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Automation and Robotics - Page 10
- From The Fabricator
OnRobot D:PLOY platform automates robotic deployment with zero programming
- Jan 26, 2023
- Product Release
OnRobot has launched D:PLOY, an automated platform for building, running, monitoring, and redeploying collaborative applications.
- From The Fabricator
Building trust in smart manufacturing
- By Bill Frahm
- Jan 26, 2023
- Blog Post
Want to enjoy the full potential of the Industrial Internet of Things? You better ensure that the workforce understands the potential benefits and the risks that come with such a major manufacturing shift.
- From The Fabricator
Staying connected on the shop floor
- By Eric Whitley
- Jan 15, 2023
- Article
Connected worker technology, which uses digital devices to distribute work instructions, automate workflow logging, and enable operator reporting of shop floor problems, can maximize shop safety, productivity, and asset management.
Automating a shop's tube bending operation cost-effectively
- By Tobias Masur
- Jan 14, 2023
- Article
What automatic material loading options are best for a tube bending operation depends on the nature of a metal fabrication shop and customers’ needs.
- From The Fabricator
Robotic nation: 84% of Americans think robot workers can help with staffing shortages
- Jan 10, 2023
- Article
Robots are now everywhere from workplaces to American homes. Our new survey discovers how people feel about our reliance on robots in the workplace.
- From The Fabricator
Automating flat-part finishing in the metal fabrication shop
Flat-part finishing is a process more metal fabrication shops are asking for robots to perform material handling to keep up with more efficient laser blanking.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturer increases robotic welding cell productivity with machine vision retrofit
- Jan 6, 2023
- News Release
Situation Schenck Process, a provider of applied measuring and process technology, was having trouble with a robotic welding cell at its Sabetha, Kan., production facility. The main problem was programming. It was time-consuming and tedious, so the company used the cell for only a limited number...
- From The Fabricator
ABB SWIFTI industrial cobot reaches top speed of 6.2 m/sec. safely
- Jan 4, 2023
- Product Release
ABB has launched the SWIFTI CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot for handling loads up to 11 kg in applications from machine tending and palletizing to pick-and-place and screwdriving.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF gripper simple to set up for automated bending processes
- Jan 2, 2023
- Product Release
TRUMPF has introduced a multigripper for automated bending processes.
- From The Fabricator
ZA6 robot from Tormach offers 13-lb. payload capacity
- Dec 23, 2022
- Product Release
Tormach Inc. has launched the ZA6 robot, designed to carry a 13-lb. payload through a reach of 38 in. with speed and +/-0.020-in. repeatability.
- From The Fabricator
ABB RobotStudio with cloud functionality enables real-time collaboration
- Dec 20, 2022
- Product Release
ABB has enhanced its RobotStudio robot programming and simulation software with cloud-enabled functionality.
- From The Fabricator
Reflections on FABTECH 2022: Metal fabrication in a connected world
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 20, 2022
- Article
Almost 30,000 people attended FABTECH 2022, North America’s largest metal fabrication event. With attendance up more than 20% from 2021, the tradeshow hosted an industry poised for growth through a connected world and digital transformation.
- From The Fabricator
Flexible automation meets structural fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2022
- Article
Flexible automation opened up more opportunities for Lexicon Fabrication Group’s whose dive into robotic welding spurred a virtuous cycle of growth and hiring.
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Climbing up the levels of sheet metal automation
- Dec 16, 2022
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 6
In this final episode of Automation Talk, The FABRICATOR Senior Editor Tim Heston and Canadian Fabricating & Welding Editor Rob Colman talk with Salvagnini America's Derrick Clark, senior product and technology engineer, and Nate Gevedon, product and technology engineer, at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. These experts talk about how automation isn’t just for one process, one department, or even one value stream.- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff Automation names business development leader
- Dec 15, 2022
- News Release
Beckhoff Automation, Savage, Minn., has hired Wesley Maine as business development leader in the Great Lakes region, based in the company’s Cincinnati area office.
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