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Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, shares top automation trends for 2023

Automation Mag

Advances in automation technologies are transforming the industrial manufacturing landscape. Broadly termed “digital transformation,” these smart manufacturing initiatives bring physical and cyber systems together for greater performance, efficiency, sustainability and safety. 2022 was no different. 2022 was no different.

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Spin Master to acquire the HEXBUG brand and portfolio of creative robotic technology

Canadian Manufacturing

First entering the market in 2007, HEXBUG products include robotic technology with movement inspired by nature. TORONTO — Spin Master, a global children’s entertainment company, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the HEXBUG brand of toys from Innovation First International.

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Association for Advancing Automation turns 50 in 2024

Automation Mag

“The success of A3 for the past five decades is directly attributable to the unflagging support of our members, the incredible advances in automation technology, and the resilience and talent of the team we’ve assembled,” said Jeff Burnstein, who joined A3 in 1983 and has served as president of the association since 2007.

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Worker’s safety: Signs that it’s time to automate

Manufacturer's Monthly

As Masayuki (Masa) Mase, country manager for Universal Robots Oceania, explained: “Dull, dangerous, and dirty jobs should not be left to employees to fulfil. This is where collaborative robots, or cobots, come in. Masayuki (Masa) Mase, country manager for Universal Robots Oceania.

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Top trends in 2024: Experts share key automation trends for Canadian manufacturers in 2024

Automation Mag

The dynamic landscape of Canadian manufacturing is not left untouched by cutting-edge technologies that enhance efficiency, productivity and competitiveness. Digital transformation investment is largely driven today by manufacturers’ increased focus on mining data for business insight. The Manufacturing Institute reports a projected 2.1

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Standardizing for speedy turnarounds: Seat belt assembly machine accelerates throughput

Automation Mag

Sodecia adopted many of the automation group’s time-saving innovations into its own global standards, across the company’s nearly 40 manufacturing facilities around the world. Beyond faster throughput, the SBHA#3 machine presented some unique technical demands, according to Jessy Underhill, PLC and robot technician at Sodecia GTAC.

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Fusing biology with the bionic ear

E&T

These cells are like ‘keys on a piano’ and range from low to high frequency, explains Dr Robert Gay, director of pharmaceutical approaches at Cochlear, a Sydney-based manufacturer of the device. The research, which started in 2007, is based on an optogenetics method that emerged around the millennium and has been shown to work in rodents.