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Automation and Robotics - Page 11
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturer increases robotic welding cell productivity with machine vision retrofit
- Jan 6, 2023
- News Release
Situation Schenck Process, a provider of applied measuring and process technology, was having trouble with a robotic welding cell at its Sabetha, Kan., production facility. The main problem was programming. It was time-consuming and tedious, so the company used the cell for only a limited number...
- From The Fabricator
ABB SWIFTI industrial cobot reaches top speed of 6.2 m/sec. safely
- Jan 4, 2023
- Product Release
ABB has launched the SWIFTI CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot for handling loads up to 11 kg in applications from machine tending and palletizing to pick-and-place and screwdriving.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF gripper simple to set up for automated bending processes
- Jan 2, 2023
- Product Release
TRUMPF has introduced a multigripper for automated bending processes.
- From The Fabricator
ZA6 robot from Tormach offers 13-lb. payload capacity
- Dec 23, 2022
- Product Release
Tormach Inc. has launched the ZA6 robot, designed to carry a 13-lb. payload through a reach of 38 in. with speed and +/-0.020-in. repeatability.
- From The Fabricator
ABB RobotStudio with cloud functionality enables real-time collaboration
- Dec 20, 2022
- Product Release
ABB has enhanced its RobotStudio robot programming and simulation software with cloud-enabled functionality.
- From The Fabricator
Reflections on FABTECH 2022: Metal fabrication in a connected world
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 20, 2022
- Article
Almost 30,000 people attended FABTECH 2022, North America’s largest metal fabrication event. With attendance up more than 20% from 2021, the tradeshow hosted an industry poised for growth through a connected world and digital transformation.
- From The Fabricator
Flexible automation meets structural fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2022
- Article
Flexible automation opened up more opportunities for Lexicon Fabrication Group’s whose dive into robotic welding spurred a virtuous cycle of growth and hiring.
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Climbing up the levels of sheet metal automation
- Dec 16, 2022
- Video
Automation Talk, Season 1, Episode 6
In this final episode of Automation Talk, The FABRICATOR Senior Editor Tim Heston and Canadian Fabricating & Welding Editor Rob Colman talk with Salvagnini America's Derrick Clark, senior product and technology engineer, and Nate Gevedon, product and technology engineer, at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. These experts talk about how automation isn’t just for one process, one department, or even one value stream.- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff Automation names business development leader
- Dec 15, 2022
- News Release
Beckhoff Automation, Savage, Minn., has hired Wesley Maine as business development leader in the Great Lakes region, based in the company’s Cincinnati area office.
- From The Welder
Cincinnati’s Cobotic 100T cobot cell automates GTAW
- Dec 14, 2022
- Product Release
Cincinnati Incorporated has introduced the CINCINNATI Cobotic 100T welding cell for GTAW. With a working range of about 4 by 8 ft., the automated system is suitable for large or small production batches.
- From The Welder
Pemamek’s Pema Skytrack compact robotic welding system includes positioner with robot track
- Dec 9, 2022
- Product Release
Pemamek LLC has introduced the Pema Skytrack, a compact robotic welding system designed to facilitate welding of transmission housings, gearboxes, drive units, and hydraulic units.
- From The Welder
How to attract new welders with advanced technologies
- By Rob Goldiez
- Dec 9, 2022
- Article
Advancements in welding technology—like cobots and mobile apps—may help welding or manufacturing teams to hire the next generation of new welders.
- From The Fabricator
The job shop helping to maintain the information superhighway
Las Vegas-based Nevada Precision Sheet Metal provides the fabricating expertise that provides the framework for some of the largest data centers in the U.S.
- From The Fabricator
Honoring a family-owned metal manufacturing company on the move
An 80-year-old family company in Salem, Ohio, has grown its business and improved its operations, earning it The FABRICATOR’s 2023 Industry Award.
- From The Fabricator
MotoMini 6-axis robot from Yaskawa Motoman weighs 7 kg
- Dec 7, 2022
- Product Release
Yaskawa Motoman offers the MotoMini, which the company says is the smallest, lightest-weight 6-axis robot in the industry.
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