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Automation and Robotics - Page 27
- From The Fabricator
IoT technologies help to create agile manufacturers
- By Bill Frahm
- Jun 12, 2020
- Article
Without the instantaneous information gathering and analysis made possible by internet of things (IoT) technologies, metal fabricators and other manufacturers can’t make the best decisions and risk becoming a relic of the past like a disposable film camera.
Overcoming bottlenecks on either side of Industry 4.0 automation
- By Bill Kelly
- Jun 2, 2020
- Article
Implementing Industry 4.0? Digitization, connectivity, and transparency can revolutionize a process or even an entire business, but successful implementation requires a holistic analysis.
- From The Additive Report
Report: despite global uncertainty, additive manufacturing shows no signs of slowing in 2020
- Jun 2, 2020
- Article
The 28-page report includes an overview of each of the key segments within additive manufacturing, along with insights into unfolding trends.
- From The Additive Report
Robot: hard worker, seeks job in additive manufacturing
- By Kip Hanson
- May 21, 2020
- Blog Post
Despite being an advanced manufacturing technology, additive has been slow to adopt automation.
- From The Fabricator
How are manufacturing robots programming themselves?
- By Francois Simard
- May 13, 2020
- Article
Programming robots is often too time-consuming. Learn how self-programming robotics could change metal fabrication and manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
AM: good for making lightweight metal auto parts, less so for mass production
- By Holly B. Martin
- May 6, 2020
- Article
The installation of additively manufactured metal components in cars and trucks has been limited by the industry’s need to mass-produce parts, but AM is slowly making inroads.
- From The Fabricator
Speeding up pipe fabrication at P1 Group
P1 Group, Lawrence, Kan., turned to automation to eliminate extra pipe fabrication processes and material handling.
- From The Additive Report
Wire-arc additive manufacturing can be used to build very large parts to near-net shape
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 17, 2020
- Article
Collaborators Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions and Oak Ridge National Laboratories provide an overview of large-scale wire-arc additive manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
Continuous fiber 3D printing takes AM in new directions
- By Kip Hanson
- Apr 7, 2020
- Article
Continuous fiber materials counter a drawback of AM: anisotropy, or the tendency of an object to exhibit different mechanical properties along different axes.
- From The Fabricator
Supporting technological growth and opportunity in sheet metal forming
- By Bill Frahm
- Mar 22, 2020
- Article
With the new materials and technology being developed for sheet metal forming, the industry needs to challenge the status quo. As the skilled labor pool decreases, we need to learn as much as we can about new technologies; share information with each other; and develop innovative, encouraging workplaces that support new talent.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing finds a home 250 miles above Earth
- By Don Nelson
- Mar 18, 2020
- Article
Astronauts aboard the ISS seek ways 3D printing can facilitate long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars.
- From The Fabricator
How industrial IoT disrupts the metal fabrication business model
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 4, 2020
- Blog Post
Industrial IoT (internet of things) could spur new business models in metal fabrication that will change who owns what in the metal fabrication supply chain.
- From The Welder
WireSense wire electrode from Fronius doubles as sensor
- Feb 24, 2020
- Product Release
Fronius has introduced the WireSense assistance system for robotic welding. The wire electrode is a sensor that checks the component position before each weld. Detecting actual sheet edge heights and positions, it helps compensate for manufacturing inaccuracies and improve welding results, the...
- From The Additive Report
3D printing drives NASCAR champ’s factory
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 18, 2020
- Article
NASCAR champ Brad Keselowski’s manufacturing plant combines additive and subtractive technologies to speed parts production.
- From The Additive Report
Talking with EOS founder Dr. Hans Langer
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 11, 2020
- Article
Dr. Hans J. Langer, the founder of EOS and recipient of AMUG’s 2020 Innovators Award, talks about his 30-year career and where AM is heading.
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