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Industrial robot gigantico Fanuc has launched an offline robot simulation program called RoboGuide.
The company says RoboGuide is a robot simulator that simulates both the robot’s motion and application commands, significantly reducing the time it takes to create new motion setups.
To ensure minimal impact on production, cells can be designed, tested and modified entirely offline. [Read more…] about Fanuc launches new robot simulation software RoboGuide
Fanuc America says its Robot LINKi Zero Down Time (ZDT) service is now available to all automotive and non-automotive manufacturers who purchase Fanuc robots.
Launched in 2015 in collaboration with Cisco, ZDT is a predictive analytic service that identifies potential failures so customers can schedule maintenance and repairs, avoiding unexpected breakdowns during production. ZDT received a General Motors Innovation Award in 2016.
Today, over 16,000 robots in the automotive industry are operating with ZDT.
Since its introduction, Fanuc estimates that ZDT has saved customers over 1,300 hours of unexpected production interruptions, which equates to more than $4 million. [Read more…] about Fanuc launches new version of Zero Down Time service
Industrial robot maker Kuka is teaming up with Homag, one of the world’s largest suppliers of machinery and automation solutions to the wood processing industry.
The two companies their goal is the joint development of automated solutions for the wood processing industry.
The Kuka Group is represented around the world with its products and services for a wide range of industries, from the automotive industry and the electronics sector to the healthcare sector to name just a few examples. [Read more…] about Kuka teams up with Homag to develop robotic solutions for wood processing industry
SCM, a supplier and integrator of industrial machinery and components, is to showcase technologies for robotic integration into woodworking.
The company currently provides a wide range of production technologies for furniture and housing sectors, supplying industrial giants and small workshops.
But while machinery has been used in woodworking for a very long time, robotics in the sector is relatively new. [Read more…] about SCM to demonstrate robotic integration for woodworking
By Rana Tarakji, PDF Electric & Supply
Modern technology has paved the way for many advances in various industries.
In food manufacturing, some of the new technologies has markedly increased efficiency and productivity.
Thanks to automation, better equipment, and innovative applications, the food manufacturing industry has gone a long way from the slow and tedious processes of long factory workers doing everything by hand. [Read more…] about Are food manufacturers too slow in adopting new technology?
At a bottling plant, a mineral water bottle speeds along a conveyor belt moving at 36 km/h. A few milliseconds later, the best-before date appears on the bottleneck.
This is made possible by Leibinger’s JET3up industrial inkjet printer, which prints up to 2000 products per minute with flying drops of ink.
Information such as best-before date, batch number and data matrix codes have become an integral part of most products. The small letters and graphics are on water bottles, milk cartons and beverage cans, on printed circuit boards for computers and on transparent medication packaging.
[Read more…] about Flying ink-drops: Printing 2,000 products per minute
Milacron Holdings Corp. will display the largest tonnage injection molding machine to operate at an NPE show – “The Cincinnati” by Milacron, with 2250 tons of clamping power at NPE 2018 in Orlando, Florida, USA, from 7-11 May.
The Cincinnati is a new large tonnage, true two-platen machine designed to meet the demands of the global automotive, appliance, and other large part molding markets.
The Cincinnati’s enhanced machine specifications and performance are powered by Fanuc servo motor power packs. The improved machine layout and enhanced access to the eject and die areas make operation, maintenance and servicing easier, says the company.
[Read more…] about Milacron to show huge injection molding machine at NPE
Universal Robots will showcase its collaborative robot arms in new application, at Modex, from April 9-12 in Atlanta, USA.
Warehouse processes such as order fulfillment require the ability to recognize and pick a wide range of items that are different sizes, weights, and materials, often jumbled together in bins.
While traditional industrial robots usually stay bolted down in protective cages, dedicated to one handling task only, collaborative robots, or cobots, effectively address this automation challenge with flexible implementation and low upfront cost.
[Read more…] about Universal Robots debuts at US supply chain expo Modex
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) technology will be used in two pilot programs with large scale commercial growers in California.
A partnership agreement has been announced between ASI, New Holland Agriculture, and E. & J. Gallo Winery, the largest family-owned winery in the world, to operate the autonomous vehicles in their vineyard operations.
Similarly, there has also been a partnership announced between ASI, Case IH, and Campbell Soup Company’s Bolthouse Farms, one of North America’s largest vegetable growers.
[Read more…] about ASI autonomous vehicles piloted on California farms
In this exclusive interview, Todd Rigby of Rajant talks about a new type of networking technology that he claims is faster and more reliable
A growing number of factories, warehouses and other industrial facilities are installing computer networks in order to make the most of the opportunities offered by the internet of things.
Typically, sensors are connected to traditional machinery, and then those sensors are connected to what are referred to as “gateway” devices, which are like routers.
This gateway can send the data collected and sent to it by the sensor either to a computer on-site or in the cloud through an internet connection. [Read more…] about Interview: A new type of networking that is claimed to be faster and more reliable
