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Automation and Robotics - Page 18
- From The Fabricator
Norton Abrasive Process Solutions program designed to help solve grinding and finishing challenges
- Mar 25, 2022
- News Release
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Worcester, Mass., has introduced its new Norton Abrasive Process Solutions (APS) program to help customers determine the optimal grinding or finishing system for the application at hand.
- From The Fabricator
ABB’s IRB 5710 and 5720 robots provide material handling for EV production
- Mar 23, 2022
- Product Release
ABB is adding two new robot families to its portfolio of large robots for complex manufacturing applications.
- From The Additive Report
CreatBot rolls out 3D printer for building large engineering-grade parts
- Mar 18, 2022
- Product Release
New 3D printer features a 1,000- by 1,000- by 1,000-mm build envelope
- From The Welder
Vectis Automation partners with AWS Foundation to raise funds for welding scholarships
- Mar 18, 2022
- News Release
In honor of National Welding Month, Vectis Automation, a Loveland, Colo.-based designer and integrator of cobot fabrication systems, will donate a percentage of each system sale during the month of April to the AWS Foundation.
- From The Fabricator
GA50 robot from Yaskawa Motoman helps optimize laser welding, material cutting tasks
- Mar 10, 2022
- Product Release
The 6-axis GA50 robot offers high path accuracy and is well-suited for laser cutting small holes and sharp corners, as well as laser welding, plasma cutting, and dispensing applications, says Yaskawa Motoman.
- From The Fabricator
When a welding robot has a brain
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 9, 2022
- Article
In most of manufacturing, robots do what they’re told. They haven’t been able to teach themselves. That’s starting to change, especially with welding robots.
- From The Fabricator
Omron names Valiant TMS as Certified Systems Integrator partner
- Mar 2, 2022
- News Release
Omron Automation Americas, Hoffman Estates, Ill., a provider of fully integrated automation systems, has named Valiant TMS as a new partner in its Certified Systems Integrator program.
- From The Fabricator
Does automation dumb-down the shop floor?
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 21, 2022
- Blog Post
Can modern machines dumb-down the shop floor? It’s a real possibility. But if metal fab shops take the right approach, modern tech can do just the opposite.
- From The Fabricator
Wauseon Machine and Mfg. acquires McAlister Design
- Feb 18, 2022
- News Release
Wauseon Machine and Mfg., a provider of robotics automation, tube fabrication equipment, and build-to-print precision machined parts in Wauseon, Ohio, has acquired McAlister Design and Automation LLC of Greenville, S.C.,
- From The Additive Report
Vertex adds a Xerox ElemX to its roster of metal 3D printers
- Feb 16, 2022
- News Release
ElemX is cost-effective because it makes parts from aluminum wire
- From The Fabricator
Yaskawa introduces direct-teach, plug-and-play HC series cobots
- Feb 15, 2022
- Product Release
Yaskawa Motoman has introduced the six-axis HC10DTP and HC20DTP collaborative robots.
- From The Additive Report
Chemicals supplier Albemarle teams with 6K to improve battery production
- Feb 8, 2022
- News Release
Companies join forces to make lithium battery production more sustainable
- From The Fabricator
Yaskawa’s Smart Pendant software version 2.1 expands ease of use
- Feb 8, 2022
- Product Release
Yaskawa offers Smart Pendant software version 2.1, which extends capability for the manufacturer’s Smart Pendant.
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Path Robotics - Advancements in Automation: Building American Manufacturing
- Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022 2:00 PM ET
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Automation is driving a new era for manufacturing. Robots, cobots, artificial intelligence and more will all be covered in this technology webinar. Jacob Hall will be moderating a panel discussion with Paul Boulware, Director of Applications Engineering at Path Robotics and Joshua Leath, Senior Product Manager at Yaskawa Motorman.
- From The Additive Report
Learn about the future of manufacturing in five minutes
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 28, 2022
- Article
Some aspects of manufacturing’s future—like Industry 4.0, automation, and 3D printing—have already arrived.
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