Side Loader

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A device for loading a tube from the side of the bender. Side loaders are typically distinguished from robots because robots are multi-axis multi-purpose devices. Side loaders a single-purpose devices that are designed for the single purpose of gripping and delivering a tube into the bender from the side of the bender.

This is an image of an SMT side loader on a CNC draw bender:

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