Reclaiming manufacturing "real estate" with intelligent automation technologies
"Doing more with less" is a common goal for many industrial businesses, especially as today's plants face pressures to maintain high production levels with lower machine footprints. Here, Bradley McEwan, business development manager at Beckhoff Automation UK, the industrial PC provider, explains how new servo drive and connectivity technologies can help manufacturers do a lot more with less.
AutoStore Reaches Milestone with 600 Robotics Systems
DSV, the Danish transport and logistics company, is expanding its position in the 3PL market through the use of AutoStore technology. Implemented by Element Logic, the system uses AutoStore robotics and Element Logic's proprietary software to provide a leading solution for e-commerce players. The solution is being deployed in nine countries and represents AutoStore's 600th system implementation.
Investment In Robotics Research - Global Report 2021 by IFR
International Federation of Robotics releases "World Robotics R&D Programs"
Why is Robotics-as-a-Service So Important Now
"Robotics-as-a-service" is a model in which customers purchase automation on an "as-needed" basis. This could be monthly pricing or usage-based pricing. Upfront costs are typically negligible or non-existent.
New end-of-arm ecosystem from Zimmer Group and Schmalz
"MATCH" cooperation project with an extensive range of functions and universal interfaces
Vention, the manufacturing automation platform (MAP), and FANUC enter an alliance for the direct sale of FANUC CRX collaborative robot cells online
Vention's MAP provides a cloud-based 3D CAD software for the design of automated equipment. Equipped with a library of 1,000+ modular components-ranging from linear actuators to conveyors to end-of-arm-tooling, and loaded with smart design capabilities-the platform empowers users to design and simulate robot cells in a fraction of the time generally required with traditional CAD software.
Making "cheddar" With Industrial Automation - Achieving 83 Per Cent Waste Reduction in Food Manufacturing
Ultrasonic uses energy from microscopic vibrations of a blade to pass easily through the material and offers a more effective solution for cutting cheese and other food products. When paired with automation, ultrasonic technology can deliver precise and accurate cutting.
Applied Manufacturing Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with Automated Picking Solutions Manufacturer Soft Robotics
AMT and Soft Robotics have partnered to provide cutting-edge robotic systems with soft robotic grippers and 3D vision solutions with artificial intelligence amid spike in interest in material handling solutions.
Machine vision: MVTec further improves user experience with HALCON 21.05
• New and optimized features for even more robust machine vision
• Short release cycles make for fast implementation of customer feedback
• To be released on May 21, 2021
Retrofitting Older Machines Provides Valuable IIoT Update
Retrofit machines can bring legacy devices into the Internet of Things. Sensors and digital controls provide valuable information and integrate older machines into new, intelligent factory management systems.
Schmalz Inc. celebrated the groundbreaking of its Phase I expansion to its Raleigh NC, headquarters
Schmalz Inc. has been growing rapidly since it was founded here in Raleigh 22 years ago. The existing building of the US headquarters was only completed in July 2016; and due to continued, rapid growth over the past three years, the first significant expansion is already being executed ahead of schedule.
Dunkermotoren is first drive technology manufacturer to integrate certified PROFINET with PROFIdrive in servo motor
Since the end of February 2021, Dunkermotoren's fully integrated PROFINET solution has been officially certified by the PROFIBUS user organization.
ABB Robotics advances construction industry automation to enable safer and sustainable building
9 out of 10 construction businesses predict a skills crisis by 2030, with 81 percent saying they will introduce robots in the next 10 years, with safety and the environment also catalysts for accelerating investment in robotics
Locus Robotics Named #1 on Boston Business Journal's 2021 Fast 50 List
Leader in Warehouse Robotics recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies headquartered in Massachusetts
The Need for Speed - Manufacturers Must Adapt Workers' Skills for Fast Covid-19 Recovery
Low demand scenarios necessitate a different strategy: tools that can produce more pieces per edge while providing process security. Here, the goal should be fewer production interruptions and the capability to run unmanned production.
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