Automation

Okuma and Richard Childress Racing celebrate 20-year partnership

Initially, RCR purchased five Okuma machines. Today, it operates 19 Okuma machines, 2 of which are original machines from the initial 2001 installation.

Goellner joins Okuma's Thinc network

Goellner and its subsidiaries bring an extensive product portfolio to the network.

Renishaw supplies Davis Tech with hi-tech equipment

For more than 30 years, Davis Tech trained thousands of students for a career in industry. With new equipment from Renishaw. the students will have access to advanced metrology equipment.

Automation boosts shop's productivity 41%

The sixth episode of this Cobotics Corner video series demonstrates the use of a Universal Robots UR5e arm with a Schunk three-finger gripper loading and unloading a Haas Automation SL-20 CNC machine. This automation solution reportedly helped increase productivity by 41%, according to Fusion OEM.

Quaker Houghton enters joint venture with Grindaix

Quaker Houghton in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a producer of industrial process fluids, has entered into an exclusive joint venture with Grindaix GmbH.

Maximize existing resources

06/22/2021

Author:

Craig Zoberis

Robot integrations help manufacturers see what's really happening on the shop floor.

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Overcoming the challenges of marking on aluminum

Aluminum, with its many advantageous properties, is used in a wide spectrum of industries to manufacture a vast, and growing, range of products. As the use of aluminum is so varied, so are its' traceability requirements.

Top 5 robot trends in 2021

Five trends have helped triple the number of annual installations of industrial robots within ten years (2010-2019) reaching 381 thousand units in factories around the world.

Underutilizing human potential on floor

04/14/2021

Author:

Craig Zoberis

With robotic machine tending solutions on a CNC machine shop floor, workers have a better opportunity to contribute to the overall manufacturing process.

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Cobotics Corner Case Study: Increasing productivity 32%

Watch a Cobotics Corner demonstration that helped increase productivity by 32% using a Universal Robots UR5e arm with a Robotiq dual parallel servogripper on a 2018 Haas Automation VF-2SS CNC machine, according to Fusion OEM. For more information about systems integration services, please contact Fusion OEM at cobotics@fusionoem.com or visit www.fusionoem.com.