Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2022

Historically, vendors like ABB, WEG, Siemens and Nidec have had minimal difficulty securing supply of key raw materials used in the manufacturing of their motors. Electric steel is used heavily in the manufacturing of electric motors. The material is key to producing the electromagnetic field used to turn the rotor.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 6, 2022

China passed the United States in robot density for the first time as the nation is putting enhanced emphasis on robotics and automation to keep up with manufacturing demand. The number of operational industrial robots relative to the number of workers hit 322 units per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry. Robotics insights.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The combined market share of the top 10 and top 20 leading vendors barely changed between 2018 and 2020 and indeed dropped in 2021. From automated tugger trains on automotive production lines, through to mobile manipulators picking individual items in a fulfillment center.

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