Robotics Business Review

MAY 21, 2024

” It said its latest robot will be able to lift, load, unload, and transport palletized 463L tactical cargo across various operating environments and terrains. “These unique capabilities enhance cargo operations while reducing fuel waste and minimizing cycle times for military personnel.” The Louisville, Colo.-based

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pre-configured work cells that are integrated on a common base reduce installation and setup time, enabling quick deployment onto the manufacturing floor. Custom turnkey systems are thoroughly tested throughout the build process, which takes time and allows most testing and debugging taking place before shipping occurs.

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MARCH 4, 2025

At the end of February 2025, UK-based mass moulder Broanmain Plastics took delivery of a fully automated 320-ton Haitian injection moulding machine featuring a Hilectro cartesian robot. The Hilectro cartesian robot can perform this demoulding task at a consistent pace and rate. The energy savings were clearly impressive.

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JULY 29, 2024

TM Robotics has launched a revolutionary new robotic feeding system — the Infinifeed — to the UK and wider European market. Powered by Shibaura Machine’s advanced THE series of industrial robots, the Infinifeed is an automated feeding system that addresses the common challenges of parts feeding and sorting. Today Magazine.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

WELDING TIPS Implementing robotic welding can significantly improve a manufacturing operation’s productivity and weld quality, but what are the robotic welding basics you should know to be successful? Success with robotic welding requires a well-researched plan.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ben Reed, CMO at Sanctuary AI (at the time of writing this article; Reed has since quit Sanctuary AI), which is on a mission to create general-purpose robots with human-like intelligence, highlighted the limitations of current technologies. Switzerland-based Mimic has developed an AI-driven collaborative robotic hand.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 22, 2025

At the heart of this transformation is ultra-precision machining, powered by advanced CNC systems, robotic automation, and artificial intelligence. AI and machine learning increasingly play a crucial role in optimizing processes, providing real-time deviation prediction and correction. Mazak Corp. Image courtesy of Starrag.

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Dinesh Mishra

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Importance of Turning in Machining Turning is vital in numerous sectors, such as: Automotive: Creating engine components, transmission parts, and various fittings. Applications: Useful for applications that require: Fitting parts together: Ensuring proper alignment in assemblies. It often follows drilling to reach tighter tolerances.

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Automation Mag

JULY 29, 2024

Leveraging advanced robotics and flexible controls technology, RoboTape is able to deliver a fast, flexible and scalable tape dispensing solution suitable for everything from B2B industrial applications to large CPG companies. The next step up is the RoboTape standard cell with an enclosed industrial robot for high production throughput.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 29, 2024

To fill in this missing piece of the automation process, rotary surface grinders are now available in “robot-ready” versions for easy connection and integration with third party robotic arms. There are many scenarios in which a company can benefit from using robotics in the grinding process.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 22, 2025

Also, as fabrication shops expand their business capabilities, demand for higher output increases, so integrating advanced CNC machining centers with robotic welding and automated material handling systems are excellent options for the most efficient operations.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The jump speed is nearly instantaneous compared to either traditional motion stages or robotic motion, and can dramatically decrease cycle times.          Contour welding: galvo scanning heads are adept at steering the laser beam in an XY plane to create a seam weld of any programmed shape.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

We specialize in producing molds and molded parts for the most demanding applications, most often tight tolerance and functionally critical parts such as gears, housings and fittings. CNC milling and sinker EDM machines use multi-pallet automation with robotic tending to run parts fully unattended.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 2, 2023

While the shop’s high-mix workload makes industrial robots an ill fit, clever usage of pallets on horizontal four-axis machines has led to what McKenzie says is an almost tripling of throughput and profit compared to when the shop primarily used high-speed vertical machining centers.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The compatibility and ease of use of tool changers with various robotic tools and end-effectors contributes to versatility in the production process, while at the same time reducing errors and keeping your operators safe. Mounted to the end of the robot arm, the TKX changer is able to remove a variety of different tools from a rack.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 18, 2023

While the shop’s small lot sizes (20 parts might be a large lot for the shop) prevent robotization at this time, these pallets have given the shop the opportunity to perform some lights-out work. Optimizations since that time brought hog milling cycle times down to about six hours.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 26, 2023

The jump speed is nearly instantaneous compared to either traditional motion stages or robotic motion, and can dramatically decrease cycle times.          Contour welding: galvo scanning heads are adept at steering the laser beam in an XY plane to create a seam weld of any programmed shape.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 20, 2023

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based shop has fostered a close relationship with VersaBuilt Robotics , leveraging the automation OEM’s technology to improve revenue and maintain the shop’s reputation as a quick-turn manufacturer. How do three machinists handle a 5,000-part rush order over a weekend?

