Gigantic Plastic Pipes Milled with KUKA Robots in the UK

KUKA partner Eugen Riexinger GmbH Co. KG has developed a fully integrated, automated solution for the milling of huge plastic pipes using KUKA KR QUANTEC robots with other equipment, and put this solution into operation at its customer s production facility in Wales for milling Weholite pipes measuring up to 3. 5 meters in diameter. Plastic components, for example for underground pipelines, are a specialty of the Finnish company Uponor Infra. With its product Weholite, the company has developed a patented solution for manufacturing plastic pipes several meters in length and up to 3. 5 meters in diameter. These oversized pipes are used for such applications as gravitybased drainage systems, dewatering, subterranean canals, retaining basin systems and lowpressure applications. Weholite pipes boast all of the technical advantages of fullwall PE pipes, but are lighter, react flexibly to earth movements, and can be more quickly and easily installed thanks to the high degree of prefabricat