Product Categories of Sterling

• Assembly Robots and EOAT

  Complete line of part- and sprue-removal robots for injection molding machines from 25 to over 6000 tons. Traverse-type robots can also be integrated with assembly, decorating and packaging operations. Flexible downstream automation cells offer workcell solutions.

  Offers a full line of Harmo servo and pneumatic robots (including side-entry models) and sprue pickers from Japan. HRX all-servo top-entry models are available with top-of-the-line PC-based iController, which boasts four times the processing speed of the nearest competitor, a large I/O capacity, full user-programmability, simple-to-use touchscreen with plain-English messages, ability to enter user comments, and DeviceNet communications with a wide range of peripherals.

  SA series traverse robots feature 3-D servo-driven axes for accuracy and fast cycle times for machines from 50 to over 6000 tons. Overall cycle times from five sec and up with takeout times of less than two sec. Units designed and built with heavy-duty linear bearings on all axes and high-strength modular beam construction for versatility and flexibility. All robots include quick-change end-of-arm tooling for easy changeover. Standard programming setup and operation handled via a programming and SPI interface.

  SB series robots have three-axis brushless servo motors that can be synchronized to move to a designated point at the same time with ± 0.1 mm accuracy. Robots allow for stacking and palletizing functions.

  SC series robots are easy to program, making them suitable for parts-removal, stacking, inserting and inspection. Handheld controller with one-key, one-function design has 14 spare input and output terminals that allow the robot to be integrated with other auxiliary equipment.

  SR-YS and SR-ST series sprue pickers for removal of parts/sprues on machines from 25 to 700 tons. Hand-held control pendant offers easy setup with diagnostics and preset sequence selections and features teach capability for custom sequences.

  Services include custom end-of-arm tooling, laser degation, secondary automation, on-site installation, start-up, training, and 24-hr service support.

  Also offers ABB articulating-arm five- and six-axis robots for sophisticated multifunctional applications involving complex insert loading, parts removal, and/or secondary operations.

• Bag and Drum Dumpers
• Blenders (non-intensive)

  Products include digital dosing systems, volumetric additive feeders, and a variety of batch and continuous gravimetric blenders.

• Box Tilters
• Chillers

  Water- and oil-circulating temperature-control systems for standard and high-temperature applications to 650 F. Portable and central chilling systems from 0.5 to 200 tons. Chillers have compressor and control technology to match application. Cooling towers, water reservoir and pumping systems, water filtration and treatment equipment available.

  Line of compact temperature control units with 9 and 12 kw heaters and pumps from 0.75 to 5 hp. Many models feature simplified internal cast or nonferrous fluid circuit with 40% fewer connections and 80% fewer mechanical parts than conventional designs. Simplified design provides balanced flow with lower pressure drop. Most of the company's temperature control units feature M2B fuzzy logic control, which provides adaptive tuning to the process. Units also feature NEMA 12 electrics and meet new NEC electrical standards.

  Water-temperature control units provide water supply temperature to 300 F. Heaters available in sizes to 48 kw; pumps from 0.75 to 7.5 hp. Single-, dual- and three-zone units can be supplied with common power and water supply connections. Nonferrous construction and a variety of control and computer-interface options available.

  Air- and water-cooled portable chillers from 0.5 to 30 hp supply chilled water from 0 F to 70 F in a variety of flow rates and pressures, using single and dual pumps. PID autotuned microprocessor controls ensure accuracy to ± 1° F. Many models feature scroll compressors for lower operating costs.

  Air- and water-cooled central chilling systems available along with comprehensive systems design and installation services. Units feature capacity staging and unloading. A central chilling station includes tank, refrigeration, control system and pumping system in a small footprint with lower installation costs.

  Metal cooling towers from 10 to 632 tons and fiberglass units from 50 to 200 tons. Equipment, chemicals, and testing programs offered.

