the design and the characteristics of the gun...