Automation
Decoding ‘Industry 4.0’
The biggest splash at NPE will come from the wave of technological innovation and futuristic enthusiasm known variously as Industry 4.0 or the Smart Factory or the Internet of Things.
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Sepro Launches Apps for Enhancing Robot Software
Cycle optimization and online tech support can be added to new or existing robot controls.
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Can Robots Bridge the Skills Gap?
Robot sales break records as manufacturers’ struggles to hire skilled workers heighten—industry watchers see a direct correlation.
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Blow Molding: ‘Collaborative’ Bottle Palletizer
Collaborative robot arm makes new bottle palletizer safe to operate without guarding.
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Injection Molding: New Robots at Fakuma
New economical and high-end robots from Wittmann Battenfeld.
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Injection Molding: Faster Robot at Fakuma
New “speed” version is 30% faster than Engel’s standard viper robot.
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Add Automation to Your Lab
Robots are commonplace on the production floor, cutting costs and improving efficiencies for molders and other processors. Now, those same benefits can also be achieved in the lab.
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Robot Controllers Evolve Toward Greater Flexibility, Connectivity, Ease of Use
Robot controls have undergone steady and fairly rapid evolution. If all your robot controls are not of the latest generation, this overview could convey what opportunities upgrading may offer, as well as a sense of where the technology may be going next.
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Micromolder’s Business Rests On Four Key Technologies
The “four legs” that support Isometric Micro Molding are micro molds, micro injection molding, micro automation, and CT scanning.
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Are You as Automated as You Should Be?
The world around us is changing faster than ever. Our world of plastics processing is changing as well. Going with the flow is better than getting drowned by it.
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