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Company Track Record |
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Highest daily production
revenue responsibility in one plant |
$30 million/day |
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Number of robot brands supported |
15 |
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Number of robot controller types supported |
22 |
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Number of manufacturing solutions |
70+ |
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Number of interfaces to operate all solutions |
1 |
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Time for operators to learn and support |
10 minutes |
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Total number of systems |
300+ |
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Number of countries sold to |
8 |
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Number of years in business |
14 |
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Revenue growth per year |
30% - 50% |
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First 3D system installed |
2001 |
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Number of parts produced from 3D systems (by 2005) |
8 million |
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Vision tool research & development investment per year |
$30 million (via Cognex, SHAFI's vision supplier) |
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Reduced customer cost via
elimination of mechanical rework |
Yes |
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Reduced customer cost via elimination of fixturing |
Yes |
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Reduced customer cost by re-use of dunnage |
Yes |
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Reduced customer cost by conversion of manual racking to
AutoRacking |
Yes |
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Reduced customer cost by conversion of manual picking to
bin picking |
Yes |
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Company's Pricing and
Support |
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Operator training time |
10 minutes |
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Hardware + software bundles available |
Yes |
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Distributor support |
Yes |
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Electronic monitoring and support |
Yes |
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Support network |
Yes |
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Pictorial documentation manuals in electronic and/or
printed form |
Yes |
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Hands on training programs |
Yes |
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Compliance with end user FMEA requirements |
Yes |
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Term of software license |
permanent |
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Cost of phone support |
Free, unlimited |
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Cost of fax support |
Free, unlimited |
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Cost of Email support |
Free, unlimited |
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Cost of software version upgrades |
Free |
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Cost of pre-sale demo to eliminate risk |
Free |
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Pre-sale determination of positional and feature variation |
Yes |
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Pre-sale determination of bell curve and maximum range of
variation |
Yes |
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Delivery commitment (direct or via integrator partners) |
Turnkey |
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Number of integrator partners |
40+ |
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Michigan Minority Business Development Council Certified |
Yes |
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Company's Vision Technology
Capabilities |
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Arm mount cameras |
Yes |
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Fixed mount cameras |
Yes |
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Both arm and fixed mount cameras on the same system |
Yes |
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2D vision |
Yes |
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2D classic guidance to a plane (normal or any orientation) |
Yes |
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2D measurement of X and Y scaling factors |
Yes |
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2D random resting positions, and orientations |
Yes |
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Support for linked 2D fields
of view from multiple 2D camera |
Yes |
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Full X-Y-Z-yaw-pitch-roll trainable with 2D |
Yes |
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3D vision [true X, Y, Z, yaw, pitch, roll] |
Yes |
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3D Planes, Contours, Frames supported |
Yes |
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3D random Z heights, resting positions, and orientations |
Yes |
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Number of 3D cameras utilized for each 3D calculation |
1, 2, 3, or 4 |
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Range of camera positions utilized for 3D systems |
1 ft. – 20 ft. |
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Multiple trigger support for multiple images from arm
mount camera |
Yes |
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Ability to handle positional variation |
Yes |
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Ability to handle feature variation |
Yes |
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Multiple coordinate systems supported |
Yes |
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Color Capable. RGB HSI six color planes |
Yes |
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Ability to work without lasers or range sensors |
Yes |
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Ability to work with lasers for 3D guidance or gauging |
Yes |
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Off-the Shelf cameras |
Yes |
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Vision supplier Active X interface drops capable |
Yes |
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Camera mounts supported |
Yes |
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Automatic, self-sensing arm mount calibration |
C, NF |
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Each product can have its own unique family of vision
tools |
Yes |
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Automatic spreadsheet
switching for In-Sight or other standalone sensor |
Yes |
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Post guidance inspection possible |
Yes |
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Company's Automatic Calibration Capabilities |
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2D
calibration |
Yes |
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2-camera simultaneous 3D calibration |
Yes |
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3-camera simultaneous 3D calibration |
Yes |
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1D “edge” calibration |
Yes |
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1-camera 3D calibration |
Yes |
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1-camera 3D Depth-from-scale
calibration |
Yes |
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1-camera 3D Depth-from-45º view
calibration |
Yes |
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Wizard-guided calibration |
Yes |
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Accuracy report and confirmation
during calibration wizard |
Yes |
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Automatic arm mount calibration |
Yes |
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Automatic fixed mount calibration |
Yes |
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Automatic recalibration from
workcell fixture |
Yes |
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Wizard for daily verification of
calibration |
Yes |
