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HP unveils a series of partnerships and innovations to complement its new Multi Jet Fusion 5200 3D printer. Together the new partnerships and products make the 5200 the center of a volume printing solution for production 3D manufacturing. The printing system counts BASF, Materialise and Siemens as strategic partners, creating what HP calls “a new global community of proven large-scale…
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The RIA R15.06 Standards Committee has finalized Technical Report (TR) R15.806-2018 to address the test methods and metrics for measuring pressure and force associated with quasi-static and transient contact events of collaborative applications. A collaborative robot, or cobot, is a type of robot intended to physically interact with humans in a shared workspace. Collaborative robots are experiencing rapid market growth.…
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Sintavia, LLC, has officially opened the new 55,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility, located in Hollywood, FL. The new plant, which also serves as the company’s headquarters, celebrated its grand opening on May 9 at an event with over 150 customers, industry partners and government officials. “This new facility is the first of its kind in North America to offer large-scale AM…
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Bryan Knott and Crystal Parrott, MHI Titles: Chair and vice chair, The Robotics Group (TRG), MHI. Knott is the logistics solutions business manager for ABB. Parrott is vice president of the Robotics Center of Excellence for Dematic. Location: Charlotte, NC Modern: Robotics is often news today in warehousing and distribution. Yet, robots have been in manufacturing for decades. What has…
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As reported by Bloomberg, an offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual customers. The subsidiary, Wing Aviation LLC, now has the same certifications that smaller airlines receive from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and…
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Zebra Technologies Corporation is celebrating its 50th anniversary, half a century after the inception of its first printing prototypes in the late 1960s. “We are proud to celebrate our half century milestone with our customers across the retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, government and other industries,” said Anders Gustafsson, CEO, Zebra Technologies. “While Zebra has changed its stripes over…
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In the automotive industry, additive manufacturing has become a high priority, according to German RepRap. Different car parts and prototypes are developed with the help of additive manufacturing and thus a faster achievement of the series maturity is possible. In prototyping, fixtures, production and assembly aids, the technology has become the standard and allows the use in end products through…
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3D printing has expanded from primarily being used to make quick physical prototypes to a solution for short-run manufacturing, bespoke offerings and complex parts that just can’t be economically made via traditional methods. “By 2030, the number of production-ready additive manufacturing platforms that ship each year will increase more than tenfold (more than US$325 billion in hardware and related systems…
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HP has debuted its new Jet Fusion 5200 Series industrial 3D printing system and a new material, expanded its alliance with Siemens, and also launched its Digital Manufacturing Network. The integration of HP’s new Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D printing solution with Siemens’ Digital Enterprise offerings enables industrial companies to bring 3D printed parts to market faster, more cost-effectively, more…
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What do you get when you combine additive manufacturing (AM), generative design, and artificial intelligence (AI)? The answer might be found in Techniplas Prime, an e-manufacturing portal from Techniplas, a Tier 1 automotive supplier. “We've been practicing traditional lightweighting methods—for example, material substitution like replacing a metal structure with composites. But in the last one and a half year or…
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With LulzBot 3D printers at the starting line, Nelson Racing Engines burns rubber, not cash. Watch as they unleash “race car power with street car manners” while saving thousands of dollars on prototyping via additive manufacturing. “Obviously in a shop like this you need a lot of tools…one of the tools we have that’s been amazing for us lately is…
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New international standards are on the way that could help aircraft parts manufacturers better meet safety and performance requirements in the aerospace sector. ASTM International’s additive manufacturing technologies committee (F42) is currently developing the four standards. “The industry uses standards to ensure that public safety, quality, and readiness levels are maintained,” said Shane Collins, general manager at Additive Industries North…
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3D printing with glass is rife with challenges—some methods require very high heat, while others product opaque end products or print at very low resolutions. Canadian researchers have successfully 3D printed an optical glass that could enable the low-cost manufacture optical fibers and other components for sensors, telecommunications components and biomedical equipment. Researchers from the the Centre d’Optique, Photonique et…
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Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has broken ground on the construction of a new expansion project on a 5-acre site in Novi, MI. Slated for completion in the fall of 2019, the 88,000-sq.-ft. building will house a technology showroom, a technical training center and a 15,000-sq.-ft. laboratory and calibration hub. The two-story office area will have glass walls and windows with…
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Encrypted Sensors, a cybersecurity company, has programmed a quantum computer-proof encryption onto a field-programmable gate arrray (FPGA) hardware chip. The company says it has applied to trademark it as an actual private network (APN), a hardware-based encryption system that functions without software controls or operating systems on which VPNs are based. The company’s non-algebraic encryption algorithm is considered by cybersecurity…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