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 22, 2024

This automated robotic cell at MetalQuest frees employees from repetitive, manual tasks. Source: MetalQuest From the earliest days of automation at IMTS featuring a robot hand moving parts, there has been a massive evolution in technology. So how can you decide where automation fits best in your business?

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 28, 2023

The benefits of automation are potentially huge, but the investment required for a robot arm or pallet changer can be intimidating or even prohibitive. Looking Under the Hood Because the hood, vise and blank all must fit into the machine’s toolchanger, the size of the parts it can handle is restricted.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

KUKA’s ready2_edcuate mobile training cell using KUKA.SmartBinPicking software and KUKA.MixedReality augmented reality for robots will demonstrate how easy it is to program a robotic smart bin-picking operation. The KUKA KR AGILUS is a 6-axis robot designed for extreme high speed and agility. m above the ground.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 11, 2024

A growing number of organizations are utilizing Robots as a Service (RaaS), due to attractive financing programs, which are enabling the use of scalable robotic automation. Photo courtesy of Path Robotics. Having a good grasp on these strategic factors is often the doorway to knowing which type of robot or work cell to select.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 20, 2022

Since then, the design of the wheels was iterated many times to become one of the most complex carbon fibre products. Carbon Revolution is now celebrating its 50,000th single-piece carbon fibre automotive wheel, designed to be fitted to the rear of a Corvette Z06. The adoption of Industry 4.0

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 2, 2023

To highlight its newly launched KMP 600-S diffDrive mobile platform AGV system, KUKA partnered it with a KR IONTEC robot in a cell developed by Mujin for palletizing and depalletizing consumer goods. KUKA will spotlight the Airskin safety technology on two industrial robots. requirements.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Perfect for packaging Achieving a dry fast cycle time of less than 4 seconds, launching on the main stand is the IntElectS 220 ton clamp force machine for packaging. seconds from a mechanically-recycled PP material supplied by Borealis, Campetella’s side entry robot promptly removes and stacks them on a conveyor.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This collaboration, featuring the implementation of SCARA robots and the AX-8 PC-Based Motion Controller, has enhanced ATS’ operational efficiency and demonstrated Delta’s unique market position. Delta’s advanced automation technologies provided the perfect fit for this challenge.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. seconds) and KR IonTec robot can help for food processing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 15, 2023

www.tabwrapper.com Fight Labor Shortages with Fast and Flexible Cobot Deployments Rapid Robotics has partnered with Universal Robots to deploy more cobots. Rapid Robotics will also have greater flexibility in the design of work cells and selection of peripheral equipment.

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Automation Mag

JANUARY 8, 2024

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. OEMs can build that same panel in probably one-quarter of the time.” Machine size can be reduced with no excess cabinets required.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Technologically-advanced twin-shot automotive single wire seals The main Sumitomo (SHI) Demag stand (Hall B1, Stand 1105) features a fully electric IntElect 180/570-250 injection moulding machine equipped with an LSR package comprising a twin dosing system, robotics, and vacuum and venting peripheral equipment.

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 17, 2022

Thanks to its compact design the block fits into a standard overseas container,” is how keg product manager Daum explains the principle of the system. Within this frame all kinds of cycle are feasible. “A At the end of the line the kegs are set down on pallets by a second KHS palletizing robot. All-rounder for all formats.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Collaborative Robot Arc Welding Package ABB’s (Auburn Hills, MI) GoFa Collaborative Robot Arc Welding Package is a breakthrough solution that simplifies creating and executing welding sequences, empowering first-time robot users to create high-quality welds without the need for in-depth knowledge of robot programming.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When paired with fiber lasers, galvo scan heads can minimize point-to-point positioning times, shaving seconds off cycle times on parts with multiple weld locations. Ideal This wobble helps increase the size of the melt pool and join parts that have lower manufacturing tolerances for part fit-up.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 15, 2023

Automation — especially today’s affordable, easier-to-use collaborative and light industrial robots — offer tremendous promise. Once programmed, redeployment for new products or to add productivity improvements can also be challenging, which can make it harder for shops with high-mix, low-volume production to justify a robotics investment.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There’s no need for clock synchronous application operation, because it’s a very simple application.The cycle times, ver roughly, are tens of millisecond. This also is not synchronized via a clock because it’s single axis and maybe not required, but the cycle times are a little more stringent.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 10, 2022

It is AIMS Ready, which means it can be used as a standalone machine but could be easily integrated to your lights out, unmanned AIMS manufacturing cell with automatic pallet transfer using AutoFetch robot. ToolRoom RN35 focuses on productivity and cycle time improvements especially machine running costs.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 21, 2022

It is AIMS Ready, which means it can be used as a standalone machine but could be easily integrated to your lights out, unmanned AIMS manufacturing cell with automatic pallet transfer using AutoFetch robot. ToolRoom RN35 focuses on productivity and cycle time improvements especially machine running costs.

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