Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

to enhance safety and efficiency in automotive production. Typically, programming robots for forging requires the metal parts to remain hot during the process, posing significant safety challenges, noted the company. Toyota will use robots simulated on NVIDIA Isaac Sim and controlled by READY Robotics’ ForgeOS. and NVIDIA Corp.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

RS now features the Factory Visual tool by Schneider Electric, a world leader in industrial automation and control products for applications ranging from simple machines to complex process systems. Customers interested in a more tailored experience can contact RS to request a 3D model of their own factory floor.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Robotics Factory, an initiative dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling Pittsburgh-area startups, has opened applications for its Accelerate Program’s second cohort. The Robotics Factory Accelerate Program aims to foster the next generation of robotics startups in the area.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how the factory floor has changed thanks to automation and how the connected worker benefits. Understand connected worker benefits such as improved productivity, safety and better collaboration and communication among workers.

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Automation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Industry 4.0 52

Automation Mag

APRIL 4, 2024

Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Neura Robotics, a cognitive robotics specialist. By combining Neura’s innovative solutions with Omron’s global reach and automation portfolio, we will provide customers new ways to increase safety, productivity and flexibility in their operations.”

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Cisco Industrial Automation

MAY 3, 2022

3 – Collaboration between IT, OT, and factory workers. For example, OT teams consider availability a top priority, only behind safety. Include solution users (plant managers, QA managers, factory workers) in the earliest planning stages of your IoT project to make sure they see the value of the solution and will actually use it.

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Plastics News

MAY 9, 2023

Part of the Swiss company SFS Group, the Sharon Township factory plans to undertake an expansion that will add 45 jobs and another $2.5 The plant makes parts used in safety components and brakes for cars. million in additional annual payroll.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 23, 2024

HMS provided the wireless expertise, products, and hands on support to ensure the AGVs moved efficiently and safely around the factory. At their state-of-the-art automotive factory in Ludwigsfelde, over 70 AGVs move automotive parts to the assembly line. We also need to comply with the soon-to-be mandatory EU safety regulations.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 19, 2024

Advancing Smart Factory Solutions At GTC, Innodisk is presenting smart manufacturing solutions powered by NVIDIA Metropolis for Factories technology, featuring AOI defect detection. Additionally, its application extends to safety and security, enabling comprehensive and accurate factory monitoring for enhanced safety.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 11, 2024

Source: Slamcore Just as advanced driver-assist systems, or ADAS, mark progress toward autonomous vehicles, so too can spatial intelligence assist manually driven vehicles in factories and warehouses. RTLS applications can use this enhanced data to significantly improve efficiency and safety of operations, it noted.

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Robotics Automation News

MARCH 29, 2023

Kivnon will launch one of the latest additions to its AGV portfolio, the K55 Pallet Stacker, at this year’s Advanced Factories Expo, which runs from 18-20th April in Barcelona.

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Logistics 64

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By bringing together diverse technologies and device manufacturers on the Factory Floor Lab, Betacom, Google Cloud and Ingram Micro aim to accelerate manufacturers’ automation and digitalization initiatives by demonstrating complete solutions that are available today. manufacturing.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MAY 3, 2023

Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said on May 2 in a preliminary report. provided natural gas to the factory complex via two mains.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This new interactive 3D tool from Schneider Electric allows you to visualize how various automation and control products could improve the operational efficiency, safety, reliability, and resilience of the equipment on your factory floor. It also provides one-click access to relevant product ranges on the RS website.

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Polytron

JULY 27, 2023

Automation World, 07/18/2023 Automation may take a few human workers off the factory floor, but remaining personnel—as well as all equipment and machinery—require protection. Fortunately, there is a wide array of safety devices available that target specific applications in the discrete, batch and continuous processing industries.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 20, 2024

Mining and resources: Remote sensor data for equipment health monitoring and improved safety. With more exciting technologies such as IO-Link safety and IO-Link wireless on the horizon, this is just the start of a megatrend. The post IO-Link Powers Up Australia’s Factories appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

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Cisco Industrial Automation

APRIL 19, 2022

And moving assets can’t tolerate a dropped connection or latency—a glitch could jeopardize safety or the company’s bottom line. Ultra-low latency (<10 milliseconds) to safely control high-value assets like factory robots and quay-side cranes at ports. Fiber isn’t available everywhere. It can be too expensive to deploy and maintain.

