Robotics Business Review

JUNE 27, 2024

Boston-based Realtime Robotics said its technology generates optimized motion plans and interlocks to achieve the shortest possible cycle times in single and multi-robot workcells. Realtime Optimization cuts cycle times Programming a workcell and choreographing robots is typically a time-consuming job for engineers.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) worked with Gojo Industries to create robotic cells: a de-tray and layer forming system. Designing the de-tray and layer forming robotic cells allowed several the engineering team to solve robot speed issues and meet cycle time requirements. Layer forming system.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 22, 2025

For example, I once had to improve the cycle time, dimensional stability and appearance of a part made from PPSU. The hot steel ribs caused sink with parts stuck on the ribs and ejector pins deformed the surface, resulting in excessive cycle time.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 14, 2024

One part, which Thompson says is called the “birdcage” in the industry, forms the left and right rear axle bearings on a car. This cut the cycle time for this initial stage of machining from about five minutes down to less than a minute and a half, enabling the shop to move to its boring operation much swifter.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 10, 2024

designed to collect and process data from metal forming equipment — such as stamping presses and coldforming machines – equipped with Marposs Brankamp devices or T1 terminals. software collects, processes, and integrates data from production forming machines that can integrate with MES and ERP systems. Marposs C-THRU4.0

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Available in various models to suit any fabrication requirement, with specifics on dimensions, approach speed, forming speed, and more provided to ensure you find the perfect match for your workshop. www.aida-global.com The post Faster Cycle Times and Consistent Output Empower Fab Shops appeared first on Fabricating & Metalworking.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Available in various models to suit any fabrication requirement, with specifics on dimensions, approach speed, forming speed, and more provided to ensure you find the perfect match for your workshop. www.aida-global.com The post Faster Cycle Times and Consistent Output Empower Fab Shops appeared first on Fabricating and Metalworking.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Key Features and Process Highlights The TR-1000 Custom Vertical Blast System introduces several industry-first features designed to optimize efficiency and precision: Dual-Sided Blasting: Equipped with 18 oscillating blast guns, the TR-1000 blasts both sides of metal sheets simultaneously, significantly reducing cycle time and minimizing warping.

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Modern Materials Handling

JANUARY 10, 2023

While it’s not time to say, “move over bar codes,” newer forms of data capture technology are starting to see use and promise more operational visibility with fewer manually triggered data collection tasks.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this application of the idea, decision-makers rely on heavy amounts of data pertaining to cycle times, production rates and queue lengths to guide their efforts. This can lead to variable results and unpredictable cycle times. Process standardization: Sometimes, the problem is that processes may not be standardized.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Automation technologies continue to evolve and support manufacturing productivity as well as address workforce shortages for shops involved in metal forming, fabricating, welding, finishing, metal cutting and more.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The combination of fast production and short cycle times, and lower costs make these solutions ideal for a variety of applications including: · Sand casting · Tooling, including thermoforming, vacuum forming, sheet metal forming, composite tooling, etc. Why 3D Print with Pellets? Why pellets? The first reason is cost.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A 1-meter (118”) single stroke of the feeding gripper ensures rapid cycle times between parts. The Combi-AGT, unveiled at last year’s edition of FABTECH, demonstrates the commitment to the metal forming and fabricating industry. The HBE-320/523GA offers a cutting capacity of 20.6” wide-by-12.6” The fiber laser output is 4.0

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For example, shops pay more attention to a mold’s thermal dynamics during design, molding and preventative maintenance (PM) to reduce cycle time, decrease energy consumption, improve plastic part quality and increase yield. Lower cycle times and lower scrap rates equate to higher part production.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 19, 2023

With this method, an MSC Metalworking Specialist can quickly help any shop achieve its objectives of shorter cycle times, better surface finishes and accuracy, or longer tool life. How the MillMax Service Works This whitepaper from MSC explains the causes of chatter and how vibration analysis is used to find optimal cutting parameters.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 23, 2022

METAL FORMING & FABRICATING. Metal fabricators are seeking ways to reduce cycle times and increase productivity in their operations. This reduces cycle time and makes the multigripper ideal for companies with a bending cell and looking to boost their productivity. www.trumpf.com. www.trumpf.com.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In grinding, this means not only examining the factors behind cycle times and material removal rate (MRR), but those controlling the stability of the operation. MRR, which is measured in cubic inches per minute or cubic millimeters per second, is a measure of the volume of material being removed from a workpiece per unit of time.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 26, 2023

