Automation
Look Mom, No Operator: AGVs Invade Chinaplas
Automated guided vehicles (AGV) featured prominently at Chinaplas 2016 indicative of that country’s embrace of higher technologies and its need to offset ever-increasing labor costs.
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Machine Guards Get in Your Way?
Easier access to the point where a robot deposits parts on a conveyor—that’s what Carl Morris, president and founder of Itech in Arden, N.C., is looking for.
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Macro Plastics Adds Two New Negri Bossi Bi-Power Machines
Installation of the new Bi-Power presses and Sytrama robots was completed in March 2016.
Read MoreSchneider Packaging Equipment Opens Training Lab for Customers
The lab in upstate New York to feature hands-on training without slowing or stopping production lines.
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Cobot Supplier Universal Robots Doubles U.S. Staffing, Adds three Offices
The North American business of the Danish collaborative robot—cobot—manufacturer to open offices in Michigan, Texas and California.
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Engel Targets Faster Order Turnaround in Smaller Tonnage Presses
The manufacturer of injection molding machines and automation’s Fast Lane program promises a 48-hour turnaround from ordering a machine to delivery.
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From Cobots to Cartesian to Cells: Molding 2016 Has Automation Covered
The reasons for, methods to and technology available for injection molders to automate their processes continue to evolve.
Read MoreRethink Robotics Expands in Germany
Signs distribution agreement with two automation companies.
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ROBOTS TO ‘COBOTS’: Next-Gen Automation in Plastics Processing
So-called ‘collaborative robots’ are a new category of ‘human-friendly’ automation that can work safely side by side with people, unprotected by guarding.
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3D Printing’s Growing Presence Seen at Fakuma Show
Additive manufacturing appeared in tooling inserts, robot grippers, and molded parts.
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