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Integro Technologies, a machine vision integrator, has become a Fanuc Authorized System Integrator.
Integro Technologies offers its customers a seamless level of automation to their production lines through the synthesis of intelligent robotics, machine vision expertise, and support services.
As a Fanuc Authorized System Integrator, Integro’s customers will increase production, reduce cost, and increase profits. [Read more…] about Integro named Fanuc authorized system integrator
Sumitomo Corporation, via Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, has invested in Sintavia, LLC , a company with metallic material 3D-printing (additive fabrication) technology.
Research and development of 3D-printing technology has been under way since the 1980s, and this technology has been applied to a variety of uses, especially with resin materials.
This technology has made it possible to manufacture metallic materials into complex configurations unattainable with conventional manufacturing methods.
[Read more…] about Sumitomo buys stake in 3D-printing firm Sintavia
By Charlie Wood, manager of computational engineering at Fast Radius
Most readers are likely well-acquainted with additive manufacturing – as a rapid prototyping tool, at least. And while many companies believe and perpetuate the myth that AM is only a prototyping tool, innovators in a range of markets (for example, aerospace, healthcare, consumer goods and more) are already using AM for production-grade manufacturing when design, performance and cost factors align.
Exploring AM as a means of production opens up design and performance possibilities simply not possible with CNC machining, urethane casting or injection molding. This article will cover how organizations can:
[Read more…] about Beyond prototyping: Scaling up to additive manufacturing for production
BASF’s Coatings division has opened a new laboratory for automotive OEM coatings at its site in Münster, Germany.
The modular “Lean Lab” concept aims to ensure optimised, digitalised and transparent processes and efficient use of resources in the laboratory area throughout Europe.
Discrete working processes of the lab employees and the use of standardised and automated processes allow BASF to meet future market requirements quickly and flexibly.
[Read more…] about BASF opens modular lab for automotive OEM coatings at its Münster site
EOS, a leading supplier of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, has launched the new EOS M 300-4 system.
The company says the new system is part of the broader, modular metal 3D printing platform EOS M 300 for digital industrial additive manufacturing production.
Tobias Abeln, chief technical officer, says: “With its modular set-up and its scalable and flexible concept, the new system line focuses on the high customer demands for AM production. [Read more…] about EOS launches new digital industrial additive manufacturing production system
Almost 80 new semiconductor companies are set to invest more than $220 billion in equipment and facilities, with 2019 set to mark an “all-time spending high”, says industry body.
According to Semi, global fab equipment spending will increase 14 percent this year to $62.8 billion and is expected to rise 7.5 percent, to $67.5 billion, in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of spending growth and the highest investment year for fab equipment in the history of the industry.
The figures come from the latest World Fab Forecast Report published by Semi. [Read more…] about Global spending on semiconductor fabrication equipment set to reach all-time high
Canadian company ATS Automation Tooling Systems says it has received an order booking from “a global automotive manufacturer” for a fully automated battery assembly system.
The total enterprise program is valued at approximately $80 million – that’s Canadian dollars, which equates to about $62 million US.
Approximately $7.6 million of this has already been received and recorded in order bookings for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. [Read more…] about ATS Automation receives $80 million order booking from electric vehicle maker
HP launched HP Metal Jet at the 2018 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) this week. The company claims it is the world’s most advanced 3D printing technology for the high volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts.
Providing, it says, up to 50 times more productivity at a significantly lower cost than other 3D printing methods, HP Metal Jet is being deployed by manufacturing leaders GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech for the factory production of final parts.
Customers placing orders include global firms Volkswagen (see story) and Wilo and vertical market companies such as Primo Medical Group and OKAY Industries.
[Read more…] about HP launches advanced metals 3D printing technology for mass production
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched “Energy Cloud Factory”, a new service package that uses artificial intelligence and intelligence of things technologies.
The energy solution was unveiled at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, following pre-release usage at the main plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Using data acquired by “Netmation eFinder”, MHI’s independently developed system for collecting data on equipment operations, the system enables visual monitoring of production equipment operating ratios and energy consumption.
[Read more…] about MHI launches factory energy management package
ABB recently inaugurated a 75 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at its high voltage and distribution solutions factory in BacNinh province in Vietnam.
The electricity generated is used to power a waste water treatment system, a canteen serving more than 200 people and part of the factory’s lighting.
Earlier this year, ABB also deployed its own smart technologies to commission the wastewater plant at the factory premises. Now the factory has an even lower impact on the surrounding environment, by running on clean energy.
[Read more…] about ABB installs solar power at its factory in Vietnam
