Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Kooyers runs morning and afternoon sections of the Advanced Manufacturing course, both of which have a maximum of 18 students. A manufacturing program is much like a part in one key aspect: It doesn’t matter how well either is made unless there’s a way to check the results. All images courtesy of Verisurf.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Real-Time Impact Analysis: The system flags potential delays and adjusts work-in-process calculations dynamically, enabling proactive schedule management and empowering plant managers to make smart decisions based on real data. The post Automated Schedule Intelligence Solution appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In 2022, the Festo electric mobility initiative demonstrated an automated degassing cell. In 2023, the company developed an automated chemical processing solution for recycling the valuable materials incorporated within EV batteries. Festo created a new solution for high throughput dry-room electrode assembly of EV batteries.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 20, 2025

With Inbolts AI-powered 3D vision, manufacturers can now automate screw insertion, bolt rundown, glue application and other high-precision tasks on parts moving down the line without costly infrastructure investments or cycle time compromises.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 4, 2025

While some manufacturers feel an understandable degree of anxiety over being acquired by a larger company, success stories abound when larger machine shops with canny owners build on the strengths of their acquisitions. For the past five years or so, Evans has seen overall company growth at 30% year-over-year.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mold builders can seize opportunities in medical manufacturing as demand for precision molds grows, driven by miniaturization, LSR use and auto-injectables, to name a few, requiring advanced machining, automation and tight-tolerance molding. These business model changes align with current medical manufacturing trends.

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Automation Mag

JUNE 6, 2025

June 6, 2025, Grugliasco, Italy — Comau and Intecells are collaborating to increase battery electrode production efficiency by using cold plasma technology to streamline the manufacturing process. As a further step, a plasma-based solution under development is reducing significantly process steps along the cell manufacturing process.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 20, 2024

At Automate they showed new electric actuators, an I/O platform, and an AI worker collaboration tool. Festo is a leader in adopting and applying IO-Link, and customers will find IO-Link capabilities integral to the new I/O automation platform. Festo is an innovative company that continuously surprises me with its creativity.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The future of automation is in making robotics accessible and valuable in all manufacturing settings. However, these delicate manual tasks can also be time-consuming, labor-intensive and inconsistent. This adaptive approach is key to handling the diverse geometries and materials found in mold manufacturing.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 4, 2025

Most industry analysts believe that 2025 will represent the next chapter when automation gets smarter, faster and even more accessible. Testament to this confidence, mass manufacturer Broanmain Plastics ushers in 2025 installing the companys first ever fully automated injection moulding machine cell.

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Metrology

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The solution uses a combination of proprietary optimization software and experienced robotics and application engineering insights to improve a manufacturer’s overall productivity. The post Optimization Service Helps Manufacturers Quickly Reduce Robotic Automation Cycle Times appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 6, 2025

It’s easier for them to subcontract it out,” says Mark Rohlfs, president and one half of the brother-and-sister ownership team of East Coast Precision Manufacturing. “Connecticut has a long history of manufacturing and machine shops,” Nancy says. “We have Pratt and Whitney here. We have Sikorsky.

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 17, 2024

system integrator, has partnered with the company to apply its innovative Optimization-as-a-Service solution to customers’ manufacturing operations. The combination of Valiant TMS’ years of manufacturing industry expertise with Realtime Robotics’ proprietary optimization software and experienced robotics […]

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Datanomix , maker of the industry’s only Automated Production Intelligence software platform, announced support for monitoring Universal Robots for real-time visibility into robot performance. The post Real-time Robot Workspace Monitoring for Precision Manufacturers appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 13, 2024

In iterative design stages, the award-winning multirobot optimization software rapidly generates and evaluates hundreds of thousands of possible solutions to identify the shortest cycle time. The post Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Leads Series B Investment in Realtime Robotics appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Automation Mag

MAY 12, 2025

May 12, 2025, Detroit Collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer Universal Robots (UR) has presented the newest edition to their portfolio, the UR15, at Automate 2025 in Detroit. The UR15 is combined with OptiMove, URs new motion control technology, which enhances trajectory smoothness and maintains accuracy in movements.

