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Automation and Robotics - Page 21
- 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.
- From The Fabricator
Songs about welding: the ultimate playlist
- By Gareth Sleger
- Oct 9, 2021
- Blog Post
Songs about welding aren’t just for country music. From hip hop to ska, the subject of metalworking transcends any one genre. Here’s the ultimate playlist of songs about welding.
- From The Additive Report
Whaaaat?! Are additive manufacturers ready for Industry 5.0?
- By Kip Hanson
- Oct 8, 2021
- Blog Post
When Industry 5.0 eventually becomes a reality, additive manufacturing must play a key role, writes Kip Hanson.
- From The Fabricator
Looking back at FABTECH 2021 from a job shop’s perspective
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 7, 2021
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters looks back at his time at FABTECH 2021. His biggest takeaway? The growing prevalence of machine manufacturers simplifying processes through advanced automation.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2021 a showplace for pandemic’s lasting effects on manufacturing
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 30, 2021
- Blog Post
COVID-19 showed its impact on FABTECH 2021 in multiple ways: fewer attendees and exhibitors. But its long-lasting effects may be more deeply visible in the way manufacturers and metal stampers have learned to conduct operations and customer/vendor relationships remotely and automatically.
- From The Welder
Yaskawa Motoman AR-series robots offer high-speed welding
- Sep 29, 2021
- Product Release
Designed for arc welding applications, the AR-series 6-axis robots from Yaskawa Motoman offer optimized acceleration/deceleration control for all robot axes.
- From The Fabricator
ctrlX Automation from Bosch Rexroth offers unlimited openness
- Sep 28, 2021
- Product Release
Bosch Rexroth has developed the ctrlX Automation system, which has a Linux real-time operating system, completely open standards, app technology for programming, web-based engineering, and comprehensive IoT connectivity.
- From The Fabricator
Are you ready to employ a cobot?
Metal fabricating companies routinely complain about their inability to find welders. They might be able to ease some of the strain by incorporating collaborative robots into the welding mix.
- From The Additive Report
N. America’s largest additive manufacturing show to run Sept. 13-15
- By The Fabricator editors
- Sep 8, 2021
- Article
The sponsors of RAPID + TCT 2021 expect 5,000 visitors to attend the 30th installment of the annual event.
- 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.
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