Skimmers remove the oil films that form over coolant. Coolants that are too rich can stain parts and require more washing to remove, increasing cycle times, while lean coolant concentrations can lead to rapid tool wear and breakage. Grinding forms a greasy powder that skimmers cannot pick up and which plugs coalescers.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Form Grinder’s Advanced Design is Ideal for Mold Base Prep, Inserts. is a full-function, two-axis, simultaneous CNC form grinder ideal for surface, slot, step, form and contour grinding. Free-Form, Mold and Die Machining Cycle Times Cut With Multitasking Machine. Photo Credit: Okamoto Corp.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 21, 2024

today announced that it is developing a “unique, small-form-factor material handling system.” “These unique capabilities enhance cargo operations while reducing fuel waste and minimizing cycle times for military personnel.” Source: Stratom Stratom Inc.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“Through the innovative modular approach of their printers, and the ability to use both pellet and filament product forms in an open architecture with widely available production polymer systems, we believe the adoption rate of industrial 3D printing will continue to accelerate.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 23, 2025

While this approach significantly increases material costs — by a factor of ten — it also results in longer cooling and cycle times. The primary objective is to achieve near-isotropic conditions as the micro-cavity fills with the melt and solidifies to form a high-quality micropart.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 9, 2024

The Form 4 is a fast, reliable 3D printer for professionals, delivering most parts in under two hours. Source: Business Wire Formlabs ’ Form 4 and Form 4B are the company’s new flagship resin 3D printer sets. It completes most prints in under two hours and small parts in minutes of cycle time.

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Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Traditional gearmaking requires multiple processes, and combining them into one platform can improve cycle times and part quality. Automation was present in other forms as well. This display of silicon and silicon carbide parts represented JTEKT’s solutions for the semiconductor industry.

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Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The company also has a robust machine shop, where it has experimented with numerous forms of automation to meet customer demand. According to Hickey, the dual-pallet approach is ideal for jobs with six-minute cycle times, as that leaves plenty of time for the attendant to prepare the next workpiece.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 20, 2023

Many of the machines featured at its newly renovated headquarters and its Partners in THINC facility had some form of automation. The machine’s orientation is designed to work with one or two gantry loaders, reducing cycle times and loading/unloading times.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 1, 2024

FLEXIBLE SCOPE Easy-Cell 80/25 combines an Easy-Form 80-ton press brake with KUKA industrial robot to handle parts from 100-x-100 mm up to 1,600-x-1,200 mm weighing up to 25 kg. The swivel movement reduces the time it takes for regripping, improving overall cycle time.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

They also discuss conformal cooling, higher thermal conductivity applications in true tool steels that provide improved wear, longevity, cycle time and cooling as well as common barriers to metal AM adoption in the tooling sectors and the importance of working with suppliers to get into trials to better understand the technology.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In typical applications, ToolScope can often increase process security by as much as 25%, reduce cycle times up to 15% and, with wear monitoring, optimize tool life and provide additional tool reserve usage up to 30%. This capability allows shops to reduce production time, improve surface quality and achieve greater accuracy of form.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 13, 2023

The automated cell at the heart of GF’s Medical Center of Competence includes a Form P 350 die-sinker EDM, a Mikron Mill S 400 U, inspection equipment, storage racks and a robot that manages it all. This software ensures sparks only form on the front of the electrode, not the sides.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

Here’s a look back at some AM technologies that used raw materials to build a plastic-forming core or cavity insert in a mold. This technology quickly became known as rapid tooling because what would typically take 12-18 weeks to produce could be done in half the time. All of this is possible only through AM.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Cooling a mold can be up to 80% of the cycle time for injection molding. Conformal cooling channels can greatly reduce this, therefore reducing overall cycle time and optimizing production line process. Visit Booth 1615 for support in metal additive technologies, or to start your journey from plastics to metal.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

and world leader in nitrogen gas systems for metal forming operations, recently announced the upgrade of its Brecksville facility with two new machine tools to provide faster and more diverse gas spring solutions. Other benefits of these machines include: Up to 20% reduction in cycle time. Hyson, a business of Barnes Group Inc.,

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

These include flat and folded/formed sheet metal components, gaskets and seals, laminations, O-rings, paper acetate and electronic drawings and other opaque and semi-transparent flat materials. Planar is ideal for shop floor use, requires minimal operator input and increases production throughput across a wide range of applications.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

Five-Axis Accuracy, Speed Once in production, Accu-Shape saved roughly four hours of setup time in a mold project with a large, slightly curved surface because they went from six to eight setups down to just two.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The stainless-steel surface is then oxidized to form the uniform black coating that can be sealed with an appropriate rust preventive topcoat for optimum appearance and corrosion resistance. By using an in-house finishing system, a company can achieve cycle time reductions, inventory reductions and overall process improvements.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 12, 2024

The Ball Lock Power Chuck and Quick Change 3-Jaw Chuck are the latest additions to Speedgrip’s broad portfolio of standard precision workholding mandrels, collets and general machining jaw chucks that are proven to reduce overall part cycle times. The presetting fixture provides ±.0005-inch

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