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Automation and Robotics - Page 15
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff USA appoints I/O product manager
- Sep 1, 2022
- News Release
Beckhoff Automation has hired Azad Jafari as I/O product manager, based at Beckhoff USA’s Silicon Valley Technical Center in San Jose, Calif.
- From The Additive Report
Researchers engineer superelastic shape memory alloy for 3D printing
- Aug 25, 2022
- News Release
New method could lead to wider use of nickel-titanium SMAs
- From The Fabricator
Perfecting sheet metal fabrication bend
- By Felix Weigelt
- Aug 24, 2022
- Article
In a typical fab shop, parts spend the vast majority of their time not in cutting or bending, but sitting as work-in-process inventory. Machine, software, and interlinked technologies aim to change that.
- From The Fabricator
How automation shapes Kendall Howard’s fabrication business model
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 23, 2022
- Blog Post
Automation has become the cornerstone of growth at Kendall Howard, a unique product development and manufacturing company northeast of Minneapolis. In the first episode of our new series, Talk Automation, co-host and editor Tim Heston speaks with Kendall Howard founder Randy Herreid about how the custom fabricator has implemented system-wide automation for material handling and other processes to grow the business.
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- Aug 23, 2022
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Automation doesn’t just change the way manufacturing happens on the floor. It also opens the door to new business models, like the one behind Kendall Howard, a unique fabricator northeast of Minneapolis. Founder Randy Herreid describes how his vision for a new kind of manufacturing business came to fruition.
- From The Fabricator
Acieta FastArc CW cobot takes care of simple welding tasks
- Aug 22, 2022
- Product Release
Acieta offers the FastArc CW cobot, designed to perform simple welding tasks so that job shops and manufacturers can assign more challenging, complex jobs to skilled welders.
- From The Additive Report
Montana becomes first state to OK 3D-printed house walls as replacements for concrete masonry units
- Aug 18, 2022
- News Release
Florida technology company Apis Cor worked with a Montana general contractor to get approval for 3D-printed house walls
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- Thursday, Oct 20, 2022 at 2 PM Eastern Time
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Experienced pipe welders are hard to find and fabricators want to increase their productivity while delivering high-quality products and reducing production delays and costs. The Rotoweld 3.0 is designed for the daily reality of pipe spool fabricators. With over 30 years of experience in automated welding, we believe that only a fully integrated work cell can deliver our production promise to our clients: the most high-quality, reproducible, productive and consistent welds.
- From The Fabricator
Brand-agnostic software helps robot integrator overcome supply shortage
- Aug 11, 2022
- News Release
Melton Machine simplified its swap of robot brands in a material handling system by using Fastsuite simulation and offline programming software from Cenit.
- From The Fabricator
What one Texas metal fabricator learned about having a robotic bending cell
Garland, Texas metal fabrication shop TPI turned to a SafanDarley Mini Cell robotic press brake to stay on top of its bending jobs. The automation investment was a big step in the company’s growth.
- From The Additive Report
Ohio 3D printing company grows by focusing on the bigger picture
- By Don Nelson
- Aug 9, 2022
- Article
Zac DiVencenzo and Dan Fernback met as engineering students in college at Youngstown State University and, shortly after graduation, opened an additive manufacturing company, JuggerBot.
- From The Fabricator
FANUC America expansion to nearly double Michigan campus
- Aug 1, 2022
- News Release
Automation technology supplier FANUC America has announced a West Campus expansion in Auburn Hills, Mich., to nearly 2 million sq. ft.
- From The Additive Report
Six trends to consider about additive manufacturing
- Jul 29, 2022
- Article
The CTO of Replique, a company that provides access to 3D-printed parts on-demand, identifies trends that will impact additive manufacturers.
- From The Fabricator
ATRO multiaxis system from Beckhoff supports rapid robot assembly, programming
- Jul 26, 2022
- Product Release
Beckhoff has introduced Automation Technology for Robotics (ATRO), a modular system that enables flexibility in robot kinematics to fit applications with payloads up to 10 kg and reach of up to 1.3 m.
- From The Fabricator
MC Machinery names regional sales rep for fabrication equipment
- Jul 25, 2022
- News Release
MC Machinery Systems, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has appointed Alexander Wright as a regional sales representative for lasers, laser automation equipment, and press brakes.
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