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Content about ABB Inc. - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
ABB’s IRB 5710 and 5720 robots provide material handling for EV production
- Mar 23, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
ABB is adding two new robot families to its portfolio of large robots for complex manufacturing applications.
- From The Fabricator
The potential of flexible mobile robots in sheet metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 24, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Learn how a flexible mobile robot is a technology that could have profound effects on the metal fabrication shop floor. Find out more here.
- From The Fabricator
Exhaust fabricator transitions tube welding from manual to robotic
- Nov 9, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Finding and retaining a skilled workforce was constricting a leading manufacturer of aftermarket exhaust systems and direct-fit catalytic converters' growth. Davico installed an ABB/Scalable Robotics robotic arc welding system.
- From The Fabricator
ABB launches world’s fastest electric car charger
- Oct 8, 2021
- Electric Vehicles
- News Release
ABB has launched an all-in-one electric vehicle charger which it claims provides the fastest charging experience on the market.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2021 a showplace for pandemic’s lasting effects on manufacturing
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 30, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
COVID-19 showed its impact on FABTECH 2021 in multiple ways: fewer attendees and exhibitors. But its long-lasting effects may be more deeply visible in the way manufacturers and metal stampers have learned to conduct operations and customer/vendor relationships remotely and automatically.
- From The Fabricator
Automation spurs a novel approach to the sheet metal enclosure
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 3, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The nVent HOFFMAN electrical enclosure factory in Anoka, Minn., has embraced automation in a big way, exemplifying just how far the sheet metal industry has come.
- From The Fabricator
Robots advance in the stamping shop
- By Kate Bachman
- Oct 8, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
For stamping manufacturers concerned about employee safety, a widening skills gap, and pressure to meet higher throughput demand, robotic automation is the answer.
- From The Fabricator
ABB’s augmented reality app helps simplify robot installations
- Sep 1, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Product Release
ABB has released the Augmented Reality Viewer app for its PC-based RobotStudio offline programming software. The app can be used to test any model created in the software, enabling users to get an idea of the size and scale of a robot or robot cell and how it can be deployed on a factory floor to...
- From The Fabricator
ABB Robotics offers laser-based optical triangulation sensors for seam tracking
- Jan 9, 2020
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
ABB Robotics offers optical seam tracking in two styles. The 2.5D optical sensors have one laser stripe to measure Y and Z and orientation around X. The 6D optical sensors use three laser stripes to measure both joint position (X, Y, Z) and orientation (three Euler angles). Both styles of...
- From The Fabricator
Automated welding guidance systems improve heavy fabrications
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 14, 2019
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Automated welding guidance systems on robots make automation in heavy fabricating environments more realistic as companies struggle to find welders.
- From The Fabricator
ABB’s CP600-Pro multitouch control panel provides HMI for challenging installations
- Mar 18, 2019
- Shop Management
- Product Release
ABB has introduced the CP600-Pro control panel platform, designed for applications requiring true glass touchscreens for clear information display and simplified operation. The unit operates within an environmental temperature range of -4 to 140 degrees F. The strong aluminum front frames help...
- From The Fabricator
Industry 4.0 in action throughout Italy
- By Rob Colman
- Jan 3, 2019
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
On a visit to several Italian manufacturers, North American journalists had a chance to learn how the drive toward Industry 4.0 capabilities is coming to fruition via the use of automated fabrication and the effective use of fibre lasers in 3-D laser cutting.
- From The Fabricator
ABB integrates Baldor Electric into its global brand
- Feb 28, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
ABB has announced it will integrate the Baldor Electric Co. name into its global ABB brand. Beginning March 1, 2018, Baldor Electric Co., a member of the ABB group for more than seven years, will be known as ABB. As ABB, the organization will continue to manufacture the product brands of...
- From The Fabricator
ABB Canada headquarters opens in Montreal
- May 25, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
ABB has officially inaugurated its new, $90 million state-of-the-art Canadian headquarters and Customer Innovation Center, which will serve 700 employees who previously were spread across six locations in greater Montreal. The new facility, Campus Montreal, houses research and development,...
- From The Fabricator
Robot deposits welds in high gear with Tip TIG
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 17, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
A new robot welding cell incorporates TIP TIG, a hot-wire welding process that feeds an oscillating wire under a tungsten electrode. In some applications, the method reportedly allows the robot to weld at speeds close to those of gas metal arc welding.
- Contact Information
ABB Inc.
1250 Brown Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Phone: 888-785-3904
Fax: 248-391-7390
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- Automation and RoboticsAutomated Workcells and Systems: Flexible Manufacturing
- Automation and RoboticsAutomated Workcells and Systems: Robotic Welding
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