Automation World
AUGUST 11, 2022
If you need your robot to pick and place different objects or handle objects in different orientations, you’ll need a robot vision system. Understanding the differences among 2D, 3D, and 2.5D cameras is a major factor in your vision system choice.
Design World
AUGUST 10, 2022
ITT Inc. has announced it acquired Clippard Instrument Laboratories’ product lines of durable, low maintenance, and cost-competitive interchangeable pneumatic cylinders. The product lines include stainless steel, brass and aluminum cylinders and volume tanks. These industry-leading components will expand ITT’s Compact Automation product offering of air cylinders, linear and rotary actuators used in applications such as robotics,… The post ITT expands portfolio with acquisition of Clippard
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Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Telexistence has started the mass production of its originally developed artificial intelligence robot, TX SCARA, to be installed in 300 FamilyMart stores, Japan’s top-tier convenience store chain in major metropolitan areas, starting later this month, validating its AI-based “robot-as-a-service” solution for grocery retailers. TX SCARA was created to do the specific task of restocking refrigerated […].
Universal Robots
AUGUST 10, 2022
Palletizing is the epitome of the kind of physically demanding and repetitive work that increases the chance of workplace injury when done for hours on end.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Automation World
AUGUST 8, 2022
The goal is not to just donate money or goods, but to provide support on a professional basis to help Ukrainian system integrators keep their businesses and families alive.
Design World
AUGUST 8, 2022
Today, ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in fields where technical standards play a crucial role. This year’s winners were chosen from a competitive pool of various applicants. The following candidates will receive the 2022 ASTM International graduate scholarships: Diana Wyman is pursuing her Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science at North Carolina State University.
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The Fabricator
AUGUST 11, 2022
Garland, Texas metal fabrication shop TPI turned to a SafanDarley Mini Cell robotic press brake to stay on top of its bending jobs. The automation investment was a big step in the company’s growth.
Automation World
AUGUST 12, 2022
Beckhoff introduces a new modular, customizable robot technology amid dramatic increases in robot use to address workforce, quality, and throughput issues.
Design World
AUGUST 8, 2022
Bosch Rexroth is now offering linear modules for small handling applications with its new new SHB and SHL models. These modules are suitable for more than factory automation; they are designed for lighter load applications, such as in medical labs, universities and vision systems. With simple USB to laptop connectivity, monitoring and controlling are easy to achieve.
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Acieta has unveiled a new collaborative robotic system for welding. The company says the new “FastARC” cobot can pay back customers’ investment “in as little as six months”. Acieta says that “everyone is struggling to hire and retain good laborers, especially those with welding skills”. But when the position is unfilled, a welding system sits […].
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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.
Plastics News
AUGUST 8, 2022
Bingham Farms, Mich.-based auto supplier Gissing North America LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with up to $100 million in liabilities, including $13.3 million owed to Tesla Inc. Under an agreement pending approval, however, the electric vehicle behemoth and other customers, including General Motors Co., have agreed to keep the supplier afloat until it is sold.
Manufacturer's Monthly
AUGUST 10, 2022
Engineers in Melbourne have discovered a way to replace conventional aggregates in concrete such as gravel and crushed rock with rubber from discarded tyres that meets building codes. . The team from RMIT University says the new greener and lighter concrete also promises to reduce manufacturing and transportation costs significantly and boost the circular economy. .
Design World
AUGUST 8, 2022
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the leading association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, has welcomed a new member company. MEM Industrial, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) began in 2003 as a rebuild shop for electric motors, gearboxes and pumps. In 2015, the company opened a parts side–Midwest Industrial Supplies.
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 9, 2022
Stäubli Robotics and Quantum Surgical, an innovative surgical robotic company, is developing an innovative solution, a combination of powerful software and robotic platform for minimally invasive therapies in liver cancer. This strategic partnership aims to combine this “savoir-faire” to strengthen the role of robotics in minimally invasive cancer treatments and to build a “world leader”, […].
