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Automation and Robotics
Automation and Robotics - Traditional articulated-arm robots in plasma cutting, welding, and powder coating; pick-and-place robots in material handling; collaborative robots (cobots); automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR); automated storage and retrieval systems, offloading, and part stacking in blanking; automatic tool changing (ATC) in bending; advanced, even self-programming robotics in welding: The content in this area describes how automation and robotics are driving metal fabrication forward.
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High-powered lasers change the rules of precision sheet metal
- By Brendon DiVincenzo
- Jul 25, 2023
- Article
High-powered fiber lasers cut extraordinarily quickly. That’s great, but what happens to those parts after they’re cut? The rules of laser cutting management have changed.
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- From The FABRICATOR
The rise of the collaborative robots on display at Automate 2023 in Detroit
For manufacturers and job shops with a high-mix, low-volume production portfolio, there's likely a collaborative robot that fits a need. Editor-in-Chief Dan Davis saw it on full display at Automate 2023 in Detroit.
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- From The WELDER
MR4Weld robotic welding system from Comau and Fincantieri designed for shipbuilding
- Jul 18, 2023
- Product Release
Comau and Fincantieri have introduced the MR4Weld mobile robotic welding system.
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Cobots boost metal fabricator’s production 200% on TIG and MIG welding
- Jul 17, 2023
- News Release
Because traditional automation doesn’t lend itself to high-mix, low-volume operations, sheet metal fabricator Raymath purchased a Universal Robots cobot-based MIG welding system UR-certified systems integrator THG Automation.
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- From The FABRICATOR
Getting smart about smart manufacturing
- By Bill Frahm
- Jul 14, 2023
- Blog Post
Smart manufacturing promises to revolutionize manufacturers’ abilities. Taking a thoughtful approach can help you maximize the benefits.
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- From The FABRICATOR
ABB’s GoFa cobots handle heavier payloads, offer longer reach
- Jul 13, 2023
- Product Release
ABB has introduced the GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 collaborative robots.
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ABB expands large-robot family with four models, 22 variants
- Jul 5, 2023
- Product Release
ABB Robotics has introduced four new models and 22 variants of large robots.
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Bosch Rexroth opens production plant in Mexico
- Jun 28, 2023
- News Release
With the opening of a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, Bosch Rexroth is creating more manufacturing capacity for the mobile hydraulics and factory automation markets in North America and shortening delivery routes.
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- From The FABRICATOR
In metal fabrication, dependability, good intentions reign supreme over B.S. work
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 27, 2023
- Article
In metal fabrication, skill is important, but dependability might reign supreme over, to put it bluntly, B.S. jobs.
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Take the slower, more flexible path to success in metal manufacturing
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Jun 27, 2023
- Article
Metal fabrication job shops and manufacturers must entirely switch the way they measure costs if they want to truly improve productivity. Quick response manufacturing (QRM) is one concept that can prove beneficial.
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- From The FABRICATOR
A3 Robotic Grinding & Finishing Conference comes to Minneapolis July 25-26
- Jun 20, 2023
- News Release
Companies seeking information on automated material removal and finishing can learn about the latest tools, best practices, and success stories at the A3 Robotic Grinding & Finishing Conference in Minneapolis, July 25-26. Organized by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and presented...
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- From The FABRICATOR
Metal fabricator finds flexibility in its bending department with cobots
Wisconsin-based metal forming and fabrication company Kapco finds success with two collaborative robots in front of two 40-ton press brakes.
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Beckhoff adds business development leader
- Jun 16, 2023
- News Release
Automation systems provider Beckhoff USA, Savage, Minn., has hired Jason Biwer as business development leader for the central region, based in the company’s Milwaukee office.
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SSE Steel Fabrication expands with new technology
- Jun 16, 2023
- News Release
SSE Steel Fabrication is expanding its St. Bernard, La., facility with a $375,000 investment that will incorporate robotics and augmented reality into the manufacturing process.
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- From The FABRICATOR
TM25S AI cobot from Techman Robot delivers 25-kg capacity
- Jun 8, 2023
- Product Release
Techman Robot has developed the TM25S AI cobot with 25-kg payload capacity and a reach of more than 190 cm, making it adaptable for a variety of industrial applications in different working environments.
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