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| At Automate 2023, held this past May in Detroit, MI, the Universal Robots booth featured what’s reportedly a first: cobot spot welding courtesy of Pro Spot International. Pro Spot has combined its new i5s sophisticated spot welding unit with a Universal Robots cobot in a platform that reportedly delivers two to three times more manufacturing capacity than without the cobot. |
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| Switch to Better End-Of-Arm Tooling |
| Transporter® Switch Series (TPS) Magnets are ideal for use where vacuum cups and grippers are used for lifting and moving steel sheets, blanks, parts, and assemblies in automated press-to-press transfer or robotic "pick and place" applications. They are perfect for clean room environments. NO dirty air exhausted to the atmosphere. |
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| Hypertherm Updates its Robotmaster Robotic Offline-Programming Software |
| Hypertherm
Associates, Hanover, NH, has announced the latest version of its
offline-programming software with the launch of Robotmaster 2024.
Addressing key market trends, Robotmaster 2024 supports programming
multiple robots in a single workcell and meets the demand for automatic
trajectory optimization and robotic error correction, say company
officials. In addition, the software update includes improvements to the
cell and tooling editor, as well as improvements to the UX (user
experience) and UI (user interface), to ease the programming experience. |
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| Cut 3D Parts After Forming |
| Cut 3D parts after they’re formed. Bent tubes, hydroformed components, tubular assemblies, deep drawn parts, flat or stamped plates can be trimmed and cut with efficiency and excellent cut quality every time. The LT-Free replaces traditional machining operations and allows you to get the finished part in a single work cycle. |
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| Compact, 3-Ton-Capacity AGV |
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| The new Stäubli PF3 automated guided vehicle (AGV) features a compact design that enables the lifting and carrying of payloads to 3 tons with high positioning precision (±5 mm). The PF3 base measures 1750 by 970 mm with a 350-mm height without the lift unit and 400-mm height with the unit. For simplified integration, it offers standard software interfaces, and electrical and mechanical interfaces allow for third-party add-ons. |
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| Maximize Uptime and Improve Productivity |
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| Compact Cobot-Training Cell |
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| The
Ready2_educate cobot-training cell from Kuka Robotics, a complete
starter package for schools, universities and company training
facilities, features the LBR iisy cobot that provides six axes of
motion, a 3-kg payload, 600-mm maximum reach and 18.8-kg overall weight. |
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| Chemcoaters Introduces Corrosion-Inhibiting Coil-Coating for HRPO and CR Steel |
| Chemcoaters, Gary, IN, a provider of corrosion-inhibiting metal coatings, has developed and launched a thin-film coating for cold-rolled and hot-rolled pickled and oiled (HRPO) steel. This thin-film coating, named FeGuard, reportedly is the first of its kind to offer significant corrosion protection to these substrates. FeGuard, designed for application to master coils on Chemcoaters’ coil-coating line, is aimed at providing alternatives to lower zinc-coating weights. |
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| ABB Debuts Robotics-Education Package |
| ABB
Robotics, in its ongoing efforts to prepare students for the future of
work, has launched a ready-to-use education package comprising its GoFa
collaborative robot (cobot), teaching materials and a globally
recognized technical qualification. |
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| Motion-Control Technology Supports Automating of Metal Forming Applications |
| Motion-control technology provider Moog Inc. has partnered with Salvagnini, a provider of equipment for automating metal forming applications, to develop an eight-axis Cartesian manipulator robot for automatically directing and sorting parts produced on punching and shearing machines. The setup is designed to effectively handle a high variability of batches, as well as small and diversified batches, and meet requirements for short delivery times and customer-quality guarantees. Salvagnini’s eight-axis manipulator fits into an existing floor layout while performing a variety of tasks, all while consuming less energy than competing designs, say company officials. |
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| Produce Hinges Without Two Tool Sets, and Without Welds and Fasteners |
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| The
One-Hit-Hinge tool from Mate Precision Technologies improves upon
traditional forming of hinges on a punching machine using two tool sets
where one tool forms the pre-curl in two hits, and the second tool
closes the hinge. This not only requires three total forming strokes,
but the machine gap limits hinge diameter. |
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| PMA Services Inc |
6363 Oak Tree Blvd. | Independence, OH 44131-2500 | USA
216-901-8800 |
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