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Automation and Robotics - Page 21
- From The Fabricator
Automation spurs a novel approach to the sheet metal enclosure
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 3, 2021
- Article
The nVent HOFFMAN electrical enclosure factory in Anoka, Minn., has embraced automation in a big way, exemplifying just how far the sheet metal industry has come.
- From The Additive Report
The world’s first 3D-printed stainless steel bridge is unjustly criticized
- By Don Nelson
- Aug 30, 2021
- Blog Post
The new additively manufactured stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam, which was officially unveiled in July by the queen of The Netherlands, elicits strong reactions.
- From The Fabricator
High-speed MPX1400 robot from Yaskawa Motoman paints multiple small parts simultaneously
- Aug 30, 2021
- Product Release
Yaskawa Motoman has introduced the 6-axis MPX1400 robot paint line, designed to create smooth, consistent finishes.
- From The Fabricator
Enhancing robotic welding quality, productivity, and safety
- By Adam Dagenais
- Aug 25, 2021
- Article
Adding a welding reamer to robotic welding operations can help fabricators improve part quality, productivity, and operator safety.
- From The Additive Report
3D-printed parts made from refractory metals can handle the heat
- By Kip Hanson
- Aug 23, 2021
- Article
Additive manufacturing and five elemental metals—molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, tungsten, and rhenium—are poised to change air and space travel.
- From The Fabricator
Industry 4.0 in the world of metalworking
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 21, 2021
- Blog Post
In the world of Industry 4.0, workers in metal fabrication and metal forming shops will handle the exceptions, autonomous systems will handle everything else. Thing is, talented employees still need to minimize and manage those exceptions.
- From The Fabricator
The return of FABTECH signals return to normalcy for manufacturing industry
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 13, 2021
- Article
After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.
Tube bender fortifies automation strategy
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 3, 2021
- Article
A high-mix, low-volume fabricator through and through, Custom Tube Products has developed a core competence in automation. The skilled labor shortage is as acute in the local area as it is anywhere else, and the company has been automating processes for more than 15 years. To that end, it recently invested in a tube bender that fits its business plan and culture like a glove.
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Why are metal fabricators automating?
- Aug 3, 2021
- Video
What is driving automation in metal fabrication? Lack of skilled labor? Increasing throughput? Tim Heston, senior editor at The FABRICATOR magazine, and Robert Colman, editor of Canadian Fabricating & Welding magazine, share highlights from a new e-book and study by Salvagnini that serves as a useful guide for shops at any stage of their automation journey.
- From The Additive Report
Binder-jet 3D printing is revving up
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 28, 2021
- Blog Post
Proponents tout the production capabilities of binder-jet printers.
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Impact of Automation on Metal Fabrication
- Jul 28, 2021
- Custom Content
The typical North American manufacturing narrative goes something like this: If your job can be automated, it one day will be. But this study—a collaboration between The FABRICATOR, Canadian Fabricating & Welding, and Salvagnini—describes how this statement remains a vast oversimplification.
- From The Additive Report
‘Software silos’ work against additive manufacturing interoperability
- By Kip Hanson
- Jul 21, 2021
- Article
A challenge additive manufacturers face is the lack of end-to-end interoperability that results from the availability of so much discrete software. There’s generative design software, simulation software, lattice and support software—to name a few—but they often don’t interact directly with one another.
- From The Additive Report
Experts share advice about bringing 3D printing in-house
- By William Leventon
- Jul 14, 2021
- Article
Integrating 3D printing into a conventional manufacturing operation can present problems. One way to prevent or lessen the impact of problems is to designate a ‘champion’ for the technology.
- From The Additive Report
How 3D printing pioneer Stryker uses additive to build better prosthetic knees
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 8, 2021
- Article
In the latest from the "The Additive Reporter" video series, the president of Stryker's Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies, Robert Cohen, explains to Additive Report Editor Don Nelson how 3D printing has freed implant-makers from the constraints of conventional manufacturing processes and why robots are assisting with more TKA surgeries.
- From The Welder
Lincoln Electric’s Fab-Pak Cobot Guru system suitable for all experience levels
- Jun 10, 2021
- Product Release
The new Fab-Pak Cobot Guru system from Lincoln Electric automates a high mix of different products.
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