Topic: Safety

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Other Voices: In times of social distancing, essential businesses turn to autonomous robots

May 5, 2020 · Warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing companies look to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate efficiently while maintaining the social distancing guidelines.

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GlobalData: Industrial automation paying the price for failing to think big and invest bigger

April 13, 2020 · Despite much hype over the years, advanced factory automation has not been substituted for human workers at scale.

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UL Study Identifies Safety, Performance Variability for 3D Printed Plastic Parts

March 30, 2020 · New Blue Card certification for plastic AM will provide guidance for integrity, safety of 3D printing materials.

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Masters Gallery puts safety first in their Warehouse

June 11, 2019 · After experiencing steady organic growth in an industry where regulatory oversight expands every year, a food manufacturer puts worker safety and ergonomics first in its new 175,000-square-foot plant and warehouse.

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RIA Standards Committee releases all-new methods and metrics for collaborative robot testing

May 14, 2019 · Although cobots have inbuilt sensors and safety mechanisms, application variety requires tests to ensure limits are appropriate for the type of human/robot contact expected.

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New Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Standards in the Works

May 8, 2019 · ASTM International is creating safety standards for 3D printing parts.

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Omron Automation and Voelker Controls Company announce new partnership

April 3, 2019 · Voelker Controls to focus particularly on auto ID and machine vision solutions to improve quality and traceability.

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Loading dock best practices make their mark

October 8, 2018 · Usage, safety and maintenance are the power triangle when it comes to maximizing dock area safety and throughput while lowering operating costs.

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Crown Equipment launches educational campaign on forklift safety

June 5, 2018 · Crown to release a series of articles, posters, blogs and other resources beginning on June 12.

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Co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots wins Engelberger Award – the ‘Nobel Prize of Robotics’

May 31, 2018 · Esben Østergaard, co-founder and chief technology officer of Universal Robots, a market leader of collaborative robots, has been awarded the automation industry’s most prestigious honor.

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Year in Review: Top materials handling news in 2017

December 28, 2017 · The industry's momentum continues to build, even as it changes shape to adapt to technology; acquisitions across technology competencies have heralded the arrival of Consolidation 2.0, while automation and cybersecurity shake up the way players throughout the supply chain do business.

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MHPN Readers’ Choice Products of the Year winners announced

December 14, 2017 · Nearly 1,300 readers voted in 13 categories for the best innovations in materials handling equipment.

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Seegrid partners with Bell and Howell to expand service support for self-driving industrial vehicles

November 14, 2017 · Bell and Howell to service autonomous pallet trucks and tow tractors for Seegrid customers across North America.

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Robotic Industries Association announces new alliance with OSHA, NIOSH

October 25, 2017 · Alliance aims to enhance robot expertise within OSHA and NIOSH, improve awareness of workplace hazards of traditional industrial robots and emerging collaborative systems, and identify needed research.

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Pack Expo Las Vegas expected to eclipse records

September 1, 2017 · Show producer PMMI projects record attendance and exhibitors, outlines new and returning features.

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IDTechEx research explores how mobile robots will transform materials handling

July 31, 2017 · From forklifts to mobile picking robots to automated last-mile delivery, new technologies will either perish or they will reshape the industry.

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A3 fall conferences to offer insight into latest automation, strategies and networking

June 22, 2017 · Conferences will provide in-depth training in robot safety, motion control, vision systems and collaborative robots to spur manufacturing growth and the creation of entirely new categories of jobs.

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Dock safety, presence detection devices debut at Rite-Hite

March 31, 2017 · The additional camera view of the exterior vehicle restraint lets an operator visually confirm engagement with a trailer’s rear impact guard (RIG)

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Year in Review: Top materials handling news in 2016

December 23, 2016 · For all the political turmoil across the globe, 2016 was by all accounts very good for the supply chain, which saw acquisitions, investments, technological advancements and record growth.

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Automatic restraints and storing dock levelers help Sartori comply

October 24, 2016 · The restraints and levelers have been used at the manufacturer’s new cheese converting facility to reduce contamination and maintain its cold chain integrity.

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