Tag: produce
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Mercadona calls in Cimcorp Automation to help move fresh produce from field to store within 24 hours
Mercadona, a large grocery retailer in Spain and Portugal, has brought in Cimcorp Automation to further automate fresh food intralogistics at its distribution center in San Isidro, Spain. Equipped with Cimcorp’s robotic solution, Mercadona says it now delivers fresh produce from field to store within 24 hours, thereby increasing shelf life for products, minimizing food…
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Automotive Cells chooses Comau to build battery production lines
Comau has been selected by Automotive Cells Company – or ACC, a joint venture between Stellantis, TotalEnergies/Saft and Mercedes-Benz – to design and develop a “highly integrated” battery module production line for its future Gigafactory in Billy-Bercalu Douvrain, in the north of France. With the projected capacity to ultimately ramp up to 40 GWh, ACC…
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Adapting Robotic Production Lines for a Titanium-Focused Economy
With the post-pandemic recovery well on its way, the new jobs market has placed a clear focus on hygiene. According to CNBC, 66 percent of workers want cleaner, even sterile, working conditions, and that’s independent of their industry. Creating the tools and surfaces required to meet this demand will fall on factories and robotic, or…
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Comau designs ‘highly automated, high-volume’ battery manufacturing line
Comau, an industrial robotics and automation specialist, has designed and developed a “high-volume module manufacturing line” to produce new generation lithium-ion batteries for Leclanché, a provider of energy storage solutions for the heavy transportation, naval and railway industries. Comau says the “state-of-the-art, highly automated line” is the result of a simultaneous engineering process and combines…
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Upward Farms launches first organic vertical farm in the US Northeast
Upward Farms, an aquaponics vertical farming company, has opened its new headquarters in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. The innovative new facility – which is Upward Farms’ first – utilizes the company’s next generation technology in both commercial production and research and development. The operation, powered by breakthrough end-to-end automation, is USDA Certified Organic, making Upward…
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ABB robots increase automation in solar industry
Producing a solar collector every six minutes, ABB robots make Absolicon’s solar technology a cost-competitive alternative to conventional heating. To enable the transformation to a sustainable society and preserve resources, production of solar collector panels must be precise, highly efficient and cost effective. To achieve this, Absolicon and ABB have developed the world’s only complete…
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Nissan uses robotic and 3D printing technologies to expand heritage parts range
Nissan says it will utilize its new technologies to bring to the Japan market additional parts in its NISMO Heritage Parts program, a series of genuine repair and replacement parts for discontinued vehicles. The new technologies include dual-sided dieless forming for body panels and 3D printing for resin parts. Nissan unveiled dual-sided dieless forming technology…
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Investment in agricultural automation increases as farmers look to offset labor shortages
Total investment in agricultural robot startups has increased significantly as farmers look to offset labor shortages partly caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report on the Financial Times website. Citing data collated by DealRoom.co, the news website says investment in vertical and indoor farming startups has grown by more than 40 percent this…
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5 ways robots are cleaning up the world’s oceans
Written by Pippa Strickland from iDiveblue.com Robotics have changed our lives in remarkable ways and when you consider the vastness of our oceans (which cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface), it makes sense that robotics is being harnessed to conduct research and preserve our ocean health. From improving ship fuel efficiency to…
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3D printing moving into mainstream manufacturing, says GlobalData
3D printing technology is slowly cementing its role as a key part of the manufacturing mix, continuing its journey towards industry 4.0. It has already lowered the barriers to entry for manufacturing, allowing enterprises across many industries to respond to customer demands while offering greater customization of products and speed to market, says GlobalData, a…