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Case Study: Customizing Orthopedics With Robotics

01/31/14, 09:51 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | Industrial and Manufacturing

The mastery we developed of ROBOTMASTERs capabilities, combined with our expertise in orthoses and prostheses, permitted us to develop proprietary, patented milling strategies, conceived specifically for, and ideally suited to, our highly specialised business.

Robotic Storage Facility Protects Exotic Collectibles with HOBO Data Nodes

01/31/14, 09:51 AM | Industrial Robotics, Other Topics | Industrial and Manufacturing

For security and convenience, the facility keeps human entry to a minimum. The robotic crane and rail system delivers possessions out of the facility.

Case Study: Ancor And The Monroney Window Sticker

01/31/14, 09:50 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing

Ancor knew there had to be a better and more efficient way to manage the label packaging process - which had a 10-hour or less nightly production timeframe and a client-mandated 100% verification process.

Robotic Welding Series: Perfectly weld imperfect parts with adaptive welding

01/15/14, 02:07 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing | KC Robotics

This is the second of a 4-part series by KC Robotics about the automated arc welding industry.

Robotic Welding Series: Alleviate Skilled Welder Shortages With Robotic Welding Cells

12/13/13, 05:44 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing

A robot system, fully deployed is going to give two to three-hundred percent return on investment per year.

ABB Robotics' Introduces 7th Generation IRB 6700 Family Of Large Robots

12/01/13, 12:25 PM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

ABB Robotics has introduced the IRB 6700 robot family, its seventh generation of industry-leading, large industrial robots.

Harvest Automation Robots Space Over 40,000 Poinsettia Plants in Four Days

11/15/13, 09:34 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

Harvest Automation robots are designed to work around the clock, they never need a break, and can handle the most tedious and repetitive work on a Nursery or Greenhouse operation with consistent accuracy and on-time performance.

3D Printing Helps German Manufacturer Seuffer Cut Tooling Costs for Prototype Parts by 97%

11/01/13, 08:48 AM | Mobile Robots | Industrial and Manufacturing

Companies worldwide are looking to introduce significant efficiencies to their manufacturing processes when introducing new products, and are discovering the many benefits of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing.

Compliance In Motion - An Automotive Parts Application

10/15/13, 10:36 AM | Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing

Even 1 mm of misalignment between the robots end of arm tool and the position of the parts in the table could cause costly damage.

Case Study: Robotic Press Brake - Automated Metal Bending

09/30/13, 09:51 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

The goal is to completely automate the brake press to bend a variety of different parts.

Automated Guided Vehicles: The Hot Trend in Distribution Centers

08/15/13, 01:37 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

Automatic Guided Vehicle industry sales projections for 2014 are very strong, particularly in distribution. Flexibility, versatility of systems, bolstered by evolutionary advances in controls are some of the key selling points.

All Things Plastics Injection Molding

08/15/13, 01:36 AM | Mobile Robots | Industrial and Manufacturing

Many injection molders have begun their Continuous Improvement Journey and as these small teams study reduction in waste, redundancy, and efficiencies, they bring forward ideas to make more use of production robots.

Case Study: Harvest Automation HV-100 Robots Are The Key That Unlock Production Efficiencies

07/31/13, 01:26 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

The robots require minimal training to operate, while reducing production costs and improving productivity. They are flexible to deploy on open beds, hoop houses and greenhouses with any type of plant on all common ground surfaces including ground cloth, poly, and gravel.

Portable Danish Robot Expands Production With California Manufacturer

07/15/13, 09:03 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

Total setup time including all programming and tooling took eight hours. Moving the robot from one application to the next now takes about 30 minutes.

After 5,000 Years, Automation Finds Its Way Into The "Lost Wax Process"

07/15/13, 09:02 AM | Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing

With home-grown innovation and ABB robots, MPI, Inc. has discovered the secret to incredible increases in productivity and quality for today's most competitive foundries.

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