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Automation and Robotics
Automation and Robotics - Traditional articulated-arm robots in plasma cutting, welding, and powder coating; pick-and-place robots in material handling; collaborative robots (cobots); automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR); automated storage and retrieval systems, offloading, and part stacking in blanking; automatic tool changing (ATC) in bending; advanced, even self-programming robotics in welding: The content in this area describes how automation and robotics are driving metal fabrication forward.
- From The Fabricator
Guiding metal fabrication’s automation transformation
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 25, 2024
- Article
The leadership team at Texas-based All Metals Fabricating hopes to have automation in every department within five years. It’s already halfway there. Their journey could be summed up in four foundational factors that continue to drive the organization toward its automated future.
- From The Fabricator
ABB opens refitted U.S. robotics facility
- Mar 18, 2024
- News Release
ABB has opened its refitted U.S. robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich., with a 30% increase in space.
- From The Welder
Keys to adopting welding automation successfully
- By Arash Nejad
- Mar 14, 2024
- Article
Whether or not welding automation and robotics succeed in a shop goes beyond the technology and equipment—oftentimes, it’s about workplace culture and how workers respond to change.
- From The Fabricator
CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. appoints COO
- Mar 13, 2024
- News Release
CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd., Windsor, Ont., a provider of automation technology for resistance welding, metal forming, and cold spray applications, has named Darryl Beneteau as COO. Beneteau rejoined the company in 2009 after earning his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering...
- From The Welder
Sensors use AI to assist robotic weld grinding
- Mar 13, 2024
- Product Release
Kane Robotics has developed visual sensors for its cobot that use artificial intelligence to replicate the human eye.
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff USA expands California operations with new office
- Mar 12, 2024
- News Release
Savage, Minn.-based Beckhoff Automation has opened an office in El Segundo, Calif.
- From The Fabricator
Walter Surface Technologies acquires PushCorp
- Mar 12, 2024
- News Release
Surface treatment technology provider Walter Surface Technologies has announced the acquisition of PushCorp Inc., Garland, Texas, a manufacturer of robotic end-of-arm-tools for material removal applications.
- From The Fabricator
Fighting the fear of new technology in the manufacturing shop
- By Bill Frahm
- Mar 12, 2024
- Blog Post
The key to increasing your value as an employee is to learn how technology can supplement your job and how to manage the data technology it collects.
- From The Fabricator
Vice chancellor of Germany visits TRUMPF’s U.S. Smart Factory
- Mar 11, 2024
- Product Release
On March 9, German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Dr. Robert Habeck visited the TRUMPF Smart Factory in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
- From The Fabricator
Augmented reality helps simplify robot startups
- Feb 28, 2024
- Product Release
KUKA has launched its new KUKA.MixedReality software that allows users to visualize the environment of robot cells live on their smartphones using augmented reality.
- From The Fabricator
Kawasaki Robotics partners with Olis Robotics to offer remote robot monitoring, control
- Feb 26, 2024
- News Release
Olis Robotics and Kawasaki Robotics Inc. have partnered to make Olis remote monitoring and error recovery software available for any Kawasaki robot model starting in Q2 2024. According to the companies, this offering will help users restart production quickly, reduce troubleshooting and downtime...
- From The Fabricator
Murata Machinery marks 50 years in business
- Feb 22, 2024
- News Release
Industrial automation manufacturer Murata Machinery USA, Charlotte, N.C., is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
- From The Welder
Jones Metal adds 75-ft.-long robotic welding cell
- Feb 22, 2024
- News Release
Jones Metal Inc. has expanded capacity at its facility in Mankato, Minn., with the addition of a custom-build robotic welding system designed by Acieta LLC.
- From The Fabricator
AI drives metal fabrication forward
- By Trent Maynard
- Feb 19, 2024
- Article
AI could truly change how a custom metal fabricator operates. By looking at everything at once, AI could make work life more predictable for everyone.
- From The Fabricator
The value of a workforce prepared for smart manufacturing
- By Bill Frahm
- Feb 14, 2024
- Blog Post
Trained and prepared employees have the knowledge and experience to define where smart manufacturing can add value.
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