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Yaskawa’s Six-Axis GA50 Robot Offers High Path Accuracy
Robot is well-suited for laser cutting small holes and sharp corners, as well as laser welding, plasma cutting and dispensing applications.
Welding Systems Ready for Every Challenge
The next generation of welders, guns and torches are prepared to handle your job shop’s application challenges. The latest innovations and advances in MIG/TIG welders, guns and torches link fabricators to a wide range of products to successfully overcome hitches in the fabrication process.
DTP Collaborative Robots Enhance Yaskawa’s HC-Series Line
Hand-guided programming allows users to direct teach points without a pendant, and an ISO standard tool flange and electrical connections facilitate a plug and play approach for easy deployment of the robot system.
New Advances Make Adaptive Control of Resistance Welding i4.0-Ready
New welding quality analytics packages for the automotive manufacturing industry offer expanded real-time analysis and process improvement for welding operations.
Streamlining the Transition to Robotic Welding
Modular welding cells and an intuitive programming interface simplify the adoption of robotic welding for SMEs.
FANUC’s New Robot Designed to Handle Heavy Products
With a 1,000 kg payload, a 3,253 mm horizontal reach, and a 4,297 mm vertical reach, the M-1000iA is capable of handling automotive components, construction materials and battery packs for EVs. Shipping of the product will begin this quarter.
Ready-To-Connect: ESAB ARISTO® 4004i AND 5000i Welders To Be Sold Exclusively WeldCloud-Enabled Systems
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products announced that its Aristo® 4004i Pulse, Aristo 5000i and Aristo U5000i advanced welding power sources are sold exclusively as WeldCloud-enabled systems.
Q3 Robot Orders Put 2021 on Track for Biggest Year Yet, Says Automation Association
According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), robot sales totaled $1.48 billion at the end of Q3 2021, surpassing the previous nine-month record, which was set in 2017.
Machine Vision for Flexible Robotic Automation
The synergies vision guided robotics (VGR) bring to the shop floor are numerous. Learn about the types of VGR systems and the trending uses for robotic automation.
Robot Orders Increase 67 Percent in Q2 2021 Over Same Period in 2020
Association for Advancing Automation (A3) stats show positive outlook for automation industry.
Desoutter Launches Data Analytics Software, a New Part of Company’s Industry 4.0 Platform
Desoutter Industrial Tools (Rockhill, SC) has launched DeMeter, which uses production data to provide predictive and prescriptive insights. The new software is an element in the Desoutter Ecosystem, the company’s Industry 4.0 platform.
How Automotive Robotics Paved the Way for Modern Automation
Demand for automation continues to escalate as companies search for ways to optimize operations — at this time only a small percentage of factory work is automated. Factory automation has come a long way — where to next?
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