Automation

Automation

Positive Correlation between Robots and Employment

Do robots replace employees? Far from it. Data suggest employment and automation grow together, while individual cases show automation raising employee value and helping the employer attract talent.

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Automation

Matsuura Appoints President

Craig St. John brings 40 years of leadership experience in the machine tool and automation industries.

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Automation

Robotic Cell for Handling Gears

The less manual handling of a gear before and after the heat-treating process, the better. This robotic gear-handling cell automates this critical stage, increasing both safety and part quality.

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Automation

Robot Gripper Holds Complex, Sensitive Parts

Röhm Products of America offers a selection of end-of-arm robot tooling including the customizable RRMG synthetic gripper, said to offer 30 percent more clamping force than its predecessor for large-workpiece handling.

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Automation

Turning a Profit with Automation

CL Tech could not profitably meet increased production demand until it added robotic automation. The move saved money in operating costs and eliminated the need for peripheral devices.

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Automation

CAM Software Eases Programming of Welding Robots

Robotmaster software integrates off-line robot programming, simulation and optimization with CAD/CAM software.

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Automation

Bar Feeder Designed for Fast and Easy Change-Overs

LNS America’s GT 326-E automatic magazine bar feeder for sliding headstock machines loads 12-ft.-long barstock in diameters ranging from 3 to 20 mm (26 mm with bar prep).

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Workholding

Custom Vacuum Tables Provide Extreme Flatness

Systematic Automation has developed custom vacuum tables for machine builders and OEMs.

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Automation

Laser Plus Automation Package Enables Lights-Out Production

Trumpf’s TruLaser 2030 integrates an energy-efficient, 4-kW TruDisk fiber laser for flexible and economical 2D laser cutting on a variety of materials and thicknesses.

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Automation

Tapping Machines Reduce Setup Times, Material Handling

Palmgren’s Parallel Arm Tapping machines are designed to make tapping fast and easy by reducing setup times and material handling as well as improving material flow.

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