Michael Castor

Michael Castor is product manager, Material Handling at Yaskawa America Inc. – Motoman Robotics Division, www.motoman.com. Email michael.castor@motoman.com.

Articles by Michael Castor

Programming a Robot Doesn’t Have to be a Dark Art

Yaskawa America Inc. – Motoman Robotics Division Smart Pendant

As production goals change in a post-pandemic world, more manufacturers are using robots to deal with labor shortages and high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) orders. Easy-to-use tools for novice operators are enabling faster implementation on factory floors.

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Kevin Heintz, Suburban Tool, Mazak HCN-10800 Horizontal Machining Center, Mazak Corp.

Suburban Tool Inc. Brings Bigger Size Tombstone Machining In-house

The company will use a new Mazak HCN-10800 Horizontal Machining Center with an expansive 1000-mm pallet size and four-ton part capacity to quote jobs that it was unable to in the past.

MH-1018JA – Manual Horizontal Scissor Style Band Saw, C-260NC – Fully Automatic, Horizontal Scissor Style Band Saw, SH-500M – Semi-Automatic Horizontal Scissor Style, Mitering Band Saw, V-1822 – Manual Vertical Tilt-Frame Band Saw, Cosen Saws, EASTEC 2023, band saws

Cosen Saws to Showcase Innovative Sawing Solutions at EASTEC 2023

Cosen Saws will exhibit its latest band saw machines to a wide audience of manufacturing

professionals at EASTEC.

Combilift, Aisle Master articulated forklift, Convoy of Hope, Martin McVicar, Erick Meier, ProMat 2023

Combilift Donates its 75,000th Truck to International Charity

The announcement was made in Chicago during ProMat. Convoy of Hope works alongside communities and aims to alleviate poverty and hunger and to bring help and hope wherever they are most needed in the world.

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