Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ability of press brakes and stamping presses to integrate with robotics, automation and IIoT ensures scalable and sustainable production solutions for metalworking shops. In just a few simple steps, operators can dock the mobile robot cell onto the bending machine and operate it automatically.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 21, 2024

today announced that it is developing a “unique, small-form-factor material handling system.” ” It said its latest robot will be able to lift, load, unload, and transport palletized 463L tactical cargo across various operating environments and terrains. Source: Stratom Stratom Inc. The Louisville, Colo. Marine Corps.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 1, 2024

LVD Company nv launches Easy-Cell 80/25, the latest in its line of robotic bending cells for automated bending. The robotic bending cell incorporates LVD’s advanced software for fast, simple offline programming of both press brake and robot. The cell features multiple robot grippers that can be easily changed to suit the job.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

3D Systems has acquired Titan Additive LLC (Titan Robotics), the Colorado-based designer and fabricator of large-format, industrial 3D printers. Titan Robotics is the only manufacturer offering hybrid tool head configurations that include pellet extrusion, filament extrusion, and a spindle tool head for precision finishing.

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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. Other equipment being demonstrated in the FABTECH booth includes an LT7 laser tube with robotic load/unload, LS5 sheet laser with automated load/unload, ELECT, E-TURN and SMART tube benders and two ProBend press brakes. wide-by-12.6”

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Within the past few years the number of Fastems ’ CNC automation solutions utilizing automated guided vehicles (AGV) or autonomous mobile robots (AMR) has multiplied, and the demand keeps rising, the company reports. Plug-and-Play Robotic Cell Streamlines Low-to-High Volume Part Loading, Unloading and Palletization.

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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. This Haas ST-25Y cell is attended by a FANUC robot arm. Photo Credit: Cinemanix One cell, however, eschews the bar feeder in favor of a robot arm from FANUC. inch spindle and sub-spindle.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Metal fabricators from across industries and the world flock to FABTECH, the biggest event of its kind in North America, for the latest in metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing. The results: higher output, less material waste, fewer costly errors, and shorter cycle times.

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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. The innovative vacuum gripper is used with TRUMPF’s TruBend Cell 5000 and is fitted to the TRUMPF BendMaster robotic arm. Up to 12 grippers can be positioned in this way. www.trumpf.com.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 20, 2023

Thoughts of factory automation usually bring to mind robot (or these days, cobot) arms tending machine tools. Many of the machines featured at its newly renovated headquarters and its Partners in THINC facility had some form of automation.

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Automation Mag

JULY 29, 2024

Leveraging advanced robotics and flexible controls technology, RoboTape is able to deliver a fast, flexible and scalable tape dispensing solution suitable for everything from B2B industrial applications to large CPG companies. The next step up is the RoboTape standard cell with an enclosed industrial robot for high production throughput.

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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. JTEKT was also featuring its RL7, an “out-of-the-box” engineered machine tending system with a full industrial robot arm.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ben Reed, CMO at Sanctuary AI (at the time of writing this article; Reed has since quit Sanctuary AI), which is on a mission to create general-purpose robots with human-like intelligence, highlighted the limitations of current technologies. Switzerland-based Mimic has developed an AI-driven collaborative robotic hand.

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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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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Servo spot guns integrated with the robot controller for easier programming, enabling robot uptime to be increased, along with other benefits. Under constant pressure to increase production throughput without compromising quality, manufacturers continue to implement robotic automation.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For decades technology in the form of automation has been the sole domain of large global manufacturing enterprises. Press Brake Innovation One area in which the company has forged an industry-leading expertise is metal forming. When a person breaches the perimeter of the work zone the robotic arm slows down.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Hurco and Kawasaki have collaborated to on robotic machine tending with the CL Series. Source: Kawasaki Robotics Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. today said it will demonstrate the latest additions to its portfolio, including the CL Series collaborative robots, at IMTS next week. The Wixom, Mich.-based and Germany.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A 60/20 Pro model is equipped with LVD’s Easy-Form® Laser system for greater control of the bending process to achieve high output at a high level of quality. Dyna-Press press brakes consume low electricity and deliver fast cycle times to bend more parts per minute more efficiently at a lower cost per part. www.lvdgroup.com.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Highly Precise Bolt-picking Robot Cell for Automotive Assembly KUKA Robotics’ (Shelby Township, MI) KR AGILUS is a compact, 6-axis robot designed for particularly high working speeds that reduce cycle times and increase production quality. The company received Universal Robots (UR)+ partner certification last year.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 11, 2024

I expected my first experience at Automate, held May 6-9 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, to include an array of robots (arms, dogs, humanoids, AGVs and so on) performing all manner of complex tasks. And while I did see a lot of cool and interesting demonstrations (scroll down to the last section to watch robots making cocktails!),

