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Unleash the power of smart manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives: Understand what technologies should be integrated into manufacturing automation and robotic processes Review current, available Industry 4.0 technology trends Learn the needed competences to complete a robotics and automation risk assessment Quickly establish Industry 4.0 To thrive within the Industry 4.0

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Automation and Jobs

Manufacturer's Monthly

Automation, robotics and collaborative robots (also known as cobots) have the power to change the way the welding and manufacturing industries work. China, Korea, Singapore and Japan are making significant national investments in robotics. In Japan, the ‘New Robot Strategy’ aims to make the country the world ?s

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How industry can realise the benefits of advanced technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

Author: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia But, with the advent of automation, robots, cobots and a range of other advanced welding technologies and techniques, this perception is becoming more and more outdated. robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Welding is a far less dangerous and arduous job than ever before.

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1 Million Part Additive Manufacturing Order

Additive Manufacturing

Earlier last year, Merit3D applied for and received funds to purchase automation equipment that enhanced their additive manufacturing flow process. These funds were used to purchase robots as well as other automation equipment used in their 3D printing process.

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Tooling & Workholding

Fabricating & Metal Work

That includes combinations of such products as a machine washdown tool, Zero Point System (ZPS), a range of pneumatic and hydraulic devices, and a new spindle gripper for first level automation without a robot. The core of EZ-Tend’s simplicity lies in its use of a proven lean manufacturing technique: pallet changing.