The FCF mill’s appearance is sleek and uncluttered. The mill builder provides installation drawings that include every detail, including the routings for electrical cables and the placement of floor drains, to keep the mill area as tidy as possible. Images provided by Dundee Products

To get tube or pipe from a mill line to a bundler, a conventional method is to lift the workpieces with forks and drop them, which is a forceful, noisy process. In redesigning this process, Fives developed Robopack, a pick-and-place system that uses a robot’s chief capabilities to provide a