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This collaboration, featuring the implementation of SCARA robots and the AX-8 PC-Based Motion Controller, has enhanced ATS’ operational efficiency and demonstrated Delta’s unique market position. Delta introduced its SCARA robot solution, which ATS, already familiar with Delta’s extensive product range, was eager to test.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

kg, incorporates an integral controller with ethernet communication, allowing for seamless integration to both portal CMM frames or 6-axis industrial robots, including 7-axis rail mounted configurations. Dynamic 9D LADAR’s compact design, weighing just 10.4 www.apimetrology.com. High-speed Integrated 2D and 3D Measurement System.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 20, 2022

is their tooling, where the carbon fibre moulds are placed and heated before the resin is injected to form a wheel. Compared to the first wheels, which were made by hand with long cycling times, the production process has become highly automated, Denmead said. One of the areas Carbon Revolution applied Industry 4.0

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Prima Powers range of technologies is one of the widest in the industry: 2D and 3D laser machines for cutting, welding and drilling, punching machines, combined punch-laser and punch-shear systems, press brakes, panel benders, robotic bending cells and flexible manufacturing systems.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Source: Invent Automation Automotive manufacturing has long benefited from the thoughtful deployment of robotics and automation, and for good reason. However, layout constraints on the shop floor made traditional forms of automation difficult, leading to the creation of a compact and flexible system. The CapSen PiC 2.0

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 9, 2024

” Breaking Through Utilization Ceilings That “action” can take many forms but usually requires examining data from Datanomix in further detail. As a result, EPTAM Precision Plastics has continued to expand a robotic automation initiative it began in 2019 to increase the uptime of its machines.

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Technologically-advanced twin-shot automotive single wire seals The main Sumitomo (SHI) Demag stand (Hall B1, Stand 1105) features a fully electric IntElect 180/570-250 injection moulding machine equipped with an LSR package comprising a twin dosing system, robotics, and vacuum and venting peripheral equipment.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

New Software Platform Unlocks the Full Potential of Factory Data ABB Robotics’ (Auburn Hills, MI) new modular OptiFact software platform streamlines data collection, visualization, and analysis in automated production facilities. The company showcased the Press Shop of the Future at FABTECH 2023.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A low-torsion, powder-coated steel profile frame forms the basis of the Beck Medical IML. The robot’s intervention times of 1.0 – 1.4s (signal to signal) thus have no or only minimal influence on the cycle time. BECK is specialized in “In-mould Labeling” and high dynamic removal robots.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 24, 2024

Robotic Bending System Supports Unattended Operations for Increased Efficiency AMADA AMERICA INC.’s s (Buena Park, CA) EGB 6013 ARce is an electric robotic bending system for precise, high speed, unmanned productivity. A 6-axis robot achieves high-precision processing for high-mix, low-volume parts.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 23, 2022

Porosity, cavity-type discontinuities formed by gas entrapment during solidification 1 , is a common but cumbersome defect in MIG welding and one with several causes. It can appear in semi-automatic or robotic applications and requires removal and rework in both cases — leading to downtime and increased costs. WELDING TIPS.

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The Automation Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: Today we're covering news about IPCs, Robot Trends, High Speed Systems, Tunnel Tech, PanelView, Redundancy, Industrial Networks, ViewSE and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Monday, February 27, 2023. The first one here includes their prediction of the top three robot trends of 2023.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 15, 2023

www.tabwrapper.com Fight Labor Shortages with Fast and Flexible Cobot Deployments Rapid Robotics has partnered with Universal Robots to deploy more cobots. Rapid Robotics will also have greater flexibility in the design of work cells and selection of peripheral equipment.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 17, 2024

As replacement for such, sometimes, physically exhausting and monotonous tasks the automation of the work piece handling function by industrial robots is rapidly gaining in importance. A standard industrial robot handles the work pieces by placing them into the blast chamber and removing them after completion of the blast cycle.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Collaborative Robot Arc Welding Package ABB’s (Auburn Hills, MI) GoFa Collaborative Robot Arc Welding Package is a breakthrough solution that simplifies creating and executing welding sequences, empowering first-time robot users to create high-quality welds without the need for in-depth knowledge of robot programming.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 13, 2024

While automation provides numerous benefits to the shop floor, there is at least one drawback that Frank Desrosiers picked up on quickly as his injection molding operation implemented more robotics. It was 2015 when Windmill began implementing more automation, working with Quebecois integrator CFM Robotics.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 12, 2024

APG’s sister company utilizes the 3D printed chuck jaws in a turning process on a DMG MORI lathe tended by a FANUC robot. Bound metal deposition applies polymer filament carrying metal powder to build up green metal forms, similar to any desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer printing in polymer.

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