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Industrial Robot Maintenance

ATS

Articulated robots, along with the growing use of collaborative robots (cobots), are essential to modern manufacturing operations. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher.

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Robot integration ease of use a priority

Control Engineering

Robotics Insights. Many companies are utilizing robot integration in their programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Researchers believe using a more automated process will reduce system complexity and system maintenance needs. Integrating robots can be time-consuming, tedious and expensive. New robot systems working group.

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IMTS / Hannover Messe Chicago Recap

Gary Mintchell

D:PLOY automatically discovers and configures all the components in a robotic cell – including any leading collaborative or light industrial robot arm and tools – while also integrating external I/O from sensors and machines. D:PLOY will be available for all common robotic applications, making deployment up to 80% faster.

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Plant instrumentation and controls: Issues and drivers

Control Engineering

Figure 4: The “bathtub curve” hazard function (blue, upper solid line) is a combination of a decreasing hazard of early failure (red dotted line) and an increasing hazard of wear-out failure (yellow dotted line), plus some constant hazard of random failure (green, lower solid line). Collaborative mobile robots. Courtesy: Yokogawa.

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Industrial Furnace Maintenance

ATS

Their main functions include hardening, stress-relieving, toughening and strengthening metal parts. This can result in products not receiving the right treatment, leading to potential warranty claims, recalls and even liability issues. Industrial furnaces are used to modify the physical and chemical properties of products or materials.

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Automate packaging process to meet growing demand

Control Engineering

The initial costs and ROI of this process vary from company to company. Robots, specifically Cobots or collaborative robots, have been found to be cost-effective because it eliminates some labor costs and does not require industrial-level electricity. Robots and cobots. More specifically, of those with robots, 34.9%

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5G communications drive process industry digitalization

Control Engineering

5G wireless communication can help process manufacturers realize digital transformation. 5G can help in many ways including cloud robotics, remote monitoring and more. A proof-of-concept was performed with remote control technology to prove 5G could be successfully used in a process manufacturing facility.