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Ability to calibrate separately for
different product models |
Yes |
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Lens distortion compensation |
Yes |
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Compensation for robot inaccuracy |
Yes |
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Fine adjustment of calibration /
pick without stopping production |
Yes |
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Temperature Changes Dynamically
Compensated in Runtime |
Yes |
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Company's Vision-to-Robot
Communication Protocol Capabilities |
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RS-232 Serial |
Yes |
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RS-232 Serial: Fanuc Sensor Interface special protocol |
Yes |
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RS-232 Serial: Motoman Visual DCI special protocol |
Yes |
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RS-232 Serial: Kawasaki special protocol |
Yes |
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Ethernet |
Yes |
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Ethernet: Fanuc Robot Interface |
Yes |
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Ethernet: Modbus TCP/IP |
Yes |
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DeviceNet |
Yes |
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Opto-22 I/O |
Yes |
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OPC |
Yes |
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File system semaphore |
Yes |
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Driver to Wonderware |
Yes |
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Driver to ControlLogix |
Yes |
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Number of robots supported |
15 |
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Number of robot controllers supported |
22 |
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Extensibility to any other communications-capable robot |
Yes |
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Company's Production
Support Software Capabilities |
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Feature tools strength |
Yes |
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Automatic calibration |
Yes |
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Redundant voting to automatically compensate for feature
shape variation |
Yes |
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Dynamic filtering of multiple features amongst parts in
same 3D scene |
Yes |
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Hot edit of locations (fine pick location adjustment) |
Yes |
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Prorating of offsets across a rack |
Yes |
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Temperature compensation for thermal expansion of camera
mounting |
Yes |
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Flexible geometric zone safety check to prevent robot
crashes |
Yes |
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Company's Additional
Advanced Software Capabilities |
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Multiple 2D camera
calibrations for multiple picture taking locations |
Yes |
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Statistical production data multi-query support |
Yes |
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Static and Dynamic Tolerance Adjustments |
Yes |
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Manual override of scaling factors or calculations via
custom formulae |
Yes |
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Support for I/O, Marquees, and other devices |
Yes |
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Traceability support |
Yes |
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Traceability support: Bar codes |
Yes |
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Traceability support: Matrix codes |
Yes |
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Traceability support: RFID |
Yes |
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Support for synchronization of events |
Yes |
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Support for state modelling (sync, async, combinations) |
Yes |
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Logging of vision images |
Yes |
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Logging of vision images |
Yes |
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Company's Supported Dunnage
Types |
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Bins |
Yes |
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Boxes |
Yes |
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Chains |
Yes |
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Hooks |
Yes |
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Racks |
Yes |
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Racks: Front load |
Yes |
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Racks: Top load |
Yes |
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Racks: Parts in slots |
Yes |
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Racks: Hanging parts |
Yes |
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Racks with no floor-specific geometry |
Yes |
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Recyclable racks |
Yes |
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Trays |
Yes |
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Trays: Loose parts |
Yes |
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Trays: Warped |
Yes |
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Trays: Stackable |
Yes |
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Conveyors |
Yes |
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Conveyors: Indexed |
Yes |
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Conveyors: Continuously moving |
Yes |
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Conveyors: Backlit |
Yes |
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Company's Supported
Application Areas |
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Robot guidance |
Yes |
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Inspection |
Yes |
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Gauging |
Yes |
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Identification |
Yes |
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AutoRacking |
Yes |
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Bin picking |
Yes |
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Sorting |
Yes |
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3D Robot guidance |
Yes |
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3D AutoRacking |
Yes |
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3D Bin picking |
Yes |
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3D Non-linear object tracking (vision servoing) |
Yes |
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3D Gauging (inspection) |
Yes |
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3D Robotic CMM |
Yes |
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Company's Supported Part
Types |
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Stamped body-in-white parts |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Doors |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Truck beds |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Quarter inners |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: BodySides |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: MiniVan seat tubs |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Rails |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Hoods |
Yes |
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Stamped body-in-white parts: Dash and plenum |
Yes |
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Stamped E-coated parts |
Yes |
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Cloth |
Yes |
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Electronics |
Yes |
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Glass |
Yes |
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Heavy metal plates |
Yes |
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Plastics |
Yes |
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Torque converters |
Yes |
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Wire |
Yes |
