Automation and Robotics

Highlights

KUKA
New Products

AR Simplifies Robot Installation

July 25, 2024
Kuka's new smartphone app lets users preview how a robot will fit into a given environment before installation.
Assn. for Advancing Automation
News

2023 Robot Demand -30%

Feb. 13, 2024
Q4 signaled some recovery, but a slow economy, higher interest rates, and over-purchasing during the 2022 supply-chain crisis dragged the volume of new orders after two straight...
GF Machining Solutions
New Products

Expanded Customer Digital Assistance

Dec. 7, 2023
The My rConnect platform quickly and easily links GFMS EDM, milling, and laser texturing machines to service and support resources – plus expanded digital capabilities.
Haimer
Haimer’s Automation Cube One robotized work cell.
New Products

Automated Work Cell for Tool Presetting

Nov. 2, 2023
Robotic cell handles automatic shrinking in and out, as well as measuring of tool assemblies, and can manage up to three different interfaces simultaneously and up to eleven axis...
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CNC machine operator entering a program at a control panel.
Automation and Robotics

Preparedness Cracks the Code of CNC Programming?

Nov. 2, 2023
Prep time streamlines the process and ensures everything is optimized for low waste and high efficiency – and can be essential to maximizing the quality and value of machined ...

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DCM Tech
Advanced surface grinders like those like DCM Tech’s IG 282 SD machine are designed with sensors and controls that automatically maintain very tight tolerances, removing material down to within one ten-thousandth of an inch of the final thickness.
Automation and Robotics

Robot-Ready Grinding Systems

Aug. 24, 2023
A robotic arm can increase productivity for higher volume manufacturing – as well as relieve the operator from repetitive loading and unloading, to be available for more complex...
ANCA CNC Machines
Blanket grinding combines all tool grinding processes into a single machine.
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One-Step Tool Grinding

July 27, 2023
"Blanket grinding" means automated, continuous production of tools of similar geometries, consolidating all tool grinding processes into a single machine.
SCHUNK
Automation Explorer is a state-of-the-art technology where users will virtually experience and interact with SCHUNK automation technology in a highly immersive and detailed, physics-based simulation tool.
New Products

Automation Simulation Tool

July 20, 2023
Going beyond digital twinning, the new function will present photo-realistic imaging of manufacturing environments, advanced robot control software, and automation technology....
Siemens Industry
The SINAMICS S210 servo-drive system is ready for digitalization and brings an enhanced level of safety and security to standalone or multi-axis machines for various manufacturing industries.
New Products

New Servo-Drive System

July 13, 2023
The SINAMICS S210 is ready for digitalization and brings an enhanced level of safety and security to machinery.