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Automation and Robotics - Page 20
- From The Fabricator
Small-footprint PL80 robot from Yaskawa designed for palletizing, picking
- Nov 29, 2021
- Product Release
Yaskawa Motoman has introduced the compact, 5-axis PL80 robot.
- From The Fabricator
Autonomous mobile robots could change metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 28, 2021
- Article
Interoperable autonomous mobile robots (AMR) could make automation more flexible, especially as you go farther down the metal fabrication value stream.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication ready to take off in 2022
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 23, 2021
- Article
2022 could be a big year for fabricators that invest in technology and navigate the industry’s two main challenges: the lack of workers and a volatile supply chain.
- From The Fabricator
Automation for remnant management in laser cutting
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 16, 2021
- Article
Software has made tracking remnants in sheet metal cutting easier, but operators still manually remove and store them. Now, however, shops have automated options.
- From The Additive Report
Industry 4.0: misunderstood revolution
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 16, 2021
- Blog Post
Most people in manufacturing are familiar with the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution,’ but few are sure why they need Industry 4.0, what it is, or how to define it.
- From The Fabricator
A look back at FABTECH 2021: A turning point for automation?
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 16, 2021
- Article
Attendees at the FABTECH 2021 expressed a new sense of urgency. Metal fabricators and manufacturers need capacity, and shops need it now. Advancing automation capabilities seems to be best step forward.
- From The Additive Report
A talk with Thermwood’s CEO, author of a new book on large-scale 3D printing
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 15, 2021
- Article
Ken Susnjara, author and founder of router and 3D printer builder Thermwood, talks about making big machines and his new book on additive manufacturing.
- From The Fabricator
Exhaust fabricator transitions tube welding from manual to robotic
- Nov 9, 2021
- Article
Finding and retaining a skilled workforce was constricting a leading manufacturer of aftermarket exhaust systems and direct-fit catalytic converters' growth. Davico installed an ABB/Scalable Robotics robotic arc welding system.
- From The Fabricator
Amada America celebrates 50 years
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 9, 2021
- Article
Amada America celebrates 50 years in the U.S. and the opening of a new technical center in High Point, N.C.
- From The Additive Report
Blood, brains, and burgers: Are 3D printers Santa Claus machines?
- By Kip Hanson
- Nov 5, 2021
- Blog Post
Scientists are a long ways from building “replicators,” but that doesn’t mean that one day they won’t.
- From The Additive Report
Manual postprocessing snaps the additive manufacturing process chain
- By Christopher Bernard
- Nov 4, 2021
- Article
Manual postprinting processes are out of sync with additive manufacturing’s digital DNA and will prevent AM from fulfilling its “disruptive” promise.
- From The Fabricator
How process variability kills automation in the metal fab shop
- By Paul Neblock
- Oct 30, 2021
- Article
Process variability in manufacturing is an issue that automation cannot solve on its own, especially when the parts in an automated system aren’t consistent.
- From The Fabricator
Say goodbye to traditional robot programming in the fab shop
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 27, 2021
- Article
New approaches to robot programming from companies like Path Robotics and Omnirobotics might open up new paths to automation for high-mix, low-volume fabricators.
- From The Welder
Three benefits of robotic welding
- By Josh Leath
- Oct 14, 2021
- Article
Our experts cover three benefits of robotic welding that can streamline automated welding processes in small fab shops. Find out more here.
- From The Fabricator
Automation as a service and it's potential in metal manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 12, 2021
- Article
Automation as a service is a new approach to technology adoption that could give fabricators another option while also reducing the associated sticker shock.
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