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…and move. In April 2018, Koch Engineered Solutions made a strategic and controlling investment in Genesis to commercialize technologies including LiveDrive. Genesis Robotics designs for simplicity, safety Genesis Robotics said its LiveDrive LDD actuators “redefine the standard of simplicity, cleanliness, and productivity for high-throughput machines.” The high-torque, compact drive is designed for robots and machines in the food, packaging, pharmaceuticals,…
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…announced a strategic collaboration with Koch Industries that includes global evaluation of autonomous mobile robots. Guardian Industries, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., began working with Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) last year. It had tested different systems for automating in-house transportation to optimize productivity and internal workflows. A cross-functional effort led by the company's Manufacturing Transformation Team allowed to deploy…
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…our high-volume production,” says Raphael Koch, research engineer for Ford R&A Europe. To date, Ford has implemented more than 50 3D-printed tools for high-volume production as part of its Ford Focus vehicle program, an accomplishment that has translated into significant cost savings, Koch says. Currently, skilled engineers model a tool design in Dassault Systemes CATIA and once it’s refined and…
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…entered manually, according to Rebecca Koch, transportation manager for the company’s Memphis DC, which meant that the yard manager had to perform a yard check a few times a day, update the system, and then provide a yard snapshot at that point in time to different teams. “Since the snapshot would be outdated almost instantly,” Koch says, “the different operations…
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…million funding round, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), to advance the global commercialization of its metal 3D printing technology. Combined funding since its 2015 inception is now at $438 million. KDT is an investment firm focused on finding and funding innovative and emerging technologies. KDT is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately-held companies in America…
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