6. Application areas
• Material handling
• Loading and unloading of machines
• Palletizing and depalletizing
• Spot and arc welding.
• They are used in a number of large
companies, predominantly in the automotive
industry, but also in other industries such as
the aerospace industry.
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7. Specific applications include:
• Transport industry: for the transport of heavy
loads.
• Food and beverage industry
• Foundry and forging industry
• Wood industry: for grinding, milling, drilling,
sorting applications.
• Metal processing: for operations such as
drilling, milling, sawing or bending and
punching
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8. Spot welding in the
automotive industry
Palletizing food in a
bakery
Flat-glass handling Forging 8
11. Summary and conclusions
• KUKA Roboter is a well known supplier of Industrial
Robots
• Innovation leadership is KUKA’s strategy for success
• Research & Predevelopment are very important for
KUKA
• KUKA is working closely together with leading
Universities worldwide; bilateral and in cooperative
research projects
• KUKA offers interesting products for research &
education
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