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Automation and Robotics - Page 22
- From The Fabricator
The return of FABTECH signals return to normalcy for manufacturing industry
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 13, 2021
- Article
After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.
Tube bender fortifies automation strategy
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 3, 2021
- Article
A high-mix, low-volume fabricator through and through, Custom Tube Products has developed a core competence in automation. The skilled labor shortage is as acute in the local area as it is anywhere else, and the company has been automating processes for more than 15 years. To that end, it recently invested in a tube bender that fits its business plan and culture like a glove.
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Why are metal fabricators automating?
- Aug 3, 2021
- Video
What is driving automation in metal fabrication? Lack of skilled labor? Increasing throughput? Tim Heston, senior editor at The FABRICATOR magazine, and Robert Colman, editor of Canadian Fabricating & Welding magazine, share highlights from a new e-book and study by Salvagnini that serves as a useful guide for shops at any stage of their automation journey.
- From The Additive Report
Binder-jet 3D printing is revving up
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 28, 2021
- Blog Post
Proponents tout the production capabilities of binder-jet printers.
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Impact of Automation on Metal Fabrication
- Jul 28, 2021
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The typical North American manufacturing narrative goes something like this: If your job can be automated, it one day will be. But this study—a collaboration between The FABRICATOR, Canadian Fabricating & Welding, and Salvagnini—describes how this statement remains a vast oversimplification.
- From The Additive Report
‘Software silos’ work against additive manufacturing interoperability
- By Kip Hanson
- Jul 21, 2021
- Article
A challenge additive manufacturers face is the lack of end-to-end interoperability that results from the availability of so much discrete software. There’s generative design software, simulation software, lattice and support software—to name a few—but they often don’t interact directly with one another.
- From The Additive Report
Experts share advice about bringing 3D printing in-house
- By William Leventon
- Jul 14, 2021
- Article
Integrating 3D printing into a conventional manufacturing operation can present problems. One way to prevent or lessen the impact of problems is to designate a ‘champion’ for the technology.
- From The Additive Report
How 3D printing pioneer Stryker uses additive to build better prosthetic knees
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 8, 2021
- Article
In the latest from the "The Additive Reporter" video series, the president of Stryker's Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies, Robert Cohen, explains to Additive Report Editor Don Nelson how 3D printing has freed implant-makers from the constraints of conventional manufacturing processes and why robots are assisting with more TKA surgeries.
- From The Welder
Lincoln Electric’s Fab-Pak Cobot Guru system suitable for all experience levels
- Jun 10, 2021
- Product Release
The new Fab-Pak Cobot Guru system from Lincoln Electric automates a high mix of different products.
- From The Fabricator
Collaborative robotics meets the press brake
- By Craig Zoberis and Joe Campbell
- May 21, 2021
- Article
Metal fabricators continue to be enthusiastic adopters of press brake automation, and their enthusiasm has increasingly turned toward collaborative robotics.
- From The Additive Report
How additive manufacturing makes "impossible" materials possible
- By Kip Hanson
- May 20, 2021
- Blog Post
Tungsten, molybdenum, and niobium are tough, heat-resistant materials that are difficult to machine—but not 3D-print.
- From The Fabricator
How to make collaborative robots in manufacturing fab shops
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 27, 2021
- Article
Every robot could be a collaborative robot on the fab shop floor. Learn how to make collaborative robots in manufacturing fab shops from the experts at FMA.
- From The Additive Report
Robots are on the move in manufacturing
- By Don Nelson
- Apr 27, 2021
- Blog Post
Robots can be found everywhere—from the factory floor to the operating room to the latest issue of The Additive Report.
- From The Fabricator
What will the future metal fabricator look like?
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 26, 2021
- Article
We’re told across the manufacturing industry that Industry 4.0 is a revolution. For those in the metal fabrication sector who see the big picture, it likely will be.
- From The Additive Report
How 3D knee replacement and robots can improve surgery
- By Don Nelson
- Apr 26, 2021
- Article
Advancements in 3D knee replacement from medical tech companies include materials developed for implants. Learn about 3d printed knee replacement here.
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