• Conveying Equipment (pneumatic and Mechanical)

  Products include vacuum receivers for pellets, powder and regrind; dust filters; proportioning valves; rotary valves for automatic distribution of multiple materials to multiple hoppers; dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems; material level indicators; box and drum dumpers; container tilters; batch mixers; screw conveyors; and a variety of local I/O and distributed I/O conveying controls. 

• Cooling Towers

  Water- and oil-circulating temperature-control systems for standard and high-temperature applications to 650 F. Portable and central chilling systems from 0.5 to 200 tons. Chillers have compressor and control technology to match application. Cooling towers, water reservoir and pumping systems, water filtration and treatment equipment available.

  Line of compact temperature control units with 9 and 12 kw heaters and pumps from 0.75 to 5 hp. Many models feature simplified internal cast or nonferrous fluid circuit with 40% fewer connections and 80% fewer mechanical parts than conventional designs. Simplified design provides balanced flow with lower pressure drop. Most of the company's temperature control units feature M2B fuzzy logic control, which provides adaptive tuning to the process. Units also feature NEMA 12 electrics and meet new NEC electrical standards.

  Water-temperature control units provide water supply temperature to 300 F. Heaters available in sizes to 48 kw; pumps from 0.75 to 7.5 hp. Single-, dual- and three-zone units can be supplied with common power and water supply connections. Nonferrous construction and a variety of control and computer-interface options available.

  Air- and water-cooled portable chillers from 0.5 to 30 hp supply chilled water from 0 F to 70 F in a variety of flow rates and pressures, using single and dual pumps. PID autotuned microprocessor controls ensure accuracy to ± 1° F. Many models feature scroll compressors for lower operating costs.

  Air- and water-cooled central chilling systems available along with comprehensive systems design and installation services. Units feature capacity staging and unloading. A central chilling station includes tank, refrigeration, control system and pumping system in a small footprint with lower installation costs.

  Metal cooling towers from 10 to 632 tons and fiberglass units from 50 to 200 tons. Equipment, chemicals, and testing programs offered.

• Cooling-water Treatment Chemicals
• Degating Equipment
• Dryers for Resins

  Wide variety of dryer types include compressed air, compressed air with moisture-absorbent membrane, hot air, and dessicant dryers including large central-type dryers.

• Feeders

  Products include digital dosing systems, volumetric additive feeders, and a variety of batch and continuous gravimetric blenders.

• General Purpose Robots and EOAT

  Complete line of part- and sprue-removal robots for injection molding machines from 25 to over 6000 tons. Traverse-type robots can also be integrated with assembly, decorating and packaging operations. Flexible downstream automation cells offer workcell solutions.

  Offers a full line of Harmo servo and pneumatic robots (including side-entry models) and sprue pickers from Japan. HRX all-servo top-entry models are available with top-of-the-line PC-based iController, which boasts four times the processing speed of the nearest competitor, a large I/O capacity, full user-programmability, simple-to-use touchscreen with plain-English messages, ability to enter user comments, and DeviceNet communications with a wide range of peripherals.

  SA series traverse robots feature 3-D servo-driven axes for accuracy and fast cycle times for machines from 50 to over 6000 tons. Overall cycle times from five sec and up with takeout times of less than two sec. Units designed and built with heavy-duty linear bearings on all axes and high-strength modular beam construction for versatility and flexibility. All robots include quick-change end-of-arm tooling for easy changeover. Standard programming setup and operation handled via a programming and SPI interface.

  SB series robots have three-axis brushless servo motors that can be synchronized to move to a designated point at the same time with ± 0.1 mm accuracy. Robots allow for stacking and palletizing functions.

  SC series robots are easy to program, making them suitable for parts-removal, stacking, inserting and inspection. Handheld controller with one-key, one-function design has 14 spare input and output terminals that allow the robot to be integrated with other auxiliary equipment.

  SR-YS and SR-ST series sprue pickers for removal of parts/sprues on machines from 25 to 700 tons. Hand-held control pendant offers easy setup with diagnostics and preset sequence selections and features teach capability for custom sequences.

