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At FABTECH 2023, KUKA AG said it plans to unveil two systems for robotics education. The industrial automation provider also plans to show metalworking technologies with partners, as well as additive manufacturing offerings. “The conference agenda for FABTECH includes more than a dozen sessions related to workforce development, retention, or training,” stated Casey DiBattista, chief regional officer for North America…
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…of interest from companies. After Fabtech, we’ve been in negotiations with several hundred companies. What were some of the biggest challenges facing your customers and the industry this past year? Degai: Acute labor shortage. This issue has been talked about for a long time, but it has not been resolved yet. We hear about this from manufacturers every single day.…
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…debuted in North America at FABTECH 2017, several OEM partners have standardized and innovated welding systems on the UR platform, said the company. At FABTECH 2022 next week in Atlanta, Universal Robots and its partners plan to display welding and other applications. Since introducing its first commercially viable collaborative robot in 2008, Universal Robots said it has developed a product…
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…exhibiting at Booth C11317 at FABTECH 2022 from Nov. 8 to 10 in Atlanta. Airgas supports automation customers “We’re proud to provide customers with support to find the best automation fit for their needs,” said Nathan Moyer, Great Lakes Region automation sales manager at Airgas. “We are excited to see how this 1000th milestone, and future units will help our…
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…at an interoperability panel at FabTech last month. “We're striving for iPhone-level ease of use. The strength of the MassRobotics standard is that it is easy to adopt.” Any company can self-certify to adopt the open-source standard, which is available through MassRobotics' Web site and on GitHub. “FedEx wants everyone onboard,” said Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor at FedEx, which…
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…of the major themes at Fabtech 2021 in Chicago this week was the need for small-to-midsize companies to add automation to their operations. There is not enough skilled or unskilled labor to fill the demand. Large companies with varied, small-batch production face a similar dilemma of a lack of workers to meet production needs. The COVID-19 pandemic did increase unemployment,…
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CHICAGO—Fabtech 2021 here this week provided robotics and other automation companies with the first chance to display their latest fabrication technologies and upgrades to an in-person audience, many for the first time in a couple of years. Attendance may have diminished since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, but exhibitors at Fabtech 2021 reported strong engagement with manufacturers. With shortages of…
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Fabtech 2021 in Chicago this week was one of the first robot-related trade shows since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was had good attendance and thousands of exhibitors, even though the Delta variant is still putting a lid on many other conferences and events, with some returning to virtual formats. However, Fabtech 2021 was scaled back from…
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…Welding Robot+HyperFill technology at the FABTECH event next month in Chicago. The dual-torch system can increase heavy fabrication productivity to 350 to 500 factored diameter inches, or FDI, per shift by increasing weld deposition rates, said the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company. This can lead to increased efficiency, it said. “With Novarc’s SWR+HyperFill, pipe-fabrication shops are guaranteed higher performance by being…
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