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Automation Mag

MARCH 13, 2024

Manufacturers from the process and factory automation industries are represented within this working group to ensure that I/O devices can be easily integrated into different automation systems and environments. Participation in the working group is open to members of the OPC Foundation. UDP/IP or Raw Ethernet) and physical layers (e.g.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 5, 2024

From mobile robots to cobots and beyond, AI is giving robots unprecedented levels of speed, accuracy, and payload carrying ability, enabling them to take on more tasks in settings like flexible factories, warehouses, logistics centers and laboratories. “AI-enabled

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Honeywell testing and battery manufacturing Quantum Encrypted Meters Safety Watch and Real-time Location Systems MXP Digitalization System Honeywell’s MXP is an end-to-end digitalization solution designed specifically for the unique needs of battery manufacturing.

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Manufacturing Benchmarking Automation 130

The Fabricator

APRIL 19, 2023

AP&T is offering factory-rebuilt presses—older machines that its facility in Tranemo, Sweden, has fully rebuilt and upgraded to meet current performance and safety requirements

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

Cobots are Safety Certified for Close Collaboration with Human Workers ABB (Auburn Hills, MI) has launched two new variants of its GoFa TM collaborative robot. Collaboration takes place between robots and factory workers without bulky protective barriers or fencing.

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Dinesh Mishra

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Convenient BVC touch screen security escort The ByCut Eco laser cutting machine is also uncompromising in the design of high safety standards. It always puts the long-term interests of customers and the personal safety of personnel in the first place. Expand and customize richer automation and smart factory solutions.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 9, 2023

The Workplace Health and Safety Show (WHSS) organisers announced the opening of the new Cleaning & Hygiene Zone, a special area inside the show that will be fully devoted to workplace hygiene and cleaning supplies. Registration for the event is free of charge. Registration for the event is free of charge.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2024

Source: Business Wire Rockwell Automation yesterday announced that it is working with Microsoft “to enable intelligent factories by simplifying complexity and helping empower customers to achieve sustainability goals and operational excellence.” Rockwell works with partners to streamline automated manufacturing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 21, 2023

During the last few years, collaborative robots, or cobots, have made significant inroads toward creating a truly flexible and automatic workforce in the factory setting. Conventional industrial robots also require careful consideration for the safety of people in the factory space where the robot works. Image: TRUMPF Group.

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ATS

DECEMBER 19, 2023

named ATS a 2023 Power Partner These prestigious awards reflect the many dimensions of ATS’s unwavering commitment to “making factories run better”—innovation, safety excellence, inclusive recruiting, management approach, customer partnerships, and more. This year’s achievements symbolize a dedication to continuous improvement.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 19, 2023

AP&T is offering factory-rebuilt presses—older machines that its facility in Tranemo, Sweden, has fully rebuilt and upgraded to meet current performance and safety requirements

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to the company, EcoStruxure Plant Lean Management automatically collects the relevant Information Technology and Operational Technology data for KPIs on productivity, service levels, quality, safety and sustainability with real-time access to on-site or remote data.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is a first-of-its-kind practical option for factory automation and embedded vision-based device manufacturers,” said Sadiq Panjwani, General Manager at Teledyne FLIR IIS. The cased models are Class B EMC safety compliant as mitigating electromagnetic interference is critical for healthcare and residential applications.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2023

The Rana Plaza disaster, 10 years ago on Monday , prompted outrage at the abysmal safety standards in the Bangladesh factories supplying major clothing brands and retailers, leading to the establishment of a cross-border agreement known as the international accord.

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Control.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have made voice control of machines in noisy industrial environments possible, opening up efficiency, safety, and accessibility on the factory floor.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

MAY 9, 2023

Datalogic, a global technology leader in the automatic data capture and factory automation markets, and Datasensing, a specialist in sensors, safety, and machine vision, will present their complete portfolio of solutions for industrial automation at SPS IPC Drives in Parma from May 23rd to 25th.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

APRIL 24, 2023

Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy The fight for safe conditions and fair pay in Bangladesh has not yet been won, campaigners are warning on the 10th anniversary of the deadliest disaster in the garment industry’s history. Continue reading.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 15, 2023

A clean work environment is essential for product quality, worker safety, and regulatory compliance in any manufacturing premises. It improves product quality, worker safety, regulatory compliance and employee morale. However, the traditional approach to cleaning can be time-consuming, labour-intensive, and inefficient.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 29, 2024

Improved insights and control over fleet operations set to enhance management, efficiency, and productivity, while strengthening driver, vehicle, and road safety. Upcoming additions to the Ford Pro UIS include the Vehicle Motion Inhibit Control that has safety, comfort and convenience enhancing features.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

For a connection to a smarter factory, including when remote monitoring is required, the latest functionality in SmartPAC PRO and ShopFloorConnect gives fabricators and metal formers efficient and easy-to-use tools. Another topic of interest was the Wintriss smart factory solution via its ShopFloorConnect ® OEE and Data Collection Software.

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