ARTICLES

Water Management Solutions

July 16, 2020

JEC has a complete line of Copperhead water management solutions to offer their customers.
The Copperhead Water Block offers water temperature monitoring, water flow monitoring and a water shut off valve all in one compact solution.  The Copperhead Water Retract Actuator works in conjunction with the Water Block to hold back water from escaping your closed loop system when the welding caps are removed during cap change.
For a turnkey solution, the Water Block and the Water Actuator come already mounted and connected on a back plate.  The system comes completely connected with shutoff valves for a quick simple installation.
JEC wants to supply and integrate these products individually or as a complete package for you.  We want to help you control your water to provide a safer work environment and extend the life of your equipment while saving you money.

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New Product Information – Stamping Process

June 10, 2020

Dear Customers,

We are pleased to announce a new product offering targeting stamping process improvements.  Copperhead has developed a new sheet metal pallet loading system that is universal in design and allows for multiple sizes of cut sheet metal to be accommodated.  This new design also provides safety enhancements from current processes for plant personnel utilizing a foldable corner post application which also saving you storage space.   Other features include an increased rigidity of the pallet floor to maximize payload capacity, elimination of finger pinch points and elimination of repetitive heavy lifting.  This design incorporates the use of adjustable vertical octagonal stanchion posts that allow for one pallet to accommodate multiple metal configurations required using only one pallet design.  Make your process safer, more efficient (reduce time / space) and reduce your scrap costs by converting your process to our new design.

Please contact us for more information.

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New Product Information – CEC1

Dear Customers,

We are pleased to announce a new product offering complementing our already award-winning existing product line.  Introducing the CEC1 (Copperhead Electric Changer), built in North America.  This is a powered cap changer that is offered in many various motor voltage variants as well as a pneumatic driver version.   The CEC1 is available in the vertical or horizontal mount orientation and is light enough to even mount on a robot end effector without affecting the payload.  The quick lock pin engagement system makes magazine assembly exchanging fast and easy.  Magazine assemblies are error proofed with an advanced poke yoke system that makes it impossible to load the wrong cap type magazine on the wrong changer.  The changer is available in a single or double magazine system which extends the number of caps held up to 52 caps.  This feature can increase your production run time as well as give you the option for having 2 different robots share one changer.

Please contact us for more information and to trial your demo unit today.

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New Product Information – CMC3

May 29, 2020

Dear customers,

We would like to bring to your attention some exciting new product information. We are pleased to announce that our North American built mechanical cap changer has a new name, new look and enhanced performance features. Formerly known as the MKW308, the new name is now the CMC3 (Copperhead Mechanical Changer). The new look of the CMC3 is sure to stand out on your shop floor. This change coupled with some engineered part enhancements are sure to optimize your cap changing experience. Considering our customers with existing legacy equipment, all new changes have been engineered in a way to still be compatible and interchangeable with the previous versions of the MKW308. In addition to these base model changes, we have also created a new style enhanced magazine cartridge called the M1 model.

Please contact us for more information to trial your demo unit today!

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