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10 cobots guarantee ‘just in time’ manufacture of gearboxes

Robotics Business Review

The company integrated 10 collaborative robots from Universal Robots using only internal resources. SEAT decided to integrate 10 UR10e collaborative robots to carry out the unloading. This guaranteed cost savings both at the time of installation and in future maintenance tasks. UR collaborative robots at SEAT Componentes.

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Innovation With the Additive Advantage

Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, is an innovative process where objects are created one layer at a time. 3D Printing in Action. From 3D printing rocket motors to using advanced materials to produce aircraft parts, the company uses AM across the enterprise.

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Pennsylvania Mold Builder Doubles Footprint, Maintains Quality and Company Values

Mold Making Technology

Most of these molds use modern hot gating systems to reduce customer cycle time and decrease scrap. Mold inspection by hand, eye and a robotic probe is a specific investment area. We also have a new project manager who sources software and updates our standard operating procedures.

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CNC machine tending, now with accessible robotics for rapid R&D prototyping and specialty manufacturing runs

Robotics Business Review

Recently, Tormach introduced its new 1500MX CNC mill that can be operated with the ZA6 industrial robot via the company’s free and open source PathPilot ® control software. While the cost, cycle-time, and quality benefits are many, truly lights-out production has historically been limited to large manufacturers.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

End-to-End Conformal Cooling Design, Production for Faster Cycle Times, Boosted Part Quality. Cooling is a critical process for plastic injection molds, affecting both cycle time and final part quality, Cimatron notes, but is especially challenging for complex parts when using traditional drilling and milling methods.

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Emerging applications in motion control

Automation Mag

Morris also lists medical/lab processes, CNC machining, 3D printing and cobot applications as growth areas for motion control. An example is the advanced palletizer from Universal Robot & Robotiq, notes Warren Osak, president of Electromate. Advanced robot safety features include safe limited speed and positioning.

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Metal AM Advances in Composite Tooling

Mold Making Technology

Like other 3D printing technologies, AM offers higher design freedom than machining or forming metals, plastics or composites themselves, easily printing geometries that are impossible or extremely costly to achieve with conventional manufacturing technologies. For injection molds, PCS Co. Photo Credit: PCS Co. Fraser, Mich.,