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
The Fabricator
AUGUST 8, 2022
As metal fabricators and other manufacturers debate the effectiveness of tariffs, the U.S. International Trade Commission announces its own investigation into the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs and the Section 301 tariffs on various Chinese imports.
Plastics News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Researchers say the results show complementary technologies like molding and additive manufacturing can open up new capabilities.
Design World
AUGUST 11, 2022
For precise equipment, ensuring an optimum coupling is vital for performance and reliability. For over 50 years Huco has offered a wide range of standard couplings designed to meet the needs of the precision automation, motion transfer, medical and laboratory sectors. However, as application demands for couplings in these industries can vary widely, Huco offers […].
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Automotive giant General Motors and open source software provider Red Hat have formed a partnership to “help advance software-defined vehicles at the edge”. The companies expect to expand an ecosystem of innovation around the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, which provides a functional-safety certified Linux operating system foundation intended for the ongoing evolution of GM’s […].
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70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.
The Fabricator
AUGUST 9, 2022
Soft-tissue injuries cost metalworking and other manufacturing companies millions every year, but heeding the early warning signs can save employees and business owners at any facility a lot of aches and pains.
Plastics News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Core Technology CEO Geoff Foster: "We're reaching out to touch the underrepresented kids who can't afford STEM camps. A high percent of them are from low-income areas. Unfortunately, for some, the lunch is their best meal of the day.
Plastics Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Extensive R&D operations near Chicago include a pilot plant dedicated to optimizing chemical recycling for mixed material plastic packaging.
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 8, 2022
A PwC study found that AI will potentially contribute about $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Another survey by Accenture reported that 84 percent of C-suite executives admitted that leveraging AI is key to achieving their objectives. The report shows how companies are embracing AI automation to transform how they do business. AI […].
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.
The Fabricator
AUGUST 9, 2022
Zac DiVencenzo and Dan Fernback met as engineering students in college at Youngstown State University and, shortly after graduation, opened an additive manufacturing company, JuggerBot.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 10, 2022
Media Release. Future Energy Week will bring about 400 delegates from national and international companies, governments and academia for the event in November. It’s the second year the Tonsley Future Energy Consortium has hosted the event, which is hosted at the Tonsley Innovation Hub in Adelaide, South Australia. On the table for discussion are topics around hydrogen energy, the future of mobility, food, energy and water and the “energy trilemma”, which refers to making energy affordable, susta
Plastics Today
AUGUST 9, 2022
Avery Dennison is first label manufacturer to enable rigid plastic recycling for its polymer films portfolio, which could divert 200 billion plastic containers from landfill.
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 9, 2022
The virtual currencies are the best way to invest in real estate. They allow you to have more control over your investment and make it more transparent for other investors to see. The real estate industry is one of the most profitable industries in 2018. The growth it has seen over the past few years […].
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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.
The Fabricator
AUGUST 10, 2022
Tiffany Noel Orff wants to see more women in welding, as currently they comprise a significantly small portion of the workforce. She hopes her new welding facility in southern California will help in some way.
AU Manufacturing
AUGUST 9, 2022
Media Release Australian Renewable Energy Agency. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $1.27 million in funding for MGA Thermal Pty Ltd (MGA Thermal) to help demonstrate their innovative thermal energy storage technology. . The Medium Duration Thermal Energy Storage demonstrator (MDTES), with an expected budget of $2.85 million, will see the construction of a pilot unit able to demonstrate the generation of steam from stored t
Control Engineering
AUGUST 10, 2022
Ethernet Insights. Ethernet has become the main communications protocol in manufacturing for a long time and now companies are using Internet of Things (IoT) protocols to improve communications. IoT communications has many benefits, but it also needs enhanced security and protocol efficiency because more systems are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks.
Robotics Automation News
AUGUST 10, 2022
Amazon and iRobot have entered into a “definitive merger agreement” under which Amazon will acquire iRobot. iRobot is the well known maker of innovative cleaning products for the home, including the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot. iRobot says it has continued to innovate with every product generation, solving hard problems to help give customers valuable time […].
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