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SICK AppSpace has added new functions to enable 2D and 3D machine vision integration.
The sensors specialist says the new functionality will enable system designers to “easily create individual SensorApps on their own without programming skills”.
The company says this will enable them to solve entirely new automation tasks. [Read more…] about SICK AppSpace adds new functions for 2D and 3D machine vision integration
Realtime Robotics is partnering with Siemens to simplify the integration of robotic workcells into industrial facilities. (See video below.)
Realtime Robotics, which specialises in autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, says the initiative is part of its strategic partnership with Siemens Digital Industries Software division.
Realtime’s technology is being seamlessly integrated into the Tecnomatix portfolio, simplifying robot programming and workcell coordination by automating motion programming. [Read more…] about Realtime Robotics partners with Siemens to simplify integration of robotic workcells
Okuma has unveiled a new bridge mill CNC machine – the M8-80V.
The management team of Okuma America Corporation is pleased to announce an expansion to its robust line of CNC metal cutting machines with the debut of a new bridge-style machining center – the MB-80V.
This new product offers extreme machining flexibility due to its uniquely-combined vertical and double-column machining capabilities. [Read more…] about Okuma unveils new bridge mill CNC machine
Yamazaki Mazak is launching a new high-productivity laser processing machine specifically designed for the high-speed, large lot cutting of small and medium diameter tube.
The new FT-150 FIBER is a compact laser processing machine that benefits from an ergonomic design, with the operator area, loading station and unloading station all located on the same side.
Equipped with a 3.0kW fiber resonator, the FT-150 FIBER can process single workpieces up to 6,500mm in length and 150kg in weight, with a maximum tube diameter of 152.4mm. 8,000mm and 180kg options are also available. [Read more…] about Mazak launches new laser processing machine for small and medium diameter tube
Fancy new computer requires temperatures colder than the surface of Pluto in order to work properly… who’d want something like that?
Honeywell has built what it claims is the “world’s highest performing quantum computer”.
In a statement, the industrial and computing giant says: “Our team of scientists, engineers and technicians, have built what is currently the highest performing quantum computer available.”
With a quantum volume of 64, the Honeywell quantum computer is said to be “twice as powerful as the next alternative in the industry”. [Read more…] about Honeywell says it has built the world’s most powerful quantum computer
Volkswagen’s first new generation electric car is being built with Siemens automation and digitalization technologies.
The two companies say they are developing a standard for the upcoming Volkswagen electric car generation.
Volkswagen aims to increase the degree of automation in the body shop to 89 percent and to 28 percent in final assembly. [Read more…] about Siemens provides its expertise to Volkswagen to develop digitized electric car production
Bosch, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive components, says a new chip has invented is “revolutionizing navigation”.
The company says its new MEMS sensor – the SMI230 – is a highly precise sensor which constantly registers changes in the vehicle’s direction and speed, evaluates the information, and transmits it to the navigation system.
There, the information is combined with the positional data from the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and used for navigation. [Read more…] about Bosch says its new chip is ‘revolutionizing navigation’
Tianjin Electric Research Institute, a subsidiary of Sinomach, has independently developed a high-power three-level AC-DC-AC frequency converter, which passed a test run in the high roller mill modification project of Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group Co (TISCO).
It marks the first application of a domestic medium-voltage frequency conversion system in the Sendzimir mill and fills in the gap in the application of domestic products in high-end stainless cold rolling mills.
The original automation and transmission system of the unit in the TISCO Stainless Steel Cold Rolling Mill was supplied by a foreign producer in 2002. [Read more…] about Sinomach unit produces China’s first products for stainless steel cold rolling mills