  Services include custom end-of-arm tooling, laser degation, secondary automation, on-site installation, start-up, training, and 24-hr service support.

  Also offers ABB articulating-arm five- and six-axis robots for sophisticated multifunctional applications involving complex insert loading, parts removal, and/or secondary operations.

• Granulators

  MVP and BP series beside-the-press granulators in a broad range of sizes and throughputs. MVP units feature a wider cutting chamber opening and knife design for easier cleanout and maintenance. Double-walled base results in quiet operation. High-torque standard-speed configuration produces high regrind quality. Unique hopper access door speeds cleanout. Units available in several configurations, rotor types, hopper types and motor size.

  CGMB series tangential-feed granulators available from 8 x 12 in. to 16 x 26 in. for large thin-walled bulky parts.

  Electric- and hydraulic-powered shredder/granulator systems especially for size reduction of large and bulky-type parts and scrap like purgings, edge trim and sheet materials. Available as a single-stage shredder or a dual-stage shredder/granulator system. Units available with cutting chambers from 14 x 20 in. to 78 x 43 in. and powered by single or paired motors. Two parallel hex-keyed shafts power counterrotating beds of hook-type cutters, which ingest, break and shred the scrap. High-torque and low-speed rotation provides safer and quieter operation with less flyback and reduced wear on cutting services.

• Heat Exchangers
• Hopper Loaders

  Products include vacuum receivers for pellets, powder and regrind; dust filters; proportioning valves; rotary valves for automatic distribution of multiple materials to multiple hoppers; dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems; material level indicators; box and drum dumpers; container tilters; batch mixers; screw conveyors; and a variety of local I/O and distributed I/O conveying controls. 

• Hoppers, Bins, Tanks

  Products include vacuum receivers for pellets, powder and regrind; dust filters; proportioning valves; rotary valves for automatic distribution of multiple materials to multiple hoppers; dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems; material level indicators; box and drum dumpers; container tilters; batch mixers; screw conveyors; and a variety of local I/O and distributed I/O conveying controls. 

• Hot-water or Oil-circulating Temperature Controllers

  Water- and oil-circulating temperature-control systems for standard and high-temperature applications to 650 F. Portable and central chilling systems from 0.5 to 200 tons. Chillers have compressor and control technology to match application. Cooling towers, water reservoir and pumping systems, water filtration and treatment equipment available.

  Line of compact temperature control units with 9 and 12 kw heaters and pumps from 0.75 to 5 hp. Many models feature simplified internal cast or nonferrous fluid circuit with 40% fewer connections and 80% fewer mechanical parts than conventional designs. Simplified design provides balanced flow with lower pressure drop. Most of the company's temperature control units feature M2B fuzzy logic control, which provides adaptive tuning to the process. Units also feature NEMA 12 electrics and meet new NEC electrical standards.

  Water-temperature control units provide water supply temperature to 300 F. Heaters available in sizes to 48 kw; pumps from 0.75 to 7.5 hp. Single-, dual- and three-zone units can be supplied with common power and water supply connections. Nonferrous construction and a variety of control and computer-interface options available.

  Air- and water-cooled portable chillers from 0.5 to 30 hp supply chilled water from 0 F to 70 F in a variety of flow rates and pressures, using single and dual pumps. PID autotuned microprocessor controls ensure accuracy to ± 1° F. Many models feature scroll compressors for lower operating costs.

  Air- and water-cooled central chilling systems available along with comprehensive systems design and installation services. Units feature capacity staging and unloading. A central chilling station includes tank, refrigeration, control system and pumping system in a small footprint with lower installation costs.

  Metal cooling towers from 10 to 632 tons and fiberglass units from 50 to 200 tons. Equipment, chemicals, and testing programs offered.

• Knives for Granulators, Pelletizers
• Labeling Equipment--In-Mold
• Level Sensors and Controls
• Metering, Proportioning Equipment

  Products include digital dosing systems, volumetric additive feeders, and a variety of batch and continuous gravimetric blenders.

