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Automation and Robotics - Page 45
- From The Fabricator
The information age of automation
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 14, 2014
- Blog Post
These days automation and efficiency are givens. Today, more executives are talking about something that, in the high-product-mix world of metal fabrication, can be incredibly complex. They're talking about information.
- From The Fabricator
Laser sensor designed for robotic arc welding
- Oct 9, 2014
- Product Release
Meta Vision Systems offers the SLS ARC laser sensor for robotic arc welding applications. It is suitable for seam finding and real-time weld seam tracking in all of the typical welding processes, including high-current GMAW and FCAW. The sensor offers fully automatic image quality optimization,...
- From The Fabricator
Lincoln Electric acquires Easom Automation Systems
- Oct 7, 2014
- News Release
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, has acquired Easom Automation Systems Inc., Detroit.
Easom is a privately held integrator and manufacturer of automation and positioning systems serving heavy fabrication, aerospace, and automotive OEMs and suppliers.
- From The Fabricator
Small robots offer large work envelope
- Oct 7, 2014
- Product Release
ABB Robotics has introduced the IRB 1200, a new family of small robots that feature a compact footprint and a large work envelope for material handling, machine tending, and small-parts assembly applications. The robot is designed with no offset in axis 2, delivering a longer stroke that allows...
- From The Fabricator
Report predicts growth in advanced robotics for manufacturing
- Oct 1, 2014
- News Release
As industrial robots become smarter, faster, more affordable, and develop advanced capabilities such as sensing, dexterity, memory, and trainability, industrial manufacturers are looking to advanced robotics to gain a competitive business advantage, according to a report released by PwC US in...
- From The Fabricator
Package increases control for pulsed arc welding
- Sep 24, 2014
- Product Release
Fronius has developed the PMC (pulse multi control) pulse welding package for the TPS/i GMAW power source platform. It provides the welder with access to a variety of synergic characteristics that work with the company’s latest-generation devices. Features include an improved pulse correction...
- From The Fabricator
RIA webinar will cover intermediate robotic welding
- Sep 23, 2014
- News Release
Robotic Industries Association, Ann Arbor, Mich., will present a webinar on intermediate robotic welding on Sept. 25 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT. Concepts of resistance spot welding and arc welding will be presented. A robot may weld a preprogrammed position, be guided by machine vision,...
- From The Fabricator
Lincoln Electric licenses Helical Robotics’ mobile robotic technology
- Sep 18, 2014
- News Release
The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., has announced that it has been granted an exclusive worldwide license for proprietary magnetic robotic technology from Helical Robotics® LLC, Oregon, Wis. The agreement allows Lincoln to offer what it says is the...
- From The Fabricator
Kuka Systems develops robotic riveting system for Boeing 777 wide-body fuselage assembly
- Sep 16, 2014
- News Release
When the Boeing 777X twin-aisle passenger jet goes into full production for its debut in 2020, each fuselage will be built using automation technology developed as part of a collaborative effort by the airplane-maker and the Kuka Systems Aerospace Group. The robotic pulse production line, known...
- From The Fabricator
Factory automation resource kit updated
- Sep 8, 2014
- Product Release
Bosch Rexroth has released an update to its Advancing Factory Automation Kit, one of six educational kits in its resource kit series. It features new case studies, technical papers, and links to recently updated YouTube videos and product literature. The kit is targeted at machine builders, system...
- From The Fabricator
Marlin Steel acquires automated welding machine from Ideal Welding Systems
- Sep 4, 2014
- News Release
Baltimore-based Marlin Steel, a creator of custom wire and sheet metal forms, has installed a Versaweld CSR102-1230-3-MFDC NC jig welding system from Ideal Welding Systems. The medium-frequency automated welding machine is one of five in the world, and the only one outside of Germany, according to...
- From The Fabricator
Demco Automation named as a fastest-growing private U.S. company
- Sep 4, 2014
- News Release
Demco Automation has been recognized on the 33rd annual Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The Quakertown, Pa.-based company is ranked No. 4,985 with a three-year sales growth of 43 percent. Demco Automation is a supplier of flexible automated manufacturing...
- From The Fabricator
Interchangeable gripping tools add flexibility to electropneumatic loading/unloading system
- Sep 4, 2014
- Product Release
Astes4 Sort (A4S) is a patented, automatic system for electropneumatic loading and unloading for use with laser, waterjet, gas, and plasma cutting systems. Complex and bulky items can be picked using two synchronized grippers that are programmed to keep the items in the proper position for...
- From The Fabricator
ABB marks 125 years in Finland
- Sep 2, 2014
- News Release
ABB marks its 125th anniversary in Finland. Founded in 1889 in Helsinki by entrepreneur and inventor Gottfrid Strömberg, ABB Finland provides power transmission and distribution systems, building technology, sustainable transportation, renewable power, and industrial automation and marine systems....
- From The Fabricator
Panel PC equipped with multicore CPUs
- Aug 28, 2014
- Product Release
To help boost the performance of multitouch industrial displays via an all-in-one HMI and automation device, Beckhoff Automation has released the new CP22xx series panel PC. Designed for cabinet installation, the PC combines a multitouch interface with multicore processors for automation and...
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