Safe and efficient robotic removal of high strength steel straps from coils

To cope with the remarkable increase in recent years in the demand for high strength steel strip, coil producers have had to use higher strength steel straps to hold the coils securely during transport within the steelworks or to customers. Because of the higher coil locked-in stresses and the more highly stressed straps, strap removal is a particularly challenging task, when cut, the straps can whip and raise concerns over equipment damage or personnel safety. There is also the possibility of the coil partially and rapidly unwinding. To address these issues Tebulo Industrial Robotics has dev