Content tagged with "robotics"
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June 8, 2009
Is it time to put a robot in front of a press brake?
Dan Aronson, president, P&A Metal Fab Inc., Clackamas, Ore., is no stranger to robots. His company runs six robotic welding cells, and it has a 12-year-old robotic press brake cell as well. Robotic welding cells? That's not too unusual, as welding companies have developed cells that can be... Read more...
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May 28, 2009
Affordable automation
In today's economic atmosphere, manufacturers face many challenges. For example, if you fabricate tubular components, you probably realize that you can no longer win new business simply by having manually operated equipment ready and assuming that you can staff up with qualified operators and... Read more...
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January 15, 2009
Keeping welding costs from spiraling out of control
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Skyline Steel’s Cartersville, Ga.-based facility has been making spiral pipe with the same mill equipment that was originally installed in 1992.
The large-diameter pipe used for the transmission of gas and oil traditionally has been made using either the longitudinal or... Read more...
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January 13, 2009
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October 14, 2008
Don't be marginalized
Robotic welding systems introduce speed, accuracy, and repeatability into the fabrication process. The repeatability of these systems can increase productivity and reduce welding production costs, thereby maximizing the return on the investment in automation. When compared to semiautomatic... Read more...
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September 16, 2008
Robotic GTAW
Many welding applications require precise control, exact penetration, or minimal heat input regardless of bead appearance, while others are focused solely on the surface of the weld. This is where the advantages of gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) are most prominent, and in most situations... Read more...
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June 17, 2008
Auto weld that ends well
The robotic welding cell Tommy Gate Co. installed two years ago has a footprint roughly 20 feet by 20 feet. Three years ago Peter Dunlop, production supervisor for Tommy Gate Co./Woodbine Manufacturing at the time, and Andrew Fitzgibbon, a manufacturing engineer, asked themselves a question... Read more...
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March 11, 2008
Automation in tube and pipe welding
Robotic welding of tube and pipe means more control over a task that can be grueling for welders if done manually. Encompassing applications ranging from exhaust systems and fenders to furniture and fencing, tube and pipe welding is a complicated task. That's why robots make so much sense.... Read more...
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November 6, 2007
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October 9, 2007
A new standard in forming bathtubs
American Standard's manufacturing facility in Salem, Ohio, invested more than $1 million to fully automate its bathtub forming line, which consists of a lubricator, two hydraulic presses for deep drawing, two mechanical presses for secondary forming activities, a flange bender, an automated... Read more...
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October 9, 2007
The evolution of scanners for remote welding applications
The use of lasers in the metal forming and fabricating industry has grown substantially in the last few years. While cutting is the most widely used laser application, laser welding has grown too, but not as fast as laser cutting. Several challenges have impeded the growth of remote laser... Read more...
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August 8, 2007
Improve your welding process with a mechanized welder
A mechanized welding system from Bug-o Systems will increase production, improve product quality and work environment, reduce metal distortion and the need for material handling. The modular construction adapts to your particular job.
Bug-o Systems allow for an increase in production by... Read more...
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July 10, 2007
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April 10, 2007
The costs of inefficiency
Discovering inefficiencies upfront in a robotic welding workcell such as this can prevent hidden costs later on. U.S. manufacturers can compete in the world marketplace if we simply learn a few important lessons. Chief among these lessons is efficiency and knowing the cost of change.... Read more...
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March 13, 2007
Reducing tube bending cycle times
Two trends—unrelenting cost pressures and the inclination to send manufacturing jobs to low-cost countries—have left many fabricators feeling that they are caught in a trap with no way out. While the pressure to reduce costs will never subside, and the low manufacturing costs in... Read more...
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March 7, 2006
Plasma cutting with a robot
Plasma cutting with a robot
Plasma arc cutting has proven to be a process suitable for robots. Automating plasma arc cutting has made the process more flexible for cutting a variety of parts. Robots can perform variations of the process, such as marking and gouging, as well.... Read more...
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November 8, 2005
Reality TV: Frame-making in the U.S.
The A member of the CRT frame is a roll formed strip of chromium molybdenum steel, and the B member is a cold-rolled steel tube cut and bent for the application. When brought together, they form the CRT frame for the front of a television. The game of international trade excites and... Read more...
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August 10, 2004
Playing it safe with robotic welding
This robotic welding workcell is guarded on all four sides. The back of the workcell uses the control panel and hard guards to prevent entry to the safeguarded space. The wall must be high enough to ensure that no one can reach over it into the protected area. In 2002 the Robotic... Read more...
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March 27, 2003
Will a robotic laser system cut it?
Robotic Laser Cutting Systems A typical robotic laser cutting system consists of a servo-controlled, multiaxis mechanical arm that has a laser cutting head mounted to the robot's faceplate. The cutting head has focusing optics for the laser light and often an integral height control... Read more...
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May 30, 2002
Now's the time to AUTOMATE
Object If you looked at metal fabricators' and manufacturers' wish lists, you might see a lot of similarities among them, but you'd also see something the manufacturing industry has in common with all other industries: the need to do more with less. Here's what fabricators are saying: They... Read more...
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April 24, 2002
Using the tandem welding process to your advantage
The idea of welding with two wires is not a new one. Two-wire welding technology has been around for decades. However, only in the past few years has welding power source technology become advanced enough to provide good results with the GMAW process. When using a tandem welding... Read more...
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November 15, 2001
Is robotic welding right for you?
Recent shortages of trained labor, combined with advances in technology, present a convincing argument to introduce robotic welding to many factory and job shop operations. When a fabricating company already operating at its highest production capacity gets a bigger contract, it is... Read more...
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