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Automation and Robotics - Page 40
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ABB opens robotics manufacturing facility in Michigan
- May 20, 2015
- News Release
Zurich-based ABB has opened a new robotics manufacturing plant at its facility in Auburn Hills, Mich., which the company says makes it the first industrial robotics firm to produce robots in the U.S. The portfolio of products manufactured at the new facility will expand in phases, with the goal...
- From The Fabricator
Clark Metal Products adds automated welding robot cell
- May 20, 2015
- News Release
Clark Metal Products, a manufacturer of precision metal components based in Blairsville, Pa., has added an automated welding robot cell to its operations. The Lincoln Electric System 40 robotic welder with a horizontal turntable system is suitable for small to medium-size parts that can be...
- From The Fabricator
Vision-guided robotics cement their place in the press shop
- By Abel Elias and Enrique Pano
- May 13, 2015
- Article
Advancements in vision-guided robotics are extending their functionality and applications for the integration of vision systems and robots are almost endless.
- From The Fabricator
Comau builds car body welding line for Jeep factory in Brazil
- May 7, 2015
- News Release
Comau has completed the construction of a car body welding line for the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles factory in Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil, where the Jeep® Renegade® is produced. The highly complex project, which Comau has worked on since its inception in 2010, comprises 640 robots. Nicknamed...
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Primetals Technologies supplies robots to voestalpine Stahl for converter steel works
- Apr 28, 2015
- News Release
Primetals Technologies, London, has received an order for three robot systems from voestalpine Stahl GmbH, an Austrian steel producer. The robots will manipulate the probes in the three LD (BOF) converters in the Linz steel works. The robots will take over work in hazardous areas that previously...
- From The Fabricator
End-of-arm tooling offering expanded
- Apr 23, 2015
- Product Release
SAS Automation now offers the full line of Nile air-actuated cutting tools and Merry hand-operated cutting tools.
This is the first time the company has offered a full line of products outside of its own engineered end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) designs.
- From The Fabricator
Kuka Aerospace expands in Michigan
- Apr 21, 2015
- News Release
Kuka Systems, an international supplier of engineering services and flexible automation systems, has announced plans to expand its facility in Clinton Township, Mich., to support the further growth of its aerospace business.
Groundbreaking is expected in early May.
- From The Fabricator
Evana Automation ships two assembly systems to Tier 1 automotive supplier
- Apr 21, 2015
- News Release
Evana Automation Specialists, a systems integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems in Evansville, Ind., has shipped two custom assembly systems to a Tier 1 automotive supplier of fuel and braking fluid delivery components that will fabricate low-pressure fuel rail...
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Dual-arm robot works collaboratively with humans
- Apr 21, 2015
- Product Release
ABB has introduced YuMi®, which the company says is the world’s first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot. While the robot was specifically designed to meet the flexible and agile production needs of the consumer electronics industry, it has equal application in any small-parts...
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Tregaskiss sponsors winning FIRST Robotics team headed to world competition
- Apr 17, 2015
- News Release
Windsor, Ont.-based Tregaskiss, a manufacturer of robotic GMAW guns, peripherals, and consumables, partnered with Vincent Massey Secondary School of Windsor, Ont., to sponsor its robotics team for the Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional FIRST® Robotics tournament on April 2-3, 2015. The event...
- From The Fabricator
FIRST Championship, April 22-25, to showcase youths’ automation inventiveness
- Apr 16, 2015
- News Release
More than 17,000 young people, ages 6 to 18, from around the world will gather in St. Louis April 22-25, 2015, for the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship. They will enter the robots they have built in competitions that highlight excellence in science,...
- From The Fabricator
ABB acquires Gomtec
- Apr 16, 2015
- News Release
ABB, Hanover, Germany, has acquired Gomtec GmbH, based near Munich, to expand its offering in the field of collaborative robots. Gomtec is a privately held company that develops mechatronic systems combining mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, control, and computer engineering for customers...
- From The Fabricator
The robots are coming
Robots replacing fabricators is not likely to happen in the next few years. However some predict that robots may replace almost 50 percent of all kinds of jobs in the future. That is likely to include some fabrication jobs.
- From The Fabricator
Daihen opens Midwest office in Iowa
- Apr 13, 2015
- News Release
Daihen Inc., a subsidiary of Daihen Corp., manufacturer of arc welding equipment including robots and peripheral devices, has opened a new office and demonstration center in Davenport, Iowa. The facility—the company’s sixth in North America—includes a live demonstration area for its...
- From The Fabricator
ABB opens new automation and power service office in Louisiana
- Apr 13, 2015
- News Release
ABB has opened a new local service office in Sulphur, La. The office provides services and support for the company’s automation and power portfolio, including control systems, instrumentation, analytical products, low-voltage drives, and power systems and products. Staffed with engineering,...
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