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AU Manufacturing

JUNE 13, 2023

Germany-headquartered Dimensionics Density announced that its density determination technology for additive manufacturing (AM) , which was introduced last month, has received a significant amount of attention from across industries.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Realtime Robotics’ innovative optimization service was recently used by  Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles  in Hanover, Germany, in a proof-of-concept project for electric vehicle manufacturing. The company was looking to quickly and efficiently improve the cycle time in a 2-robot cell that was welding car doors for the ID.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 16, 2025

As a result, Wilson says, many companies best known for machine monitoring are likely to simplify contextualization by moving toward introducing features similar to those available in manufacturing execution system software (MES software). Within a handful of days, the shop had saved $600 on scrap alone.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 27, 2024

Source: Realtime Robotics While conventional manufacturing involves robots working along a well-defined production line, software can enable multiple robots to work together more closely without collision for more complex and flexible processes. In addition, when robots’ tasks change, the planning process must begin again.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 14, 2024

The Austrian machine manufacturer said its LTM-CI is optimized for small parts assembly. Compact automation can be essential for end users that want to automate but don’t have the space for a large system. It then correctly positions these parts on a conveyor belt so it’s ready for the next manufacturing step.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 30, 2025

This system incorporates Polyrixs PolyScan technology, and reportedly enables manufacturers to scan 100% of components in real-time. The PolyScan V is currently deployed at 5 automotive manufacturers worldwide. Automation reduces human intervention, accelerates workflows, and enhances measurement repeatability and accuracy.

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Control.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Realtime Robotics has partnered with HLS Engineering Group to enhance automation cell optimization, aiming to eliminate production bottlenecks and reduce cycle times within a matter of weeks.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 15, 2025

Canadian companies have had a rough start to the year as discussions on the potential economic impact of tariffs point towards difficult times ahead. Manufacturers are in strict saving-mode, hoping to emerge from this potential crisis mostly unscathed. More manufacturing moving to the U.S.A.?

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Design World

JULY 27, 2022

A compact and lightweight printer applicator, the Wraptor A6200 is designed for flexible work environments like cellular manufacturing. With Brady’s automated Wraptor A6200 Wrap Printer Applicator, printing and wrapping is completed in less than seven seconds. Typical print throughput is up to 1000 labels per day at 300 dpi.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Guyson USA, a leader in automated surface preparation solutions, is excited to announce the release of its latest innovation, the TR-1000 Custom Vertical Blast System. Rapid Robotic Loading/Unloading: With automated loading and unloading via a robotic arm, handling time is drastically reduced, speeding up production cycles.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 7, 2025

Our VT 4 CNC vertical turning centers have integrated automation, simultaneous four-axis machining and IoT-ready capabilities. Fewer machines not only save expensive floor space and capital, but they also limit multiple clamping processes, reducing cycle times and minimizing the chances of errors and damage to parts.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

“In a short period of time since adding the ESAB Cobot, we’ve seen a significant increase in throughput,” said Brett Skyvington, president of Skyvington Manufacturing. Image courtesy of Skyvington Manufacturing. The mission is automation for anyone, anywhere,” Healy said. He is one of the company’s robot programmers.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 20, 2024

GrayMatter automated manually intensive tasks at Lawrence Brothers. manufacturers face widening labor shortfalls and need automation to help fill those gaps. With our investors’ support, we are making a real difference for shop workers and addressing the critical labor shortages in manufacturing today.”

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 5, 2024

lost these jobs when apparel manufacturing moved overseas, but it poses a significant risk to our national security, as evidenced by the nation’s struggle to manufacture and obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. is made overseas, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 17, 2023

Electric Motion Sizing Slashing the engineering time required for identifying and specifying harmonized electric motion systems Multi-axis handling systems can be specified Simply input key parameters, such as mass, stroke/travel distance, and cycle time ( see video ).

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

the evolving role of automation in the manufacturing industry was on full display with new or upgraded cobots, industrial robots and autonomous systems, such as AMRs. The advancements, made with invaluable input from manufacturers, ensure flexibility, efficiency, and the production and on time delivery of precise products.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 12, 2025

Robot orders in North America remained essentially flat in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). increase in units ordered and a 15% rise in order value, signaling continued demand and increased investment in higher-value automation systems. million in Q1 of 2025.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — As factories and warehouses look to automate more of their operations, they need confidence that multiple robots can conduct complex tasks repeatedly, reliably, and safely. From there, the motion planning in single robot cells as well as multirobot cells can be automatically optimized for cycle time.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2024

Source: Realtime Robotics Manufacturing can benefit from increasingly intelligent robots as much as any other industry. “Realtime is helping manufacturers realize the next wave of efficiency improvements necessary to get the most out of their new and existing automation applications.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Press Brake Operator Package from Mid-Atlantic Machinery is an example of an out-of-the-box, collaborative press brake automation solution. Collaborative robot (cobot-) powered press brake automation provides an effective way for companies of all sizes to boost productivity and throughput, enhance ergonomics, and cut cycle times.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Source: CloudNC CloudNC announces the launch of CAM Assist Cycle Time Estimator, a tool designed to accelerate the CNC machining estimation process and eliminate bottlenecks in the quoting workflow. 

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