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There have been several references to ATI as 'ATI (formerly Lord Corp)'.  I
just wanted to set the record straight as I used to work at Lord Corp. on
the force/torque sensor and gripper.  I was also at Lord when they sold the
'Industrial Automation Division' to a group of its own engineers who formed
the company Assurance Technologies Inc. (ATI).  Lord Corp. is a $300 million
dollar company based out of Erie, PA.  There are still in business and going
strong.

ATI has ten employees, the majority are engineers (who used to work at Lord)
and they are now located in Garner, NC, USA.  In 1991, ATI completed a
three quarter million dollar development project on a new f/t sensor.  This
current sensor has serial ouput, and optional parallel and analog output.
The output rate is 2500 Hz.  The sensor uses semiconductor gauges which
provide 20 times overload protection with 35 times stronger output signal
than foil strain gauges.  ATI is currently the largest supplier of
multi-axis force sensors in the world.

ATI also makes high precision tool changers and remote center compliance
devices.  New development on both products has increased their performance
dramatically.