Automation
Tool Changer for Smaller Six-Axis Robots
ATI Industrial Automation now offers a standard tool changer for robots in the 25-35 kg payload class.
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Milacron Donates Molding Cells to Shawnee State University
Formerly on loan, Milacron has now donated two injection molding machines plus automation and auxiliary equipment, to the Portsmouth, Oh. school’s Plastics Engineering Technology program.
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Interface Six-Axis Robots with Injection Molding Presses
Yaskawa Motoman’s new SPI-67 hardware/software interface for six-axis robots is designed for parts removal from horizontal injection molding machines.
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Natech Adds Injection Molding, Automation Equipment
Two new Arburg presses and four filling and sealing lines have been installed in the molder’s Class 8 cleanroom in support of medical diagnostics, including COVID-19 testing.
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Collaborative Robot Marketplace Adds Monitoring Software
The OnRobot marketplace has introduced its first software product—WebLytics production monitoring, device diagnostic, and data analytic program for cobots.
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Solvay, 9T Labs Partner on Bringing Carbon Composite Parts to Mass Production
The joint effort enables 9T Labs’ additive manufacturing technology to produce low-to-medium volume size parts for the aerospace, medical, luxury/leisure, automation, and oil and gas industries.
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Record Robot Sales
A strong third-quarter push drove North American robot sales to a record high with three months to go and point to 2021 being the biggest year ever.
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Global Robotics Market Eyes Return to Growth
Much as the coronavirus crested in waves across the globe last year, the global robotics market ebbed and flowed in different places at different times.
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Robot Orders Return to Pre-Pandemic Demand Levels
North American Q2 robot orders jumped 67% compared to year-ago levels, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), with systems for plastics & rubber rising 51%.
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Parts Winners of SPE’s Biennial Thermoforming Conference
This year, there were 10 winners within five categories—silver and gold, for vacuum forming, pressure forming, twin sheet, 3D printed tooling, and parts produced with automation and new technology.
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