Automation

PI hosts automation, laser processing virtual tradeshow

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, a provider of motion control and laser processing solutions, launched a virtual tradeshow on its website. The tradeshow features industrial automation and laser material processing products.

Out with the old machine, in with the more efficient

09/22/2020

When two universal turning centers hit their replacement age, this machine shop took it to the next level with twin spindles and triple turrets.

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Visit Universal Robots USA Inc.'s digital Cobot Expo

If you didn't visit it live, then through Aug. 28, you still can attend The Cobot Expo, a North American digital trade show by Universal Robots USA Inc.

Robotic CNC Machine Tending

Cutting Tool Engineering debuts a new video series, Cobotics Corner. Watch a brief demonstration of a robotic CNC machine tending operation on a Haas VF2SS with a Universal Robots UR5e and a Robotiq Dual Hand-E.

For more information about systems integration services, please contact Fusion OEM at cobotics@fusionoem.com or visit www.fusionoem.com.

RobotWorx boosts robotic parts inventory amid COVID-19

RobotWorx breathes new life into its extensive robotic parts inventory to meet increasing demand in a shifting market.

Detect spindle anomalies

07/29/2020

Author:

Ken Schnepf

The Artis GEMDS system helps shops reduce scrap and improve productivity.

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Ballscrew breakthrough

07/15/2020

Author:

William Leventon

With technology under development at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, machining firms soon may be able to improve the process of spotting ballscrews in danger of failing.

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Automation keeps 'manhandling' to a minimum

06/17/2020

Author:

CTE Staff

Gantry robot helps boost productivity and work safety when machining railway wheels.

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Keeping steel wheels spinning

Since 1910, Simmons Machine Tool Corp., Albany, New York, has built machine tools and measuring machines for producing and maintaining railway wheel sets. The company also manufactures automation systems.

Each wheel traditionally is placed on a machining center using a forklift, a crane or another manual handling method — a slow, inconsistent process in which worker safety is a concern. Simmons Machine Tool sought to boost productivity and improve worker safety when loading and unloading railways for repairs in a vertical CNC lathe.

Taiwan Excellence to hold online press conference and virtual pavilion

Taiwan Excellence, an international campaign to promote Taiwan's products, will host the Taiwan Excellence smart machinery online press conference June 2 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.