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1985
The first Parallel Kinematics Machine (PKM) patent, based on three actuators mounted around a stabilizing centre tube, was applied for under the name Tricept.
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1987
The first mechanically Tricept 600
module was finalized, however, no
controller capable of driving the Tricept
was yet available on the market.
The Patent was approved this year.
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1992
Comau Robotics in Italy launched the first
commercial Multi Processing Controller in
the world called the C3G.
Neos Robotics AB was founded and a
cooperation between Neos Robotics
and Comau to develop and commercialize
the Tricept started.
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1994
After two years of SW development to
apply the C3G to the parallel kinematics
the Tricept 600 was launched at the
Hannover exhibition and as the first PKM on the market it caused a lot of interest.
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1996
After intense marketing activities,
convincing new customers on a new
market, Boeing purchased their first Tricept
for machining of parts to the Boeing 737.
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1997
GM placed an order to Comau of four (4)
Tricept 600 to be placed in a transfer line for
assembly of cylinder heads.
GM have purchased several Tricept 600
machines for this application since then.
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1998
Volkswagen declared that the Tricept 600
was the only robot on the market that could perform High Speed Laser Welding and purchased several machines for this application until new laser technology replaced the Tricept.
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1999
This year the mechanically development of the Tricept 800 was finished and Siemens offered to develop the Siemens 840D CNC controller to be able to drive the 805 as a Machine Tool Robot instead of a Robot.
The new DMS, Direct Measurement System, Patent for the 800 was approved.
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1999
One of the most prestigious awards in the industry, the International Golden Robot Award, was awarded, the founder of Neos Robotics and the innovator of the Tricept.
The first award was issued 1984 to Mr Wilhelm Kirch at Ford and in 1998 it was awarded to Mr Hisanori Nakamura at Toyota.
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2000
This year the company Loxin from Spain was founded and entered a successful cooperation with Neos Robotics (and now continue with PKMTricept) within Aerospace Integration. So far more than 20 Tricept 800 has been successfully installed at Airbus and several more are planned for.
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2001
PCI is a 100% PSA, Peugeot/Citroën, owned transfer line builder that has become a successful partner to PKMTricept within Automotive Integration. So far over 30 Tricept 800 has been successfully installed at PSA and BMW and several more are planned.
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2002
In this year the owners and new management decided that Neos Robotics should grow faster trough acquisitions instead of organically so Neos Robotics bought SMT Machine and moved everyone from Neos Robotics in Stockholm to Västerås and the company went from 35 employees to 135 employees over night with the new name SMT Tricept AB.
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2004
PKMTricept, buys part of the Swedish company SMTTRICEPT AB. PKM is a company controlled by 5 Axes Machines Holding. PKMTricept is then the only owner of the TRICEPT intellectual assets (patents, trademarks, logo, drawings, software, etc.) and is responsible, from now on, for the entire line of the Tricept products.
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