• Part or Sprue Removal Robots and EOAT

  Complete line of part- and sprue-removal robots for injection molding machines from 25 to over 6000 tons. Traverse-type robots can also be integrated with assembly, decorating and packaging operations. Flexible downstream automation cells offer workcell solutions.

  Offers a full line of Harmo servo and pneumatic robots (including side-entry models) and sprue pickers from Japan. HRX all-servo top-entry models are available with top-of-the-line PC-based iController, which boasts four times the processing speed of the nearest competitor, a large I/O capacity, full user-programmability, simple-to-use touchscreen with plain-English messages, ability to enter user comments, and DeviceNet communications with a wide range of peripherals.

  SA series traverse robots feature 3-D servo-driven axes for accuracy and fast cycle times for machines from 50 to over 6000 tons. Overall cycle times from five sec and up with takeout times of less than two sec. Units designed and built with heavy-duty linear bearings on all axes and high-strength modular beam construction for versatility and flexibility. All robots include quick-change end-of-arm tooling for easy changeover. Standard programming setup and operation handled via a programming and SPI interface.

  SB series robots have three-axis brushless servo motors that can be synchronized to move to a designated point at the same time with ± 0.1 mm accuracy. Robots allow for stacking and palletizing functions.

  SC series robots are easy to program, making them suitable for parts-removal, stacking, inserting and inspection. Handheld controller with one-key, one-function design has 14 spare input and output terminals that allow the robot to be integrated with other auxiliary equipment.

  SR-YS and SR-ST series sprue pickers for removal of parts/sprues on machines from 25 to 700 tons. Hand-held control pendant offers easy setup with diagnostics and preset sequence selections and features teach capability for custom sequences.

  Services include custom end-of-arm tooling, laser degation, secondary automation, on-site installation, start-up, training, and 24-hr service support.

  Also offers ABB articulating-arm five- and six-axis robots for sophisticated multifunctional applications involving complex insert loading, parts removal, and/or secondary operations.

• Parts/Runner Separators
• Pelletizers
• Pulverizers
• Scrap-reclaim Systems
• Semi-bulk Containers

  Products include vacuum receivers for pellets, powder and regrind; dust filters; proportioning valves; rotary valves for automatic distribution of multiple materials to multiple hoppers; dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems; material level indicators; box and drum dumpers; container tilters; batch mixers; screw conveyors; and a variety of local I/O and distributed I/O conveying controls. 

• Shredders, Guillotines

  MVP and BP series beside-the-press granulators in a broad range of sizes and throughputs. MVP units feature a wider cutting chamber opening and knife design for easier cleanout and maintenance. Double-walled base results in quiet operation. High-torque standard-speed configuration produces high regrind quality. Unique hopper access door speeds cleanout. Units available in several configurations, rotor types, hopper types and motor size.

  CGMB series tangential-feed granulators available from 8 x 12 in. to 16 x 26 in. for large thin-walled bulky parts.

  Electric- and hydraulic-powered shredder/granulator systems especially for size reduction of large and bulky-type parts and scrap like purgings, edge trim and sheet materials. Available as a single-stage shredder or a dual-stage shredder/granulator system. Units available with cutting chambers from 14 x 20 in. to 78 x 43 in. and powered by single or paired motors. Two parallel hex-keyed shafts power counterrotating beds of hook-type cutters, which ingest, break and shred the scrap. High-torque and low-speed rotation provides safer and quieter operation with less flyback and reduced wear on cutting services.

• Silos

  Products include vacuum receivers for pellets, powder and regrind; dust filters; proportioning valves; rotary valves for automatic distribution of multiple materials to multiple hoppers; dense-phase pneumatic conveying systems; material level indicators; box and drum dumpers; container tilters; batch mixers; screw conveyors; and a variety of local I/O and distributed I/O conveying controls. 

• Stacking, Packing Equipment
• Valves, Gates, Diverters
• Water Treatment/Filtration Systems
• Water, Oil Manifolds and Couplings