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Stimulus Bill Helps Pay for Robots
     







To encourage small businesses to invest in equipment, stimulus bills
over the last couple of years have offered the "Section
179" rules.
This allows a business to accelerate depreciation on equipment which
deducts from their income and therefore reduces their tax burden.  
Rick Heflin of the 17-employee Custom Electronics Company
of Maryland was faced with the question when his tax bill came up and
decided to go for a new pick-and-place system.
The robot can place 4000 parts per hour and improves the firm's throughput.

   

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