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Okuma Merges Sales and Marketing with New Appointments
Tim Thiessen is their new vice president of sales and marketing, and Annette Carroll is their new director of marketing.
Versatile Machine Monitoring Automates and Increases Machine Tool Productivity
The new DTect-IT monitoring system and other advanced technologies from Caron Engineering optimize the cutting process, reduce cycle time, allow unattended operation, provide machine process diagnostics and eliminate operator data entry errors.
ABB and IBM Partner in Industrial Artificial Intelligence
The shop floor says hello to IBM Watson Internet of Things.
Yaskawa Motoman Educates Students About Automation Career Paths
In celebration of National Robotics Week, they hosted and provided facility tours for students from local high schools, universities and career centers.
Low Cost, Easy to Use MES Software for Small Shops
BellHawk uses barcode tracking and mobile computer technology to track the receipt and put-away of raw materials, their conversion into finished products through a sequence of operations and the packing and shipping of finished products to customers.
SST Opens New Facility in Monterrey
This new site expands their support in Mexico for increasing demand in state-of-the-art manufacturing and automation technology within the region.
Methods Machine Tools Launches New Automation Center
Located in Charlotte, NC, this facility will provide a full range of capabilities, from customer consultation to building cells and performing run-offs.
Mazak Collaborates with Muratec on Smart Automation
They automate machining, high-density storage and retrieval with smart technologies to increase competitiveness in a connected environment.
Ultrasonic Cutting Workcell Reduces Operating Costs and Improves Trim Quality
For high speed ultrasonic cutting, trimming, deburring and chamfering, the flexible EcoTrim workcell from Yaskawa Motoman can adapt to cutting top layer only (kiss cuts), perforated line cutting and compression of foam or other thick materials.
Universal Robots Launches Free Academy
These free robot programming modules deliver hands-on learning via interactive simulations that lower the automation barrier in small to mid-sized shops.
Advanced Robotic Applications
The unique capabilities of the innovative AURA collaborative robot, the Rebel-S SCARA robot and the Racer5 robot from Comau demonstrate the ever-changing future of automation in a variety of applications.
One Digital Factory Platform, Endless Options
The unique software architecture of FASTSUITE Edition 2 digital factory software from CENIT can easily program robots and/or machine tools by using the process geometry defined on the workpiece and the available technology packages.