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…do more things, such as welding, palletizing, and machine tending, explained Richard Vaughn, a senior automation engineer at Bosch Rexroth Corp. and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). “Programming their movements in 3D is complex, so software typically maps the motion to a set of world coordinates, in which the origin sits on the pedestal’s first…
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…feeding machines with raw materials, welding, and a wide range of other things. Automation leaves people with the opportunity to take on more demanding and meaningful tasks. The welder is still the person who knows their craft the best. As a robot supervisor, they can monitor the machine, ensure the quality is still at a high level, and perform the…
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…2.0) to help address his welding problem. Polar Park opened in 2021. Source: Christine Nolan Through the grant process, he was introduced to the nonprofit MassRobotics and Tom Fuhlbrigge, CEO of Scalable Robotics Inc. Scalable provides a code-free, point-and-click system that teaches a robot to make multiple precision welds. The system has the potential to reduce Trapotsis’ labor woes. And…
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…water-cooled version of its Cobot Welding Tool Hirebotics will also showcase its Cobot Welder, which features a rotary positioner Mid Atlantic Machinery will show its Press Brake Operator Package, which includes a UR10e on a modular parts cart with a machine tool interface and a zone safety scanner Robotiq will showcase its CNC machine-tending system VersaBuilt will show its Mill…
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…for repetitive tasks, such as welding, assembly, or machine tending. A CNC machine takes a block of metal and removes piece of it to achieve the desired shape. A robot can then take it out and put in a new block. The third is where product quality or process efficiency matter. Pharmacies are good candidates for automation because it's not…
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…been tremendous for processes like welding and assembly, where that skill set doesn't exist anymore.” “We're also seeing people designing for cobots and new tasks, such as quality inspection,” Finazzo said. “It's also important to educate the next workforce to fully utilize this equipment. FANUC has a lot of training and has implemented apprenticeships.” Reshoring is another part of the…
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…GXO Logistics Machine Tending and Welding With Cobots: Josh Pawley, founding partner at Vectis Automation, and Brian Havey, director of sales at VersaBuilt Robotics Piece Picking Gets Faster With Robotic Perception: Sandeep Sakharkar, CIO of GXO Logistics Other sessions include “Palletizing and the Next Frontiers for Mobile Robots.” More speakers will be announced soon, and qualified experts can still apply…
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…GoFa collaborative robot equipped for welding; a live 3D printing demo featuring ABB’s 3D Printing PowerPac for ABB’s RobotStudio simulation and offline programming software; the MiniMAC robotic grinding cell from ABB Value Provider MESH Automation; a vision guided FlexLoader machine tool tending cell; and the Cobot FlexTrainer education cell for interactive classroom training. “ABB has continually developed cutting-edge products and…
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…showcasing interesting cobot use cases. Welding is a hot application At Vectis Automation’s booth, Sam Eckdahl showed off his company’s welding and plasma cutting end-of-arm tools (EOAT). He said it takes years of practice for a welder to become a master of his craft. With the use of robots, companies can get that precision in less time. “It is extremely…
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…seventh axis enables continuous dispensing, welding, and material-removal applications regardless of access angle and without the need to reorient the arm, which allows for a smaller footprint and higher productivity. “Automation with conventional 6-axis robots would not have been possible in this case,” says Ingo Rathmann, managing director of Project Automation & Consulting GmbH. “Since it can reach around corners,…
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…lb. for tasks such as welding and decommissioning nuclear power facilities. The Guardian HLS is a pneumatic heavy-lifting system for quickly lifting armored tactical vehicles and other large payloads. Sarcos meets challenges with humans in the loop Despite COVID-19 and economic worries, supply chain snafus and worker shortages have helped companies understand the value of automation, said Kiva Allgood, president…
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…the wake of digitization. Whether welding, painting, soldering, or palletizing, industrial robots work dynamically. A flexible multi-axis dress pack such as triflex® R from igus makes it possible to guide and secure cables and hoses used on multi-axis robots. igus has developed the i.Sense TR.B, a real-time breakage monitoring system for the multi-dimensional triflex R robotic dress pack to detect…
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…7th axis enables continuous dispensing, welding, and material removal applications regardless of access angle, without the need to reorient the arm. Kassow and Industrial Control will have booths at the Advanced Manufacturing Expo in Grand Rapids, Mich. later this month from Aug. 11 to 12. Kassow will be at Booth 700 and Industrial Control will be at Booth 712.
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…from last year. The company said one particular growing application is welding. The company said it has also increased its revenue from original equipment manufacturer [OEM] channels.
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…robots and AI for automated welding in pipe-fabrication shops. The startup has raised $3 million and is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia. It offers the Spool Welding Robot (SWR), the SWR+HyperFill integrated dual-torch system, the NovEye vision and image-processing system for fully automated welding, and NovSync for data analytics. Rokae Technology Co. in Beijing provides a cobot, a six-axis…
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